The Hit Doctor — Thomas J. Hubschman

A top doctor discovers he has the power to kill patients as readily as cure them, just by a word or gesture. What's more, he can do it legally and, as it turns out, quite lucratively…until he's tripped up by his own success.

Or is he?

Eight pages, 3922 words.

By the author of Billy Boy:

Petty thief, amphetamine junkie…Billy Conover is a social parasite keeping just one step ahead of the law…until the night he accepts an invitation to go for a joy ride and ends up being party to the brutal killing of a black youth. BILLY BOY is his odyssey through an underworld of small-time thugs, ex-Girl Scouts who turn tricks for a vial of crack and an overburdened legal system that eventually holds Billy responsible for a murder to which he refuses to believe he was anything more than a witness.

“Billy Boy is as real as it gets, a tough, disturbing, unsentimental account of life on the mean streets of Brooklyn NY.” �"WordWeaver

“Hubschman writes a very real and gripping story… Billy Boy stays with you.” -- Small Press Review

“Heart-pounding…one of the most satisfying contemporary novels I've read.” �"Reader's Niche

In addition to Billy Boy, Thomas J. Hubschman is the author of three science fiction novels and a collection of short stories. His work has appeared widely in print and online. Two of his stories were broadcast on the BBC World Service.