HeyJaredWright Stories: Funny, Dark, Suspenseful Tales
A collection of short fiction and serialized novels about wiseguys, sad sacks, and regular people stuck in extraordinary circumstances. In addition to fiction, you'll see some essays about writing and writers.
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Excerpt from IN THE WEST: The New Plan (opens the original)
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To catch up on what’s posted so far. . . Chapter 1: The Informer. The Stasi arrests Margot and presses her into service as an informer. Later, her Stasi handler orders her to betray her best friend.Excerpt 1: The Plan. Margot’s husband, Emil reveals his old plan for smuggling them out to the West. Excerpt 2: The Czech Border. Emil drives both families over the border in
You Like L.A. Confidential? You’ll Love Babylon Berlin (opens the original)
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Excerpt from IN THE WEST: Prague (opens the original)
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You’ll find the opening chapter as a short story, “The Informer” here. The first excerpt, “The Plan” is here, and the second excerpt, “The Czech Border” is here. The Stasi arrested Margot in 1981 for buying eggs stolen from a collective farm and press her into service as an informer. After asking her to betray her best friend, Lisl, Margot and husband Emil decide to escape West with
The Right Tool for the Job (opens the original)
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Person of Interest: Crime Fiction Talk with Ron Clyburn (opens the original)
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