An Easy Score Clayton sat in the stolen, rust-covered, Bronco across the street from the Osborn Bank & Trust wondering why he was there. Why did he think that any lead from his ex-cellmate Needles would be worth his time? Needles was a lifer who had gone down for a bank job that ended up […]

Doctor Charles Auger turned into the driveway of the Jawbone Medical Center and turned off the engine of his ancient Cadillac which proceeded to rattle itself to sleep. Medical Center was an overly august name for a thousand-square-foot prefab structure with flaking paint and a gravel parking lot, but it was the only medical care […]

The Beast and the Rose Bertram woke up with a horrible taste in his mouth, a throbbing head, and a cold metal collar wrapped around his neck. The last thing he remembered was sitting in the Greenway Pub with a cute guy buying him drink after drink. Bert wasn’t much of a drinker, b ut […]

I’m on a tree kick for some reason – it may have to do with living in the desert and missing trees.  I hope you enjoy.   The Ghost, the Watch, and the Tree “Honey, where’s my watch?” “What watch?” The indifference in Marsha’s voice was palpable. “My great-grandfather’s watch,” I entered the living room […]

The Trees We were trying to save the world. That sounds noble, right? It all started with an invitation through the university mail system to meet with Doctor Winifred Paulson, a famous climatologist. I’m a botanist, why would a climatologist want to meet me? I didn’t want to second guess the invitation. Maybe this was […]