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Playing The Ace

Same old Aggie.” Lieutenant Max Zagreb stepped outside the elevator and held the door for the long-legged woman in the short skirt and platform heels with a fake alligator bag slung from one bare bony shoulder.

The Book of Judges

McNulty’s apartment had the look and feel of a wake. In the front room, guys from the job milled around with beer bottles tight in their hands.

Pandora's Bluff

“I’ll see your bet,” Miss Parson said, “and raise you four dollars more.”

Louisa And The Silver Buckle

I was sitting on my porch in Cape May, New Jersey, when the mailman arrived. He dropped off the usual bills, a flier for half-price burgers at a local bar, and an invitation to a Cape May event.

Pisan Zapra

Pisan zapra—Malay for “the time it takes to eat a banana”