The Billy Club Bastard Case Files: The Index

The Billy Club Bastard Case Files is one of the main ongoing series of Vigilance. Each story follows Mickey Malloy, a burnt-out P.I. with as many demons behind him as there are ahead. Mick can drink and brawl his way through about anything, including Nazis, ghosts, gangsters, and militias, but when something rears up that even he cant handle, the Billy Club Bastard appears. You can read every Billy Club story on this site for free, or check them out on Amazon or itch once they have been published.

Vigilance Season 1:

Bourbon, Bullets, Broads, and Bourbon

Mickey Malloy is in a rut, and when you’re in that deep, it’s easy to get in over your head. When things get truly out of hand, he gets dragged back into a conflict he thought he’d given everything to win long ago. Now, press-ganged into tracking down spies, assassins, and weapons dealers, he must do everything he can to stop the disease of fascism from taking hold in the US. And when he can’t, the Bastard can.

This anthology ran from from September, 2022 to February, 2023.

• The Case of the Smiling Smugger, a novella in five parts.

• The Case of the Candy-Coated Dynamite, a novella in six parts.

• The Case of the Holy City Head Hunter, a novella in seven parts.

• The Case of the Rooksfield Glen Horror, a one-shot short story.

• The Case of the Gray Man’s Grim Tidings, a short story in three parts.

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Crazy, Crazy, Crazy, All the Time

Mickey Malloy thought he knew what he was getting into when he left his P.I. business behind to rejoin the Office, but things have changed since he last wore the Eagle, Eye, and Sword. There are no rules any more. Everyone is a target, and everything can be twisted into a weapon of terror. Only by accepting this new reality can he survive it. That, and with the help of the Bastard.

This anthology ran from April to September, 2023.

• The Case of Friendless and the Six-Toed Cat, a novella in eight parts.

• The Case of the Lizard Man, a short story in two parts.

• The Case of the Skunk Ape, a short story in two parts.

• The Case of the Three-Eye Man, a short story in two parts.

• The Case of the Electrocuted Gangsters, a short story in four parts.

• The Case of the Bat and the Buzzard, a short story in two parts.

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Until Only Roaches Remain

Mickey Malloy’s enemies are growing bolder, and more desperate. Their desire to hurt the United States’ efforts in the war against fascism leads them to employ even more terrible weapons and tactics. Only Mickey and the Office stand in their way. Them, and one big Bastard.

This anthology will run from March to July, 2024.

• The Case of an Old Dead Guy, a novella in six parts.

• Three Cases of Mayhem and Mad Science, a trio of super-short stories.

• The Case of the Devouring Storm, a novella in six parts.

• More Cases of Mayhem and Mad Science, a trio of super-short stories.

• The Case of the Calcified Costumer, a novella in six parts.

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