The Islands Tell of It, Chapter 6: Rathbone Estate
What transpired next confirmed the nurse Anna’s prediction. Record temperatures of stifling heat and humidity up to 100 degrees blanketed most of the…
The Islands Tell of It, Chapter 5: Deep-End Dining
Despite Luther’s fiancé giving him the business of taking off on a Saturday on the auspices of an important lead, we headed for Chicago. “Boy, did…
The Islands Tell of It, Chapter 4: Heat Wave
Evie Fortner had a fight with her husband over her present state of pregnancy. Still light outside, she put her Nikes on and dashed out the back…
The Islands Tell of It, Chapter 3: Bobber’s Café
Grandpa Pete summoned me for breakfast. His invitations were deemed in delivery as commands, rather than a nice thing to spend a morning meal with…
The Islands Tell of It, Chapter 2: Four Months Before October
My plan to discredit Melanie Rossen failed in momentum with every lead. I started with the head of the history department at Anderson University,…
The Islands Tell of It, Chapter 1: The First Victim
I paced restlessly around my apartment, not able to eat dinner or relax with a good DVD. My mind was racing, as well as my pumping heart. It was 7…
Allure Fades
Lara Whittaker focused her sleepy eyes to find recent eye-candy younger guy crush Asher Prather handing her a hot mug of coffee. He softly said,…
He Came to Sheboygan
It was December 5th in 1989 and the sixteen-day countdown to Winter Solstice had begun. Sheboygan, Wisconsin, a small German-dominated city, was…
The Islands Tell of It
I paced restlessly around my apartment, not able to eat dinner or relax with a good DVD. My mind was racing, as well as my pumping heart. It was 7…
My Shining Boy
On a cool breezy autumn night from the house down on the pristine white paved private drive came droves of teenage guests to a Saturday night…
