Herschel, a Short Story by James Strauss
Mar30

Herschel, a Short Story by James Strauss

HERSCHEL Short Story By J. Strauss The ground didn’t seem wet at all from six feet higher up.  But Tom wasn’t that high up from it anymore.  Instead, he was on it, moving slowly through the forest in short scrabbling bursts.  He rested the right side of his face against the surface.  He felt the sharp prick of pine needles, but he made no move to brush them away.  The needles were damp, like everything else a millimeter,...

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Tagged in Sierra Leone, Arch Patton Arrives in Africa
Mar25

Tagged in Sierra Leone, Arch Patton Arrives in Africa

TAGGED IN SIERRA LEONE Arch Patton arrives in Africa By James Strauss The Internet termed the place to be Lungi International Airport, Sierra Leone, but no description was given, nor would it have served, not even for the seasoned African traveler. Those of life experience chose to avoid such places. There was nothing to be observed that wanted of memory and certainly nothing to be gained in the way of compensation for time or labor....

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FULLY FUNCTIONAL, a Short Story by James Strauss
Mar18

FULLY FUNCTIONAL, a Short Story by James Strauss

FULLY FUNCTIONAL Short Story By J. Strauss   Lieutenant Howard never ran with lightening speed. He was more controlled, as befitting his rank of lieutenant and position of shift commander. He moved with a glow across the spectrum of his small town fiefdom. Twenty-five thousand citizens rested under his care, almost all asleep, as he commanding the midnight to eight shift. He took his first dose in his cruiser down at Main Beach...

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Zack, a Short Story by James Strauss
Mar15

Zack, a Short Story by James Strauss

ZACK Short Story By J. Strauss   Zack prepared himself for the confrontation. Winter had been hard.  So very hard. He hadn’t really been ready for that kind of cold. He’d thought he was ready, but it was the wind off that lake that nearly did him in.  He’d been saved by the boathouse. But everything was over. The owner of the big house up at the end of the old runway, which led directly down to the boathouse, had come back...

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Roughy, A Short Story by James Strauss

ROUGHY Short Story By J. Strauss Holder didn’t engage the man because he had a kid with him, not that the son-of-a-bitch didn’t deserve to be properly encountered in spite of the child.  Coffee shops suck in Boston.  They aren’t the warm fuzzy places that dot Seattle’s landscape, where people are running around, talking and generally being friendly.  No, the Boston Common Coffee shop, in what they call the North End, is a cold place...

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