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Tracer Bullet and the Smoke of Libville. Epilogue: The Message Under The Door

Continued from Episode 9 – HERE Two weeks later, the evening slouched in wearing the same cheap suit as the night before. Tracer Bullet stood in his office, blinds half-closed, watching fog slither in from the river. The neon lights … Read More

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Tracer Bullet and the Smoke of Libville. Episode 9: The Vespers of Betrayal

Continued from Episode 8 – HERE “That’d be Chester.” I stood with my back to the warped blinds, one hand in my coat, the other resting on the scuffed back up folder that contained every sorry truth we’d dug up … Read More

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Tracer Bullet and the Smoke of Libville. Episode 8: Spies, Lies and a Bark in the Dark

Continued from Episode 7 – HERE The door swung shut behind us with a click that sounded like a trap snapping on a rat that thought it was in charge. The conference room reeked of pumpkin spice coffee and betrayal. … Read More

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Tracer Bullet and the Smoke of Libville. Episode 7: The Threshold of No Return

Continued from Episode 6 – HERE I pulled the Charger up into chancery lot just as the rain tapered from its sulky drizzle. The building loomed in the evening fug, concrete and glass stacked like a columbarium of forgotten ideals. … Read More

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Tracer Bullet and the Smoke of Libville. Episode 6: The Howl At The Moon

Continued from Episode 5 – HERE Episode 6: The Howl At The Moon In the rearview, the neon sign for the Alibi Bar shrank into a smear of blue and red. The rain finally sputtered out about the time I … Read More

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Tracer Bullet and the Smoke of Libville. Episode 5: The Booth at Alibi Bar

Continued from Episode 4 – HERE Episode 5: The Booth at Alibi Bar Rain polished the streets of Libville into a mirror that only reflected bad decisions, the kind that start with a smile and end with crime scene tape. … Read More

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Tracer Bullet and the Smoke of Libville. Episode 4: “Patchouli and Power Plays”

Continued from Episode 3 – HERE Episode 4: “Patchouli and Power Plays” Swamp Castle wasn’t a castle. It was a beige concrete retreat center squatting like a theological toad on the edge of a man-made pond, surrounded by reeds, mosquitoes, … Read More

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Tracer Bullet and the Smoke of Libville. Episode 3: St. Odilia and Lavender Liturgy

Continued from Episode 2 – HERE Episode 3: St. Odilia and Lavender Liturgy The drive to Point Blank was uneventful in the same way a minefield is calm if you don’t move. The road out of the city narrowed into cracked asphalt … Read More

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Tracer Bullet and the Smoke of Libville. Episode 2: “Gathering Thoughts”

Continued from Part 1 – HERE Episode 2: Gathering Thoughts The sound of the priest’s leather-soled wingtips faded down the corridor. I sat there a minute, letting the silence settle like incense after Benediction – heavy, but vaguely threatening. The … Read More

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Tracer Bullet and the Smoke of Libville. Episode 1: “Ashes, Stale Coffee, and Bad News”

Tracer Bullet and the Smoke of Libville Episode 1: Ashes, Stale Coffee, and Bad News It was a Thursday. Or maybe a Friday. The kind of evening that sagged like 70’s chasuble left too long in a damp sacristy – … Read More

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