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Slim in Little Egypt #1.5
The Hunger Angels
On a rainy night in Little Egypt, Jeep Mabry shows up on Slim’s doorstep with an old mining colleague to interrupt Slim and Anci’s Scrabble game, bringing more trouble than just misspelled words. Snake Dornan, a nickname he earned with particularly slippery schemes, bought up a few nearby houses in foreclosure, and rented one to Lizzie and Tony Meeks, by appearances a nice, young married couple. However, when he visits the house, the windows are broken, the yard is full of bikes and bikers, and there’s a telling smell of rotten eggs in the air. In order to evict them from his house, Snake needs Slim and Jeep’s help. All they need to do is deliver a letter of intent and a copy of the original lease to a group of heavily armed, meth running bikers. Should be easy, right?
This Slim in Little Egypt short story bridges the gap between Down Don’t Bother Me and Red Dog, and also includes an excerpt from Red Dog.
This Slim in Little Egypt short story bridges the gap between Down Don’t Bother Me and Red Dog, and also includes an excerpt from Red Dog.
- GenresMystery
67 pages, Kindle Edition
First published July 26, 2016
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October 3, 2017
★ ★ ★ 1/2 (rounded up)
This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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Taking place sometime after Dead Don't Bother Me, Slim's night of Scrabble with his daughter, Anci is interrupted by his friend, Jeep and a former co-worker, Snake.
Don't you just love the names of these characters?
Anyway, since leaving the coal mines, Snake has made a little money here and there, and has a few rental properties now. His nicest place is being rented by the nicest young couple, but Snake has family that needs it, so he has to evict the nice folks. Which is where Slim and Jeep come in. Because when Snake visits the house, its overrun with bikers and met and all sorts of property damage. The local law stops by everything looks fine and the housewife is as pleasant as Snake thought.
So now, Slim and Jeep need to do two things: 1. See if things are really as bad as Snake thinks, or if the police are right (well, I should say, confirm Snake's version) and 2. Serve the tenants with an eviction notice. All of which goes just as easily as you'd expect. Excitement and sleuthing ensues.
The best part of this story is Anci -- her relationship with her father is wonderful and it's the kind of thing you want to read more of. Like Spenser and Hawk at their best, or Lydia Chin and Bill Smith, you just want to read pages and pages of their conversations. It took about 6 sentences from Anci for me to note, "Oh yeah, that's why I loved her." Slim's easy to like, too -- I've got notes aplenty about some of his lines, but I won't quote any because the story is so short, I don't want to ruin anything for you. Great dialogue, great Chandler-esque narration, and lot of action. That's all I need to be satisfied.
This is listed as 62 pages, but I'm guessing at least 20 of those are promotional pages for the 2nd novel -- it's so hard to guess at Kindle length. It was long enough to justify reading, and short enough that you can breeze through it.
I've been nagging myself lately to get around to Red Dog, and getting this short story only served to make that a more pressing desire. Which I'm pretty sure was most of its purpose -- I've got to spend more time with Slim, Anci and the rest in Little Egypt. Read this and you'll feel the same way.
This originally appeared at The Irresponsible Reader.
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Taking place sometime after Dead Don't Bother Me, Slim's night of Scrabble with his daughter, Anci is interrupted by his friend, Jeep and a former co-worker, Snake.
Don't you just love the names of these characters?
Anyway, since leaving the coal mines, Snake has made a little money here and there, and has a few rental properties now. His nicest place is being rented by the nicest young couple, but Snake has family that needs it, so he has to evict the nice folks. Which is where Slim and Jeep come in. Because when Snake visits the house, its overrun with bikers and met and all sorts of property damage. The local law stops by everything looks fine and the housewife is as pleasant as Snake thought.
So now, Slim and Jeep need to do two things: 1. See if things are really as bad as Snake thinks, or if the police are right (well, I should say, confirm Snake's version) and 2. Serve the tenants with an eviction notice. All of which goes just as easily as you'd expect. Excitement and sleuthing ensues.
The best part of this story is Anci -- her relationship with her father is wonderful and it's the kind of thing you want to read more of. Like Spenser and Hawk at their best, or Lydia Chin and Bill Smith, you just want to read pages and pages of their conversations. It took about 6 sentences from Anci for me to note, "Oh yeah, that's why I loved her." Slim's easy to like, too -- I've got notes aplenty about some of his lines, but I won't quote any because the story is so short, I don't want to ruin anything for you. Great dialogue, great Chandler-esque narration, and lot of action. That's all I need to be satisfied.
This is listed as 62 pages, but I'm guessing at least 20 of those are promotional pages for the 2nd novel -- it's so hard to guess at Kindle length. It was long enough to justify reading, and short enough that you can breeze through it.
I've been nagging myself lately to get around to Red Dog, and getting this short story only served to make that a more pressing desire. Which I'm pretty sure was most of its purpose -- I've got to spend more time with Slim, Anci and the rest in Little Egypt. Read this and you'll feel the same way.
April 17, 2021
I picked this up not realizing it is an in-between novella. I decided to give it a go anyways.
I'm glad I did.
I might not know backstories, but the characters were cool enough that I want to read the whole series now.
I need to know if Snake gets his 'just desserts'.
Yup, a quick little read that packed a punch. Literally.
3.5/5
I'm glad I did.
I might not know backstories, but the characters were cool enough that I want to read the whole series now.
I need to know if Snake gets his 'just desserts'.
Yup, a quick little read that packed a punch. Literally.
3.5/5
July 2, 2025
Not bad.
August 8, 2025
I wish it were longer, but this wet tangle of Slim, Jeep, and Snake delivers in spades, so can't complain, not really. Needs the first novel in series to appreciate properly, though - consider yourselves warned.
December 9, 2023
I thoroughly enjoyed this piece .
I must say it's the first short story i was soooo into while reading.
Hilarious at times, Raugh & Taught at every edge.
I don't have experience in this genre. It was first and the first is the best.
Looking forward to reading the series.
It's full of punches. A 2.8-3 star read for me.
I must say it's the first short story i was soooo into while reading.
Hilarious at times, Raugh & Taught at every edge.
I don't have experience in this genre. It was first and the first is the best.
Looking forward to reading the series.
It's full of punches. A 2.8-3 star read for me.
January 10, 2019
Short little teaser that you can download for free from Google Play.
December 6, 2025
Expecting more.
January 9, 2017
Slim & Anci short story about those damn chickens! Once again the sleuths are at it in a fun short story . A must read to find out how Anci out wits the thieves. Those Little Egypt knuckle heads are at it again.
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