THE DUKE Part X Jimmy pulled the Corvair Monza Spyder up to the curb, parking parallel, right in front of the steps that led into the Lewis of Hollywood hairstyling salon where Darren’s mom worked. Jimmy jumped out of the car without opening the door, one of his...
THE DUKE PART IX Darren slept fitfully in his bedroom at the house on 16th Avenue. His brother had left for the Mainland, and St. Norbert College months before, so he had the whole room to himself. Darren would be going to the same college if he lived that long. ...
THE DUKE Part Eight Jimmy pulled on both oars, his skinny body bending forward and then back like a single reed of bamboo in the wind. There was no discussion about whom would do the rowing. Jimmy was so adept and happy at performing the seemingly simple task that...
THE DUKE Part V There was only one person sitting in the room when Darren and Jimmy entered from the hall. Jimmy brushed against a lamp and had to settle it back on its table with both hands shaking in nervous anticipation about what he had glimpsed. A man sat at the...
The Duke Part IV Darren was as little prepared for the awesomely frightening nuclear display as Jimmy had been. Star Black had actually taken it best, although her comment when they got down from the mountain neither understood “I don’t understand what’s such a big...