Stories tagged murder

First Shot (58)

by Mathew Paust, Oct 10, 2014
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Blow, Salzwedel and Frank Rust have found Sarah's abandoned truck, sans its shotgun. In this heart-stopping episode they set off in a dinghy for Turtle Island.

First Shot (59)

by Mathew Paust, Oct 27, 2014
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We left Blow, Salzwedel and Frank Rust heading across the water toward Turtle Island where they believe Sarah Kellum is hiding out. We pick them up as a storm sweeps in from the northeast.

A Little Piece of Humanity

by M. Barns, Oct 28, 2014
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It wasn't meant to happen like this— the shutter, the feeling of breathlessness when he touched her shoulder, even after he had pointed out all of the things she had done incorrectly throughout the day. They had been married for five years in February, and as…

First Shot (60)

by Mathew Paust, Oct 30, 2014
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Their boat hits a sandbar and overturns. Blow and Rust can't find Salzwedel. Now, on Turtle Island, a shot pierces the stormy night. A wailing scream. Oh, mercy!

First Shot (61)

by Mathew Paust, Nov 04, 2014
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We left them slogging through the mud in a vicious nor'easter. We pick them up still slogging, but getting nearer...to what? *gasp*

First Shot (62)

by Mathew Paust, Nov 12, 2014
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Not quite Elsa's Procession to the Cathedral, but a harrowing sojourn nonetheless. Amid gunshots, screams and a nor'easter's fury, they get there here:

Broken Night

by Joe Tripician, Nov 16, 2014
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Could I really seduce and rob a total stranger -- just on a dare?

First Shot (63)

by Mathew Paust, Nov 17, 2014
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Finally! Blow arrives at the house to find Sarah with a shotgun, huddled by a kerosene heater, a tad cuckoo...

First Shot (64)

by Mathew Paust, Nov 25, 2014
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Naked under a blanket with 15-year-old Sarah clutching him, Blow argues with cops who bust in the door. (Do I hear "Truckin'" in the background?)

First Shot (65)

by Mathew Paust, Dec 01, 2014
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Interrogation, revelation, search, contentiousness, foul language, getting in faces, dealmaking--it's allll here.

First Shot (66)

by Mathew Paust, Dec 05, 2014
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Blow and Salzwedel discuss with the Kellams Bart Gladstone's offer of 100k for the Battle of Lexington documents.

First Shot (67)

by Mathew Paust, Dec 10, 2014
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Morning of Newt Gunther's funeral. Media to swarm, Colonial Honor Guard to fire musket salute, Blow hot from kissing Mary Lloyd and lusting after Joy Leigh...

First Shot (68)

by Mathew Paust, Dec 13, 2014
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The sight of Newt Gunther's head being blown off again and again and again had the effect not only of numbing Blow's sensibility to its grotesqueness.

First Shot (69)

by Mathew Paust, Dec 18, 2014
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Blow, torn between lust and suspicion, is nearly trampled by a runaway horse at the bastard Newt Gunther's funeral.

First Shot (final chapter!)

by Mathew Paust, Dec 23, 2014
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Murder solved...or is it?