Friday Flash Fiction: "Gone But Not Forgotten"

As often happens in November, I'm probably going to cheat the next few weeks of 512s by pulling excerpts from my NaNoWriMo novel-in-progress.

Astute readers will notice that this piece features the same protagonist as "Working Graves: Habeas Corpus" (soon to be a longer story), and that the character first appeared on this blog back in 1999. That first story (still unpublished) was also the one I took to Viable Paradise in 2008.

Griffin's been with me a long while, and I think he's ready for prime time. We'll see how this novel turns out.

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Friday Flash Fiction: "Working Graves: Habeas Corpus"

Griffin and Mira (and her daughters) come from the short story I workshopped at Viable Paradise in 2008. At the time, Jim Macdonald suggested I write "the next story" to figure out how all these characters fit together. It's taken me a couple of years and a few abortive attempts, but I think this may finally be a good start.

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BACKFILL - "Working Graves" Draft Zero

For reference, the first appearance of Griffin Jay, the cop who sees things: "The Graveyard Shift"