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This week’s episode features Chapter Seventeen of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: THE FLASHING STROBE LIGHTS and pulsing music were enough to deaden my senses. The club was teeming with people, and the air was hot and smelled of body odor, perfume, and sweat. I scanned the crowd looking for my […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Sixteen of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: BEFORE THE LAST LIGHT of day was gone, I checked my phone for any new email or text messages and put it away. The windows of our black Chevy Suburban were tinted, but I didn’t want to take the […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Fifteen of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: STEELING MYSELF FOR WHAT lay on the other side, I opened the door to the conference room and entered. Shannon, Cherry, and Tom were already sitting around the table. Beltran was pacing. My eyes locked onto Shannon first, and […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Fourteen of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: IT WAS THE FIRST warm day in months, and the students of Kingstone campus were taking advantage of it. A group of people on the grass in front of the Lincoln library were tossing around a Frisbee, and there […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Thirteen of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: THE CONFERENCE ROOM AT Black Brick smelled like sweat, and I wasn’t the only with a ring of perspiration around my neck. We’d all made it back within a few minutes of each other and were waiting for Beltran […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Twelve of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: SHANNON GRIMACED WHEN SHE heard Cherry’s voice and her demeanor changed. Before, Shannon had been alert and ready for anything. Now, her face tightened, and she twisted her neck to either side. I hoped she wouldn’t do anything stupid. If […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Eleven of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: AS I STEPPED INTO the high-rise office building, I resisted shaking my head to get the ringing out of my ears. From what I could tell, my hearing was normal, even though it felt like there was cotton in […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Ten of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: I OPENED MY EYES with a start. The heavy smell of smoke, burning rubber, and blood filled the air. The train car had been cast in gloom, but there was light overhead. From my vantage point, I couldn’t determine […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Nine of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: THE BLACK BAG HAD a large zipper at the top for the main compartment. There were several pockets on the side. After I checked the outside pockets and found them empty, I eased back the large zipper, wondering if […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Eight of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: THE CITY PASSED BY as I looked out the train window and tried to relax. The morning news coming out of San Diego said the explosion at the Kurt home was a gas leak, but I knew better.  Four […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Seven of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: IT TOOK CONSIDERABLE CONTROL to not wolf down my food when our orders arrived. I was famished and bit into the hamburger, swallowed, and took another bite. This was the first chance to eat since some stale peanuts I’d […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Six of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: I REMAINED IN MY seat on the airplane when the seatbelt sign turned off and the pilot announced we could get up. Those around us stood and began to remove luggage from overhead bins. Beside me, Shannon was flipping […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Five of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: I WAS WAITING FOR Jason Kurt’s last computer to power down when there was a sound at the doorway to Kurt’s bedroom. I turned from the bank of computer screens expecting to find Shannon but instead recognized Lisa, Jason […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Four of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: THE FROTHY WATER REACHED out to lick the tip of my shoe, but my foot wasn’t down on the sand long enough for it to matter. The pounding of my legs on the beach seemed to be in harmony […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Three of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: THE SUN PEEKED OUT of the clouds as Shannon and I walked onto Kingstone Campus; it was nice to have a brief moment of heat to temper the cold of the early spring. As the sun disappeared again, I dug […]

This week’s episode features Chapters One and Two of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: I COULDN’T SILENCE THE alarm bells ringing in my head as Bruce Andrews and his date walked out of the restaurant. They were heading to the ballet but weren’t going to make it. With a glance towards […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Thirty One of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: Kris and I parked in the closest parking garage for the new Diggon headquarters. It was almost a ten-minute walk from there to the main building. As we passed the grizzly bear exhibit, I examined it, trying to […]