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Deft Illusion
Gordon Milner shifted uneasily in his seat on the Pelican’s Flock. They had been at sea for almost four months. The navigator was down with a mixture of typhoid and death and the assistant navigator apparently earned the title by being the navigators younger half-whit brother. Milner was on watch tonight, like he’d been on [...]
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Tags: Gordon Milner, Pelican's Flock
An Occasion
The heat of the gun barrel pressed against my back was alarming. A cold gun barrel in the back may be cliche, but it is also a common occurrence on certain rain-soaked streets. However, The cold gun barrel is a wild card, anybody could be holding it and more likely than not your fate is [...]
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Tags: 14th Street, Darrel Higgens, Martha Suel, Palmer's Nook
Turf War
“I don’t give a shit what Carmine wants,” said Kevin Delgado, even though he didn’t mean it. “If he thinks he can waltz in here and start calling the shots he has another thing coming.” Delgado attempted to fast draw his two shoulder-holstered hand cannons and managed to drop one and tangle up the other. [...]
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Tags: Giles Gilder, Kevin Delgado, Nodio Carmine, Pete Ivy
Such an Easy Thing
Duck moved silently into position on the muddy hill. It was the perfect vantage point of the makeshift barracks the Germans had holed up in. Young Donny and Biggy T were ready to flank the structure from the rear as soon as me and SS lit them up with the smoke and machine gun fire. [...]
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Tags: 'Young' Donny Baker, Hank West, Igby 'Duck' Egann, Samuel 'SS' Sanders, Ted 'Biggy T' Jacobs