Category Archives: Marie Clem
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Maggie Tate
Leave a commentSeptember 29, 2025 by dleecox
“Tyler!” Melissa bellowed as she walked back in the bar, “Ty – if that man comes within a stones throw …
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Salvation
Leave a commentSeptember 1, 2025 by dleecox
The station continued to move about them. Public address calls, murmurs, clops of hard soles, the faint sound of a …
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Correspondence
Leave a commentAugust 31, 2025 by dleecox
The reverend sat at a small desk in the rectory. A hurricane lamp burned kerosene, illuminating the desk and not …
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On the Mend: An Interlude
Leave a commentAugust 31, 2025 by dleecox
Murray stood. Even through the head rush he felt his hand throb. The pain becoming increasingly intense. Not knowing what …
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A Commotion
Leave a commentAugust 31, 2025 by dleecox
Sherriff Tom Biggby snapped his head away from his news paper. Still holding his paper up, feet still up on …
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Un Pied a Terre – A Scene from Marie Clem
Leave a commentMarch 22, 2024 by dleecox
Late afternoon. Through the distant scream of a million cicadas Murray heard music. A tall, slender dark skinned man stood …
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The Dream – A Scene From Marie Clem
Leave a commentMarch 22, 2024 by dleecox
Bright flashes woke him. He’d drawn the shades over every single window. The sharp light was still bright enough to …
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In Which Schuster, Marvin, Maggie, Toots, and Deely All Die
Leave a commentJune 16, 2020 by dleecox
Charles Schuster had a short career in the carnival. By chance he’d lucked up on a horse named Marvin that …
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Prologue – A Scene from Marie Clem
Leave a commentJune 16, 2020 by dleecox
William “Wim” Rogers Murray looked to his left to see nowhere, to his right to see nowhere in particular. There …
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Jim McLandry – Bronco Ridin’ Dandy
Leave a commentJune 16, 2020 by dleecox
He shuffled into the kitchen and flopped down into the chair, his arm draped over the table. “I see you’ve …
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