The King, Arch Patton Adventure

The King, Arch Patton Adventure

It was Eritrea.  A country that was even more impoverished than the neighboring Ethiopia, but not as well advertised as being so bereft of money, or any of the niceties related to the possession or spending of money.  Asmara is the capital of Eritrea, not that more...
Genuflection, an Arch Patton Adventure

Genuflection, an Arch Patton Adventure

The mission was over and there was nothing to be done for it. New orders would find him no matter where he went or what he did. His control didn’t care and would never inquire. But there was to be no celebration of wine in Paris or guzzling of beer along the banks of...
The Trevi Fountain, Arch Patton Short Story

The Trevi Fountain, Arch Patton Short Story

The day was a bad one and Arch knew it could only get worse. He and his broken-down alcoholic and hungover partner, assigned at the last minute from supposedly experienced embassy staff, had been following the ‘target’ all morning. The woman wasn’t a target for any...
GUANTANAMERA, an Arch Patton Episode

GUANTANAMERA, an Arch Patton Episode

Guantanamera Short Story by James Strauss  The winds off of Lake Eerie blew cold and hard through the streets of downtown Buffalo.  New York was cold and damp in winter, although Arch Patton had never been apprised of that kind of weather occurring in the great...
Arch Patton, Thunder Marine, Chapter Eight

Arch Patton, Thunder Marine, Chapter Eight

Arch Patton Adventures THUNDER MARINE Chapter Eight Arch sat in front of the coffee table on the couch, with David at his side and Ilke in an easy chair across from him. He glanced uneasily out the window to where Thunder was moored, barely visible and unmoving, at...