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Stories from a HARD PLACE episodes
- Frank Chapter 1 Ep 1 Season 4Frank, like so many near him, has made a deal but when he shook that cold hand he never thought the day would come when his bill would come due. Now that it has, he has a choice to make in Frank.46 min
- Chapter 77 MR. WHITE HAS A TRICK UP HIS SLEEVE Season 3“Actually, I don’t think I’ll be going back with you this time. I think I have other plans.”10 min
- Chapters 76 and 77 Season 3
“You can’t beat me. You can’t win. You don’t have what it takes,” The Judge said as he looked down at Jacob.
21 min - Chapter 75 A GAME OF CHICKEN Season 3The gap closed. Jacob could see Brandi sitting in the passenger seat of the oncoming GTO, looking terrified, eyes wide, her mouth a big ‘o’. He wasn’t sure her contract would protect her from the collision. Beside her, forearm resting on the steering wheel, The Judge leaned back, unconcerned, and smiling, always smiling.9 min
- Chapter 74 JACOB GOES TO SEE THE JUDGE Season 3When they broke from the trees, Brian caught his breath and could see across the derelict cars to the great tree festooned with deer skulls that stood behind The Judge’s tiny run-down trailer.5 min
- Chapter 73 MATT TELLS A STORY Season 3The stretch of country road was quiet except for the first tentative sawing of insects. The trees that lined one side had not yet budded out. Brown grass and weeds filled the ditches, and the new green was pushing through the dry flotsam of last summer. Dead-looking fields that waited to be turned and planted stretched into the distance.6 min
- Chapters 72, 73, 74 and 75 Season 3
An hour past the Ol’ Scratch tavern on 11, Jacob, Brian and Clyde turned off the main road onto a two-wheel trail that threaded itself through the trees opening onto a farmyard.
24 min - Chapter 71 MARY LOU GOES TO THE RIVER Season 3The light from her phone shone up at Mary Lou’s face, giving her a ghoulish appearance. She clutched it and peered around the dark alley. She had walked this alley hundreds of times at all hours of the night and had never been nervous before.12 min
- Chapter 70 NO ONE EVER MENTIONS Season 3Many people talk about the night Bob Dylan played at Ol’ Tom's Backroom but no one ever mentions the night John 'Whitey' Burnett woke the devil and made him cry.10 min
- Chapter 69 BRIAN IS AFEARD Season 3The next morning, found Jacob still on the porch. Mary Lou, Gran, Billy, the silver coins, and the Judge swirled through his fevered mind all night.5 min
About Stories from a HARD PLACE
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In the dark where two dusty back roads cross a black car sits waiting. The man inside will make a deal he has many times before and will again. He is known in these parts as The Judge.
Folk go to him when they have a powerful need, a want that can’t be satisfied any other way. Some are too young to know better, others are desperate and still others just pain stupid. His price is high and many never believe they will have to pay it but the bill comes due eventually. There is no escape. No lead pill that can free you. Once struck the deal is all that remains.