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Things got started very simply, big things. Everything that all of us had ever wanted was wrapped up in a very short voice mail message, just a few simple words that meant everything to a bunch of teenagers in a little college town in Michigan. “Hi, guys. It's Blue. Listen. I have a job for you. I'm on my way home right now. Meet me at Fiddler's Green after closing tonight, and I'll tell you all about it.” Stephan had handed me the phone. I listened to the message three times, gig...

Dad had said that he’d be at the house at six. He arrived at five-forty. Ephraim had said that my dad must have been Jewish in a past life. When I asked him why, he said: “Because your dad runs on Jewish time – Twenty minutes early.” He’s a little taller than me, with broader shoulders and a big belly. Teardrop-shaped glasses like pilots wear. Sandy, thinning hair, five shades lighter than mine is when I don’t dye it. A neatly-trimmed mustache. He was in a charcoal gray suit that night, with ...

Dead Girl had gone home for an hour or so, and when she came back to the restaurant, she handed me an envelope. “Hey, Larry ... Who do you know in Fort Huachuca, Arizona?” “My former roommate,” I said, and smiled. “He’s the only guy I know who would send me mail from Fort Anywhere.” Dead Girl sat at the counter, in her enormous gray sweater, her pale hair hanging in her face in a messy French twist. She was wearing glasses, too, plain black geek-frames that somehow looked cool on her. There w...