Mr. King (I know you read these entries),
I loved this story, and most stories I read have to measure up to my favorites, the Stand and the Dark Tower series. Thelse are such a minor points that I kinda hate to be the whiner that brings the small flaws to your attention. Here goes...
Please let Russ Dorr know that Glocks simply don't have a safety that you can flick with your thumb. They don't really have a safety that people think of with traditional pistols. There is a notch on the trigger that gets pulled when you 'wilfully' pull the trigger, and that's it. When you pull a Glock's trigger, it goes bang. That's why they make great nightstand guns. No fussing, just aim and shoot.
Number 2, there is no Glock.22. There is a very popular Glock 22 which is a .40 caliber pistol with a 15 round magazine, and being bigger than a 9mm, that will do some major damage. There is no Glock in .22 caliber, and even if there was, the chances of that caliber from a handgun killing someone quickly is very small.
As I mentioned, these are super minor and hardly worth mentioning, but I started reading your work as a scrawny kid in Dallas in the 1970's, and well we know our guns in Texas.
With love,
Klugey1