The Little Brother — Bill Eidson

He rubbed the skin darkener into his face and glued the wig on his head. Then he carefully inserted the green contact lenses. He stepped back and looked in the mirror and the man he saw looking back was Tony. Handsome, charming, good-natured Tony. A real lady-killer. Now that Tony was dead, someone had to take his place…

When Rod Konrad put an ad in a Boston paper looking for a new roommate, he was ready for the usual run of weirdos and perverts. But the man who came to his door calling himself Brendan Kirk seemed like a nice enough sort. In fact, he went out of his way to be friendly, even taking an active interest in Rod's hobbies and friends.

But Rods begins to get the strange feeling that he is being studied. And when he discovers that his roommate has been sleeping in his bed when he's out and wearing his clothes, his unease turns to terror. Now Rod and his girlfriend are fighting for their lives -- lives that a bizarre serial killer is ready to claim as his own…