Guest Post from Jim Doherty

Q: Show us your darlings. Give us five or ten lines of your own work that you think shine.

From Frank

I'm turning my slot over to Jim Doherty today to show some of his "dah-lings" that survived getting killed during the revision process. Check out Jim's new short story collection  The Big Game and Other Crime Stories .
Take it away, Jim!
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(Many thanks to my brother cop, and fellow mystery writer, Frank Zafiro, for loaning me ...