It Came Upon A Midnight Clear: a smalltown novella (5/9)

Chapters 1-3

Chapters 4-6

Chapters 7-9

Chapters 10-12

13. Loose Ends

Deputy Zhifu Tuola sat at the small counter in the bakery and watched George Anders take muffins out of the oven. The bakery wasn’t really equipped as an eatery, but George had put in the counter a few years ago, along with a Bunn coffee urn, in the attempt to get people to stay and chat with him for a little while. George was bored easily. The coffee was cheap—twenty-five cents got you a chipped mug full, just enough to cover th...