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Shakedown in Deadtown

Shakedown in Deadtown

by | Apr 23, 2019 | Short Story, W, W. E. Wertenberger

Lou and I sat in an unmarked car tucked away in an unlit alley. The smell of convenience store coffee, cigarettes, and Lou’s Aqua Velva hung in the confined atmosphere like stakeout smog. +++++“Watched that old Jennifer Aniston movie last night, HBO,” Lou said. “The...
The Ballad of One Man and Two Man

The Ballad of One Man and Two Man

by | Apr 2, 2019 | P, Peter Caffrey, Short Story

As the sun set over the scrub, One Man hunkered down in the dry gully, out of sight of prying eyes. The town, silhouetted by the fading red sky, came alive with tiny pinpricks of white light, sparkling with increased intensity as the cloak of darkness covered the...