“I ain’t ‘fraid of the dark.” “Me neither.” “Don’t be stupid, Brucey, everybody knows you are.” “Well, I ain’t!” Kip rolled his eyes. Brucey had moved so close in the dark Kip could feel him shaking. “Git off me, then!” Kip elbowed his brother aside, but there wasn’t […]
Virgil didn’t mind watching the world go by. It was just what he did, night after night, sitting in the faded metal lawn chair next to his father on a sloping timber porch lining Main Street, Amos. His father sighed deeply into the late summer dusk and reached […]
She knew Doc Weber worried way too much about her and her bull. But when Doc returned to her house to warn her about some dude in a grey car with Arkansas plates parked on the road outside, Avery was well and truly spooked. Was it Curtis? Possibly. Probably. Avery’s heart raced […]
“Nice ride,” Curtis said, eyeing the black Charger appreciatively. The blonde behind the wheel smiled. “Thanks. Just got it a few months ago,” she said, sliding out of the driver’s seat and reaching for the gas pump. The girl decided he looked safe enough in his pink polo shirt and jeans. After […]
(The serial concludes today.) The sun was just setting as James and MaryAnn took the Amos exit off I-70 and rolled into town. And while Amos at the best of times was a roll-up-the-sidewalks-at-dusk kind of town, it seemed to them that it was even quieter than usual. […]
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