Charlie's Vigorish
Written by
Brian Garfield
Copyright 1978
Charlie Dark's brother was a fairly successful building contractor who had fallen on a string of bad luck and foolishly went to a loan shark. When the brother is unable to repay in time, an example was made of him leaving him seriously injured in the hospital. Dark decides he needs to get a bit of revenge on his brother's behalf.
Originally in EQMM, Aug 1978. It is the 4th story in the collection and 2nd in the collection .