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With a thin cigar between her lips, Klara sank back in her rocking chair. Ruefully she glanced over at her long neglected knitting basket. Carols her angora winked at her and rolled over in the basket. Klara returned to her tablet. The world was going to hell in a hand basket. In her realm the
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We used to tie frogs and GI Joes to bottle rockets and shoot ‘Em behind my neighbors’ house; then there’s the crisp air first thing in the morning when I used to go hunting with my granddad upstate; and…” Fat Jonesy paused, resting his chin on his shovel handle. He pretended to think scratching a
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The New Berwyn Maximum Security Correctional Facility waiting area stank. It was an oily smell of sweat and dirty diapers cut with disinfectant. The waiting area was crowded with mothers, wives, and children, all black and brown, most have sat for hours on crappy buses to reach the prison from the city. Alice bent her
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Pretending to check her purse, Myrtle surveyed the lay of the land. Hatchet came up beside her and rested his hand on the small of her back.“Detective don’t carry this cover too far,” Myrtle whispered close to Hatchet’s ear. “Needs must,” Hatchet said with a wicked grin and kissed her quick.They walked across the restaurant.
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“Daddy, where does that go?”The city was a cacophony of sounds and colors. Passers-by bundled like packages in winter coats and scarves hustled up and down the city streets. A river of cars rushed between traffic lights. Carter looked both ways for traffic and then grabbed his daughter’s hand to cross the street. Snow began
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