I'm writing a story 140 words at a time and posting the results here
daily. Can I sustain interest? Will I lose the narrative thread? Find
out in this next installment of Bullets Ain't Cheap
Sorry this installment is late, I've been busy.
poured me my first two fingers of Scotch. A good bartender knew when to shut up, and Scully was a hundred different kinds of good.
I drained another one dry and set it carefully on the bar. In my other hand I held the thumb drive Kelly had slipped me, turning it over and over. It was a talisman, holding secrets I wasn’t sure I wanted to know.
I couldn’t go back to my place, Telrik had it wired like a switchboard, and since it had been dark for a while I was pretty sure the public library was closed
“Hey Scully,” I called out, my slurred words surprising me. I was pretty hammered after all. “You got a computer around here?”
I blinked, and tried to focus on the screen. Scully kept his computer in his office, as dark
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