byThe Barb Goffman Presents series showcases
the best in modern mystery and crime stories,
The Barb Goffman Presents series showcases
the best in modern mystery and crime stories,
personally selected by one of the most acclaimed
personally selected by one of the most acclaimedshort stories authors and editors in the mystery
short stories authors and editors in the mysteryfield, Barb Goffman, for Black Cat Weekly.
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I wake up to someone feeling my wrist for a pulse. I look up. It’s a cop.
He says, “You all right, old-timer?”
“Yeah,” I say, sitting up.
Old-timer. It used to piss me off when people called me that, but now I’m used to it. I’m only forty-six years old but I know I look a lot older. Living on the street ages you quick.
The cop says, “Take it
