He was reading a story about a murder not far from there. It had
apparently happened a week or two earlier, but the body had just been
found. There weren’t many details available yet, but the paper reported
that murders were unusual in the area. Arthur had always been interested
in crimes, especially violent crimes, and he looked forward to further
details ...
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Bio:
WILLIAM VIRGIL DAVIS is an award-winning and widely published poet. His short fiction has appeared in AGNI, Confrontation, the
Malahat Review, New Orleans Review, Northeast, U.S. Catholic, Wascana Review, and the Windsor Review, among other publications.