by MarktheAuthor | Dec 3, 2025 | Fiction, Novels, Private Investigator, Serialized, Writing
Your Son’s Father Five-year-old Penelope Jane thrust a multi-colored drawing at my face. “Unicorns are real,” she said in the manner of absolutes reserved for young children. I’d driven home, needing to see her, to touch my child, make sure she was safe. Stretched...
by MarktheAuthor | Nov 29, 2025 | Fiction, Novels, Private Investigator, Serialized, Writing
Love Or Money “That deal with Johnny Martin,” I said, striding toward Mother’s car and stabbing a thumb over my shoulder. “It’s the one that saves our business. And you just drove over top of it with your damned Chrysler.” My heartbeat had to be double its resting...
by MarktheAuthor | Nov 26, 2025 | Fiction, Novels, Private Investigator, Process, Serialized, Writing
An Unfortunate Uncertainty “Are you going to take a blasted minute?” Mother’s voice blew past like a northern wind, rattling the gates in the stockyard next door. A few desperate cows bound for the slaughterhouse bellowed. Johnny rattled away in the battered F-250,...
by MarktheAuthor | Nov 21, 2025 | Fiction, Novels, Private Investigator, Process, Serialized, Writing
Legacy Double Trouble Johnny Horton Martin hopped out of the pickup with the energy of a teenager. I stepped out to greet him, the big chalky sky of late November embracing me with a chilly promise. Johnny narrowed his eyes and offered me a disarming grin. “You come...
by MarktheAuthor | Nov 21, 2025 | Fiction, Novels, Private Investigator, Process, Serialized, Writing
Dilemma of Duties The Nokia slipped free as I checked for signal bars. Its first contact with the motor snapped it shut. The compact black brick bounced through the engine compartment with the energy of a pinball. My hand chased it halfway through the power labyrinth...
