The bells of the clock-tower stop at twelve.
There is no thirteenth chime.
Yet once in each lifetime you must delve
In the silence, a millisecond of time,
‘Twixt the last stroke of midnight and ante meridiem,
12:00:01 a.m., the moment where all chaos dwells.
The music of your own final requiem
Is the hymn of the thirteenth knell.

Copyright 2014, excerpt from the thirteenth chapter of novella, STROKE OF SILENCE! (Denny Ryder Paranormal Crime Series). Publishing date: March 29, 2014. Series of blogs on The Mind of a Serial Killer/Serial Kidnapper to be continued…watch out for the 13th chime!