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I am a prolific professional fiction writer who has enjoyed sharing short stories with my readers on this venue since November 1, 2022.
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I think you could be a valuable asset (opens the original)
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Sometimes you just gotta nod an’ turn away. Lon an’ me, we was best buddies back in the day. We was in the Marine Corps on the other side’a the world an’ everybody’s a buddy when anything serious goes down. Only me an’ Lon, we hung out, y’know? Even when there wasn’t nothin’ goin’ down. So I guess we was friends.We was both gunnies in the Marine Corps. We figgered that’s a pretty big deal an’ we use t’spend our spare time in the base staff NCO club, usually in the stag bar, elbow to elbow, him w
A Most Unusual Day (opens the original)
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Chapter 36: The DebriefJames the Huge was waiting just outside the front door. He opened it as we were getting out of the truck.As Marie and then I stepped from the gravel onto the concrete, he nodded slightly. “He’s waiting for you in his office.”I muttered, “Thanks” and followed Marie into the elevator.When the car stopped on Level C and the doors opened, I stepped past Marie, rapped on TJ’s door, then opened it.TJ was seated behind his desk looking exactly as he had a few days ago. He gesture
A Most Unusual Day (opens the original)
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Chapter 35: DenverThe flight back to Denver was uneventful. At the airport, we slipped into my pickup. Owing to the one-hour time difference, the clock in the dashboard read straight up 9 a.m. A half-hour later we were home.As Marie unlocked the front door and turned the knob, she smiled over her shoulder. “It’ll be nice to sleep in our bed again, won’t it?”I grinned. “Among other things.”She chuckled as she stepped inside. “You’re insatiable, you know that, Boo?”“Like you aren’t?”She laug
A Most Unusual Day (opens the original)
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Chapter 34: Getting Out of DodgeAs it turned out, leaving wasn’t as simple as “Let’s saddle up and get the hell out of Dodge.”I opened the door to the suite with my keycard and glanced up at the clock next to the TV. It was twenty-two minutes after midnight.Marie pulled a cloth from her jeans pocket and held it up. “Okay, this is another part of the assignment. You can think of it as the second egress.”I frowned. “The second egress?”“Leaving the scene was only the first egress. This is the secon
A Most Unusual Day (opens the original)
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Chapter 33: Doing the JobI unzipped the bag, then stepped aside and gestured. “Lady’s choice.”Marie took a step, reached into the duffel, pulled out a pistol, then stepped back and racked the slide halfway. She checked to be sure the extra round was still in the chamber, then let the slide go home and gently lowered the hammer. She stuck the pistol inside the waistband of her jeans at the small of her back, then gestured toward the bag. “Your turn.”I grabbed the other nine-millimeter and perform
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