Tag - mystery

01/2024

The Floating Pen

By Gilbert Weiss

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Creative Writing - mystery

Philadelphia – A fifth-grade elementary class on the fourth floor. There were 15 pupils in Mr. Jones’ fifth-grade class. And it so happens, there were identical twin boys in this class. They were seated far apart from one another. At the time of t...


01/2024

A Chicago Story

By Gilbert Weiss

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Creative Writing - mystery

A Korean War vet with pen in hand tells this story. The year was 1956. The city, Chicago. It was a sizzling hot day, Aug. 21. It was so hot you could fry an egg on the pavement. A man walked slowly along Michigan Avenue. His hair was disheveled...


03/2024

Lost Patrol

By William L. Snead

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Conflict - Korea mystery

As I stepped across the dust-choked road, I felt a chill up the back of my spine.   Jake Fragosi sat smiling coyly in an M1 U.S. Army jeep alongside a local scout, and to his rear I saw a Korean policeman.   Fragosi said, “Hop in. I’ll ta...