Grave Regrets : Montag Press : 9781957010199 : 1957010193 : 07 Nov 2022 : THE PAST HITS HARD IN DAVID MASSENGILL'S LATEST NOVEL A murdered woman's body is found sprawled across a car seat in Seattle, a tree branch resting on top of her corpse. She clutches a cell phone displaying a website featuring horror fiction stories posted by the public. The story of the day is about Spindly Arms, a killer with a face in the shape of a crescent moon and tree branches for arms. Forty-four-year-old John Larsen is aghast after hearing about the murder. "Spindly Arms" was a story he wrote over a quarter of a century ago, when he was a high school senior. The tale first appeared in a literary magazine published by the girl-no, the woman-who just met her bloody end. Back in 1992, John was the boyfriend of Vivian Chiang and best pal of Brandon Laurent until a major betrayal among the friends forced them to stagger off in their separate ways. This was also the year the three classmates had disturbi