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The Secret Case - Rod Drake

The HMS Princess Beatrice was scuttled on the rocky, jagged coastline on one of Scotland’s 790 islands, this one unnamed and uninhabited.  The ship had a gaping hole ripped across her hull. 
I could barely see Holmes through the fog, leading our treacherous way to the ship over the dangerous crags and [...]

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The Rainmaker’s Son - Charles Richard Laing

For the first few days we admired the beautiful clear blue skies, but then we started to wonder where the clouds went.

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On the Run - Rod Drake

“Jay, I need you to get some nice pastries.[...]

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Nursery Crymes - Rod Drake

“Humpty Dumpty didn’t fall.  He was pushed.”

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Observations of Sir Casimir Carlyle, Knight-Champion of the Fourth King of Men in the Iron City, Called Casimir the Cold - Jonathon Vial

“Wanting to know the truth of things will get a man into unending trouble.”

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The Big Cocoon (in a winking homage to Raymond Chandler’s “The Big Sleep”) - Rod Drake

“I’ve called you all here because one of you in this room is a murderer.”

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Crying Wolf - Rod Drake

“Dr. Glass, your 3:00 appointment is here.”

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Fish Stories - Charles Richard Laing

After standing waist deep in the freezing water for hours, the three fishermen seriously needed something to get the blood flowing again.

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Friendly Fire - Julie Wright

‘Fuck!’ ‘Baby.’ Paige tied the thread and bit off the end. ‘There, good as new.’

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Berald (Part 1) - Mike Lewis

A statue stood in the middle of the square, an image haunting from memories lost and unknown.

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