Shred of Evidence

He strode down the street with his cell phone pressed to his ear, his free hand gesturing wildly as he spoke. I could tell his dark blue suit was expensive due to its cut and how it hung on his shoulders which were pulled back in perfect posture. Most people wouldn’t notice it, but the suit coat swung differently on his left side as he walked.

His face was tan with a perfect shave and his hair appeared recently cut. He continued to jabber into his cell phone and ignored beautiful woman after beautiful woman as they passed him on the street. I imagined he wouldn’t have to chase them; it would probably be the other way around. If only one word could describe the man, it would be confidence. He was perfect.

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Like many bad days, this one was starting late. Gonzalo was scheduled to leave the station house and head home in fifteen minutes. His relief had already come in and Mari had called to say dinner was nearly done. Instead of finishing up his paperwork for the day, however, he was listening to someone on the phone, running his free hand through his hair and wishing he was one of those sheriffs who could leave well enough alone. Or at least that the deputy who was relieving him were more experienced and able to do things on his own rather than still learning the job.

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My work has appeared in publications like The Storyteller, Futures, FAME and is upcoming in Short Attention Span Mysteries and Hoodz. Along with writing short fiction, I am working on a novel.

Troy has been writing since 2001 and has written everything from essays to humor to the macabre. “Mysteries, thrillers and the unexplainable are what I find myself invariably picking up and this is the genre I most enjoy writing, the type of story that stimulates me.” His short stories appear in several magazines, journals and ezines and a paranormal suspense thriller, Delusion, is available through Gate Way Publishers. His suspense novel, Chosen, is available through Port Town Publishing or can be ordered from amazon.com or through most bookstores. Troy lives in Golden, Colorado and is currently working on a short story anthology and polishing his sequel to Chosen. See a complete list of Troy’s works at www.geocities.com/jtroyseate.

Kim Harrington lives in Massachusetts with her husband and son. Visit her website at http://www.kimharringtonbooks.com.

Among other things, I am the author of the Precinct Puerto Rico series for Thomas Dunne books. Book four in the series should come out in the Fall of 2006. I’ve had stories published in Shots, CrimeSpree and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine as well as a tiny journal of sports literature called Aethlon.

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