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This week’s episode features Chapter Nineteen of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: IN THE PARKING GARAGE of the hotel, Cherry gave us a final admonition to be careful before getting into her black Chevy Suburban. Like the rest of us, she was gasping for breath. We’d covered the distance between our […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Eighteen of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: Cherry let me into their hotel room a short time later. It was cramped for three people, but the windows were facing the direction we needed. It smelled of cigarettes, and the bedspread had to have been twenty years […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Seventeen of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: THE FLASHING STROBE LIGHTS and pulsing music were enough to deaden my senses. The club was teeming with people, and the air was hot and smelled of body odor, perfume, and sweat. I scanned the crowd looking for my […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Sixteen of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: BEFORE THE LAST LIGHT of day was gone, I checked my phone for any new email or text messages and put it away. The windows of our black Chevy Suburban were tinted, but I didn’t want to take the […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Fifteen of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: STEELING MYSELF FOR WHAT lay on the other side, I opened the door to the conference room and entered. Shannon, Cherry, and Tom were already sitting around the table. Beltran was pacing. My eyes locked onto Shannon first, and […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Fourteen of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: IT WAS THE FIRST warm day in months, and the students of Kingstone campus were taking advantage of it. A group of people on the grass in front of the Lincoln library were tossing around a Frisbee, and there […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Thirteen of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: THE CONFERENCE ROOM AT Black Brick smelled like sweat, and I wasn’t the only with a ring of perspiration around my neck. We’d all made it back within a few minutes of each other and were waiting for Beltran […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Twelve of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: SHANNON GRIMACED WHEN SHE heard Cherry’s voice and her demeanor changed. Before, Shannon had been alert and ready for anything. Now, her face tightened, and she twisted her neck to either side. I hoped she wouldn’t do anything stupid. If […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Eleven of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: AS I STEPPED INTO the high-rise office building, I resisted shaking my head to get the ringing out of my ears. From what I could tell, my hearing was normal, even though it felt like there was cotton in […]

This week’s episode features Chapter Ten of Black Brick. Here is an excerpt from the show: I OPENED MY EYES with a start. The heavy smell of smoke, burning rubber, and blood filled the air. The train car had been cast in gloom, but there was light overhead. From my vantage point, I couldn’t determine […]