THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XXII

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XXII

I left the Seven Dwarfs at the restaurant, wondering if a group having so much fun forming up to play private investigators, could possibly be at all effective. Gularte drove, while I prepared myself for the coming meeting. I had little doubt that Haldeman was going...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XXI

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XXI

In the morning I got up early.  My Marine green alpha uniform was all laid out in the other bedroom, the other bedroom that wasn’t Julie’s.  All that was missing was the rows of ribbons I’d removed after being on the base over a month in the past.  I went back into my...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XX

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XX

I waited patiently for Gularte, sitting in the afternoon sun, rubbing my useless government pen with the fingers of my left hand. The pen wasn’t totally useless I knew, as its presence where it was found was very likely a valuable clue. Was the person who lost it not...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XVIII

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XVIII

  Detective Hoodoo instructed Gularte and I to depart the beach scene, as he and the ‘team’ of lifeguards would handle the situation from then on. He’d already given that order but neither Gularte nor I had moved. Instead of re-issuing the earlier command he...
THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XI

THE COWARDLY LION, Volume Two, Chapter XI

My mind was racing, as I faced the man, my body now only exposing one side to him. I was in San Clemente, California where there was no war, where I was marginally respected for things I had little understanding of, and where I enjoyed my wonderful wife and fantastic...