The Last Witness

also appears in the collection The Father of Lies

I've been told I have a forgettable face. Ironic, really.

I have a gift; I can browse through the library of your mind and remove individual memories. You'll never know I was there, and you'll never miss what was taken. Useful for grieving widowers, moreso for ambitious politicians.

But I'm holding so many memories I'm not always sure which ones are actually mine.

Some of them are sensitive; all of them are private. And there are those who are willing to kill to access the secrets I'm trying to bury...

Cover illustration by Jon Foster