Short Stories
Reacher has also appeared in several short stories by Child; "Second Son" and "Deep Down", both released originally for the Kindle. "Second Son", is unique in the Reacher canon for having multiple viewpoints within the same story. "Second Son" was later included in the paperback edition of The Affair. Child also wrote the short story "James Penney's New Identity" which includes, but does not focus on, Reacher as well as a character from Persuader. The short story is anthologized. "Guy Walks Into a Bar..." A short story prequel to Gone Tomorrow published in "The New York Times" 6 June 2009
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