The Insomniac Writer

                I watched her, unsure of myself. She didn’t notice me, of course. No reason she should. She just sat there, all alone at a table for two, a subtle invitation from the cosmos to make her my own. I ordered another Dos Equis and pulled the notepad from the breast pocket of my blazer.
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Case #: SA-7J-008375
I.R. #:    75
Description:        Interview – Taped – Kevin Knox
Office of Origin:                                Madison County Sherriff’s Office

Case Agent:        Deputy Charles Irwin
 
On 5/24/06, starting at 5:12AM, Kevin Knox was interviewed at the Madison County Sherriff’s Office located in Jackson, Madison County, Tennessee, by Deputy Charles P. Irwin of the Madison County Sherriff’s Office. The following [...]

 
Dee glanced at her watch and then back to the boy who had murdered her father. “It’ll be here. Stop tapping your foot. You’re driving me nuts.”
Mark Stinson took a slow drag from his Marlboro then blew out a steady stream of smoke, which seemed to hang in the cool air impossibly long before dissipating. [...]

                Tom Bishop ran his index finger between his sweaty neck and the damp collar of his shirt. The church had been as frigid as his ex-wife, but the reception hall would have made Dante feel at home. Add three hundred or more wedding guests and you had a ripe-smelling hotbox. He had been loathe [...]

                Tina thought it best to bury her sister in the apple orchard she had cherished so much in life. She found a spot of grass between two of the larger Ruby Jons and used her father’s pickaxe to break up the soil. It was cool out but pleasant, and in spite of her dire [...]