Zazz Zu Zazz
I’d stopped at a drugstore on 125th Street after school to buy some bubble gum when I heard a scuffle break out and a woman scream…
Funeral Detail – April 2009 from We All Fall Down
As the rain poured down, Justin was not looking forward to getting out of the van. He was not looking forward to playing the fake, electric, bugle for the hero that he was being paid fifty bucks to honor…
Season of Giving
It was the humblest of hometowns, but in a secret place inside himself he liked to think of it as The City By The Sea…
Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right
When I asked Bird if she would stay for good, she laughed and said You should know by now. Don’t you know what I’m thinking? This was after the fire…
Long Gone, a Tamara Hayle Mystery — Chapter One
I was Pet Hayle’s one and only call, which shocked the hell out of me…
One Last Time
“Danny died Tuesday,” Parker’s tight voice announces.
“I’m not having a good day,” I tell the answering machine, refusing to pick up…
