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THE LUCK OF THE DRAW, AND THE NIGHT TRAIN EXPRESS

THE LUCK OF THE DRAW, AND THE NIGHT TRAIN EXPRESS

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Recently a photograph slipped from the dusty dust jacket of a book that I hadn’t opened in years. It was a sepia-toned shot of…

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NIGHT TRAIN EXPRESS

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Spring, 1989. Jack Harrington—actor, Vietnam veteran, business associate of Los Angeles underworld figures–finds himself in a precarious position: at least two people are trying…

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NIGHT TRAIN EXPRESS

NIGHT TRAIN EXPRESS

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The unmarked Air America cargo plane descended from cloud cover like an ungainly bird of prey, a seventy-five foot long silver Frisbee skimming the…

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A LONG WAY FROM WALTON’S MOUNTAIN

A LONG WAY FROM WALTON’S MOUNTAIN

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When I was a kid one of my favorite TV shows was, peculiarly, The Waltons, the syrupy saga of a large, loving family struggling…

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MILE 59

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I don’t cry very often, for better or worse. I never did, really, not even as a child. Maybe I didn’t see the point,…

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WILDWOOD BY THE SEA AND THE RIVER OF TIME

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I was sitting on a bench on the Wildwood N.J. boardwalk, killing time with a brain-dead smart phone and a birch beer, waiting to…

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WILDWOOD

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Greed, revenge, old hatreds and a million-dollar payday draw a disparate and dangerous cast of con artists, dreamers and sociopaths to the wild carnival…

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THE BLUE ROUTE

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Pennsylvania, 1979. The costliest, most controversial highway project in state history becomes a magnet for protests, litigation, political corruption, bribery, blackmail…and murder. The lives,…

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THE BLUE ROUTE AND BEYOND

THE BLUE ROUTE AND BEYOND

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Officially, it’s Interstate 476, the Mid-County Expressway. No one ever calls it that, though. They call it the Blue Route, and people in suburban…

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THE RED HEADED STRANGER AND ME

THE RED HEADED STRANGER AND ME

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Willie Nelson turned 80 recently. Years ago, I wouldn’t have guessed that he’d make it nearly that far, but then Willie is a tough…

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