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Tag Archives: organized crime
The Vanishing Santa, Part 12
The Tuesday after Thanksgiving was also the day before Frankie Napkins’ birthday. It also became something else thanks to some creative thinking by Detective Bruno, who was truly torn about his decision and what might happen as a result. “So … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, crime, Detective Bruno, fiction, friendship, Humor, Modern Philosopher, mystery, organized crime, short story
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The Vanishing Santa, Part 11
Wally wasn’t sure how they ended up at the chessboards down along the river walk. Bruno had a tendency to just drive when he was deep in thought, and the path was somewhere between The Scorpion Pit and he police … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, crime, Detective Bruno, fiction, Humor, Modern Philosopher, mystery, organized crime, short story, writing
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The Vanishing Santa, Part 8
Monday brought a much welcomed return to normalcy. Bruno preferred to work when the station house was packed with people and humming with life. It just seemed like the natural orders of things, and it was too busy and hectic … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, crime, Detective Bruno, Modern Philosopher, mystery, organized crime, Relationships, serial, short story
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The Vanishing Santa, Part 7
Bruno felt a little stupid as he stood on the porch and knocked on the door, but a little stupid was an emotion that he could handle. Plus, what he was about to do was going to make everything much … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, crime, Detective Bruno, fiction, Humor, Modern Philosopher, mystery, organized crime, serial, short story, writing
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Trump’s Not So Wise Guys
“Do you ever feel like our country is being run by the most inept organized crime family in history?” Aaron asked from where he sat on his side of the running path. Holly lowered her mask, over on her side … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, Covid 19, flash fiction, Modern Philosopher, organized crime, Sarcasm, satire, short story, Trump, tumor
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