Land of the Blind, Part 18

18 – Fathom It was the start of a wonderful day. It always was when you spent an hour at a crime scene in handcuffs. The Federal Way cops didn’t seem to like him. The lead detective on the scene, a guy named Guldbrandsen, the one who had the cuffs slapped on him out of what seemed to be pure malice, kept giving him the stink eye, and kept asking him for the full story of what he found and why he’d come here, clearly thinking he was lying. As he sat in the back of a squad car, the door open so he could sit half in and half out of the car, waiting for this idiocy to end, an Asian beat cop so young he barely looked old enough to be served in a bar came over to lean on the car. “You’re McKichan, aren’t you? I read that article about...

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Land of the Blind, Part 17

17 – Blood Roan woke up, stuffed up, headachy, and feeling like a complete dick. Did anyone know how to make an ass of himself like he did? He wished they gave a medal for that, as he’d have a shelf full of them, which at least he could melt down for scrap. The room he was in didn’t look or smell familiar, but Dylan was sleeping beside him, so he wasn’t too worried. He was unlikely to transform and go on a rampage and bring Dylan with him. He remembered everything as he walked to the bathroom. Kevin’s place, right. Did they ever settle that? No, probably not. Hard to settle things when you’re out cold. He took way too many fucking pills. But the worst part? He needed more. His head really hurt. He washed his face in the hottest...

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Land of the Blind, Part 16

16 – Fame > Infamy Honestly, Holden felt sorry Dylan. Not that he’d ever admit that, it would probably piss him off (well, as much as a dedicated Buddhist could be pissed off at anyone). But he seemed too peace loving to be in Roan’s violent life, too dedicated to harmony to be attached to the bucket of chaos and crazy that was Roan. And he meant that as a compliment – good crazy was hard to find. Although sometimes you still needed a vacation from it. And oh boy, did Dylan need a vacation. So did Roan, probably, but he couldn’t take a vacation from himself no matter how many pills he took, although that didn’t stop him from trying. Opposites did seem to attract sometimes, that was true, so that’s probably how he and Roan ended...

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More noise ….

Yes, another soundtrack. This time, consider it a glimpse of Roan’s iPod, if he was real and had one. Beware, it’s noisy (for the most part – there’s a mellow Grizzly Bear song as a palate cleanser), and a bit weird at times. But what do you expect from him? Click and enjoy. (And remember, the Kindle e-book is still available! Yes, I’m done...

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Land of the Blind, Part 15

15 – Everything Always Goes Wrong Leaning over, Roan whispered, “Do you want to go?” A hotel was sounding great right now. It took Dylan a moment to answer, but finally he said, “No.” Roan heard the unspoken “not yet”. As they came inside, Kevin, who was in the kitchen, stirring something inside a large pot on the stove, looked back at them and smiled. He gestured Parker over, and handed him a wooden spoon, telling him, “Keep stirring, don’t let them stick to the pot.” Parker nodded and did what he was told, as Kevin wiped his hands on a kitchen towel and came into the living room to join them. “Good to have you here. Wish it could have been under better circumstances.” “Um, can I talk to you for a moment, Kev? In...

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