CONTEST: What is the Shadowy Deathblow?

In the title story (”Trouble and the Shadowy Deathblow”) of Patrick Somerville’s first collection of hillarious short stories, simply called TROUBLE, the main character learns a mysterious technique called “the shadowy deathblow.”

At 21st Century Lit, we were wondering what the this was, and after Googling it, found no satisfactory answer. What the heck is it? We’d like your input.

Please send your thoughts, best guesses, explanations, drawings, pictures, home movies, animations, or other descriptions of ”the shadowy deathblow” to contests@21stcenturylit.com.

We will post the best entries on the site and send those folks a free book, so include your mailing address!