crime fiction

One Last Toast for Ebenezer Fleet: Chapter Sixteen

Entering The Office               Ezekiel reached into his pocket. He felt the cold brass of the shells as he pulled out a handful. Fear made his heart wither within him, but he did not stop moving toward the door. And in some sort of defiance of that fear, he flipped the shotgun upside down and […]

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One Last Toast for Ebenezer Fleet: Chapter Fifteen

Pixie                Isaiah shifted to try to find a more comfortable position in the chair, but nothing helped. It was already a long day. Professor after professor had droned on as he sat through class after class. The balmy dusk of summer was beckoning outside the window, and he wished for nothing more than the

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One Last Toast for Ebenezer Fleet: Chapter Ten

Finding Hosea Fleet                “So, if you turn right, right here, that’ll take you to Ansel,” the woman said. She seemed in an even better mood than when she had talked to him at the door. She pointed down the same road she had pointed down as before.                “And how far do I go

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One Last Toast for Ebenezer Fleet: Chapter Nine

The Search for Hosea                As Daniel pulled the door shut with a thud, the first raindrops began to fall, and he peered into the graying day.                “Was planning on cleaning the basement today.” Daniel’s mother sighed in disappointment. She muttered something to herself that Daniel could not understand. “I guess you always end

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One Last Toast for Ebenezer Fleet: Chapter Six

The Wannabe Production                Jeremiah stared at the deep crack that ran from one end of the ceiling to the other. He remembered the first night he had moved out of his parent’s house into this one. He remembered the heat of that day, almost an entire year ago. It was a hot August evening,

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One Last Toast for Ebenezer Fleet: Chapter Five

The Hospital Room                Isaiah sat in a dull room. He thought the walls were green, but he was not sure. Its lightbulb was dying. Soon, it would be gone, and the room would be plunged into darkness. And the little color he now saw would be gone. He knew that. The little light that

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