Setting: Interior Study – Dusk Harry (30s, short hair, 5 o'clock shadow, dark military clothes) sits at his desk, attaching a silencer to a hunting rifle. HARRY: They'll never know what hit 'em. Harry reaches for a scope to mount on the … [Read more]
“Johnny & the Seagull!”
Setting: Interior Top Floor Apartment - Day Johnny sits in a comfortable armchair, reading by the sunlight coming through the full-length patio windows. A shadow flashes across Johnny’s book. Johnny looks up from his book and notices that … [Read more]
Marple & Spade (six of six)
Chapter-ette Six: An Unlikely Friendship We drove the rest of the way back from the OK Corral & Dude Ranch in silence. Our first stop was Cadwell’s hotel. Miss Marple and I supervised him packing. We took him directly to the train station, … [Read more]
Marple & Spade (five of six)
Chapter-ette Five: An Unlikely Shootout We took the cab back to my apartment, with the excuse that I’d drive all three of us out to the OK Corral & Dude Ranch outside the city limits in my own car. It was a lie by omission. I wanted to change … [Read more]
Marple & Spade (four of six)
Chapter-ette Four: An Unlikely Alliance I came to propped up against the alley wall between two garbage cans, moonlighting as smelling salt. I must not have been out for long, because I didn’t remember dreaming. As my vision cleared the first … [Read more]
Marple & Spade (three of six)
Chapter-ette Three: An Unlikely Surprise I took a moment to take in the carnival poster rolled out on my desk. It was from show a month ago on Staten Island that featured ‘Dr Stefano von Cadwell – Mentalist & Spiritual Philosopher.’ “It’s … [Read more]
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