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Thursday, April 7, 2022

The Murders on Staines Road - Chapter Ten

Idle Talk The Night Before Ray lay on his bunk, thinking of what was ahead of him. He had done twenty-one years, four months, and nine days, and not one of those days had seemed as long as the last three. Some pencil-pusher had visited him to make sure that they had completed and properly signed all... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

The Murders on Staines Road - Chapter Nine

Wins and Losses The football season found Chris leading his team all the way into the high school state semi-finals. The Knights had held a four-point lead and the ball with less than thirty seconds to go when everything went stupid. He had handed the ball off to his fullback, who was supposed just... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, April 5, 2022

The Murders on Staines Road - Chapter Eight

Things Said In Passing As much as possible, Ray stayed in his house as much as he could. The prison was full of troublemakers, and the last thing that he needed was trouble. He was down to seventeen days until they would release him, and he would not chance some crazy son of a bitch taking a punch... Sign in to see full entry.

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Monday, April 4, 2022

The Murders on Staines Road - Chapter Seven

Night Moves Carlene waited outside the varsity locker room, waiting for Chris to get showered and changed after the game. She knew guys were always boisterous when they were together, but the yelling and whooping she was hearing brought a smile to her face. She couldn't wait to tell her girlfriends... Sign in to see full entry.

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Sunday, April 3, 2022

The Murders on Staines Road - Chapter Six

Waiting For A Gesture From The Emperors If prison time passed slowly, the time he spent waiting for the parole board to decide made everything crawl along at a painful pace. Ray knew that his chances of getting out on the first go-around were remote. Every long-timer in the joint told him he was... Sign in to see full entry.

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Saturday, April 2, 2022

The Murders on Staines Road - Chapter Six

Second and Fourteen Chris had gotten little playing time, as had Jim Thomas, the starting varsity quarterback, because several major college teams were already scouting Jim. The team they were going to play the next day wasn’t the best in the league, but they were a team that never quit. Chris... Sign in to see full entry.

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Friday, April 1, 2022

The Murders on Staines Road - Chapter Five

Trial By Three Raymond Phillips was up early Friday morning, dressed in the cleanest set of clothes he could muster. His shoes had been washed and polished as spotless as possible in the cell sink, and his handwritten notes were in his shirt pocket. Raymond had carefully formed his words after... Sign in to see full entry.

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Thursday, March 31, 2022

The Murders on Staines Road - Chapter Four

School Daze Dreams As late summer slowly gave way to early fall and their senior year of school began, Chris and Carlene became closer than she had ever dreamed was possible. In her previous years in high school, she had watched as other couples had walked hand-in-hand down the halls between... Sign in to see full entry.

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Wednesday, March 30, 2022

The Murders on Staines Road - Chapter Three

In Quest of Wisdom When Ray asked about whom to talk to for the best advice on approaching the parole board, everyone told him to speak with Willy. He had been in his current unit for several years, but he had never met this Willy guy. It took another five cigarettes to get him a housing number and... Sign in to see full entry.

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Tuesday, March 29, 2022

The Murders on Staines Road - Chapter Two

Meanwhile, Forty-Eight Miles Away Eighteen-year-old Carlene McComb was sitting in front of her bedroom mirror, shifting her long, thick brown hair around and deciding where she liked it best. In reality, she was trying to figure out where her new boyfriend, Chris Higgins, might like it best. Chris... Sign in to see full entry.

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