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The New Knight Moves – The Pawn Ticket 3
The New Knight Moves – The Pawn Ticket 3 The taxi moves swiftly down the street. Tucker is intent on examining the strange pawn ticket. As he does he marvels at the events that have brought him to this point. Not even twenty four hours ago he was running for his life. He gazes out…
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The Castling of the King – The Pawn Ticket part 2
The Castling of the King – The Pawn Ticket part 2 Tucker feels his pulse quicken, and his hands begin to tremble. He checks the pocket with the pawn ticket inside. It’s still there. Oddly, he is relieved. Patsy is watching him closely, as the wheels turn frantically in his mind. There is no way…
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The Pawn Ticket – part one
The Pawn Ticket – part one Tucker just finished picking up his dry cleaning. It is shortly after sunset and the sky is darkening rapidly. He is in a hurry tonight. So he drove, instead of walking. As he rounds the corner, one block away from his car, he collides with a running man. The…
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The best of luck in a pinch
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The good luck charm and a new catch
The good luck charm and a new catch Help arrived. Just a few minutes after Riley fell into the sarcophagus. He would have made it until they could rescue him. However, what could only have been an aftershock, severed the thread he was dangling from. Some may think of a lucky rabbit’s foot, or a…
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The beautiful plan in the mirror
The beautiful plan in the mirror Now this is something. Lisa gazes intently at it. The box is small, but the thing in it, moves like it is from the bottom of the sea. Slow and deliberate. In fact, it looks almost like a sea star. And that is what she thought it was, at…
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New day – The retrieval of Jupiter’s Heart
New day – The retrieval of Jupiter’s Heart Eric closes the garage. Then he enters the mud room of their new home. After removing his shoes (Emma’s orders) he steps into the kitchen. He’s home earlier than expected today. It will be a couple of hours before Emma returns home. Therefore, he decides to do…
