For the next few weeks, the boys’ life settled into a routine. Spider worked at the shop preparing Just Tall to fill in for him during the summer. George and Tex were meticulously involved in planning their great adventure and with Mrs. Muriel’s help were engrossed in the study of spiritual synchronicity. Detective Bernos devoted…

Fahad AlGhamdi had finally made it out of the hospital minus a spleen and 3 feet of intestine. During his extended stay at University Hospital down on Gravier Street, his ice cream-slash-gift shop had remained closed. His first couple days back in business were occupied with getting his shop ready to open. Finally, on the…

Img: https://www.deviantart.com/wolnir/art/Drow-elf-685868126 Buck was a man who could appreciate large things. He drove a Ford Excursion three-quarter-ton SUV because the Expedition wasn’t big enough. The cowboy hat that Buck wore made John Wayne’s ten gallon hat look like a yarmulke. It was huge, black felt, with conchos the size of silver dollars. His American Quarter…

Spider was pushing Maggie by the handlebars as his mom walked alongside him under the huge live oaks in the park on Camp Street. She inquired as to why he was carrying Buddha’s backpack. “I don’t know what’s gotten into him. He acts like it weighs a thousand pounds.” She felt the tattoo under her…

There was a knock at Chaz Bernos’ open door. “Hey man, I didn’t want to distract you from your workload, so I contacted some of my connections at the NOPD. I filed a subpoena this morning with Judge Waldren and they are going to release the ballistics test on the gun seized from Fahad AlGhamdi.…

Tex, Spider, and Buddha were sitting at their normal outpost on the third story landing of St. Vincents overlooking the fenced-in courtyard gazebo and swimming pool with a great view of the side street, Race. Max was sitting in an oversized wicker chair plush with cushions. The chair’s large size made fish seem even smaller…

We're Whaling Men, We Don't Run From Whales, We Kill 'Em! - Captain Ahab's First Mate Starbuck in pursuit of the monster Moby Dick Detective Bernos had moved his entire menagerie of murder to his office over at Lee Circle. His office walls were adorned with all the grim reminders of his failures as a…

The following day, when Max came home from school, Detective Bernos was waiting for him outside the guest house on the front steps. “Hey Max, how was school?” The fourth grader looked up at his dad apprehensively. “Pretty good. Dad, what’s going on?” His dad was sitting with his camera over his lap. Surveillance was…

BZZZ. BZZZ. Spider dotted away small drops of blood as he manipulated the tattoo gun across one of the few ink-free spots on Tex’s back. Buddha had drawn the picture, which incorporated the ancient symbols of fire, water, earth, and air with a heart with wings. He had drawn the picture in reverse and then…

The common area in cell block C3 at the St. Bernard Parish Detention Center was abuzz with activity. Some inmates work out to pass their time, some read, and some gamble. The main currency of gambling was either zoos or whams. Zoos are any type of food sold on commissary that is not sweet i.e.…