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Category: Noir

Hardboiled, Noir

Silent the Night – Finale

Brad Wendel / December 21, 2018

While this wasn’t the first time I’ve stood in front of an angry dame holding a gun at me, it occurred to me that it’d never happened on Christmas Eve before.  I checked it off the bucket list in my brain.  One less goal to worry about, assuming I survived…

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Hardboiled, Noir

Silent the Night – Part Three

Brad Wendel / December 10, 2018

I scanned the street outside the window of my apartment as I poured a fresh glass of comfort and joy.  The sun was going down on the city, and soon Christmas Eve would be shrouded by the comforting void.  Soon Santa would be on his way, and I was ready…

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Hardboiled, Noir

Silent the Night – Part Two

Brad Wendel / December 3, 2018

My fingers shook as I snatched the cigarette from my lips the next night.  The air around my apartment building was colder than the shadows.  I had instructions from my client, a wad of cash in my pocket and a loaded gun in my holster.  I had everything I needed.…

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Hardboiled, Noir

Silent the Night – Part One

Brad Wendel / November 26, 2018

The wintry air of the city reeked of coffee and cigarettes.  Just the way I liked it.  The steam from a fresh cup o’ joe filled my nostrils and reminded me, if ever so briefly, that I was still kicking.  Some prissy crooner was mumbling through a Christmas song on…

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Famous Quotes on Writing

  • Detail is the lifeblood of fiction. John Gardner
  • The purpose of writing is to make your mother and father drop dead with shame. J.P. Donleavy
  • The difficulty of literature is … not to affect your reader, but to affect them precisely as you wish. Robert Louis Stevenson
  • I like nonsense, it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It’s a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope. Dr. Seuss
  • Writing is the process of asking the next logical question. J. Michael Straczynski

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