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Florida, 1979 Life’s a Beach and then You Die PART SIX I’m turning into electrified Jello when I spot the all important tavern sign. The Sandpiper Lounge: faded, blue box with a big air conditioner...
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Florida, 1979 Life’s a Beach and then You Die PART SEVEN I shut off the engine, get out and walk around to the other side of the van, slide open the side door and get in. Dorie is craning her neck...
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Florida, 1979 Life’s a Beach and then You Die PART EIGHT That’s all I can say before she jumps at me like a sea bird snaring a dead shrimp, slams her lips against mind and begins probing deeply with...
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Florida, 1979 Life’s a Beach and then You Die PART NINE A siren, closing fast. I stare in the rear view mirror with disbelief as the white Chevy with the cherry on top comes up fast behind me....
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Florida, 1979 Life’s a Beach and then You Die PART TEN The pale, slender fingers pop out of the red bag. Sunlight flashes off the shiny nickel-plated barrel of a small handgun. Quick as a flash she...
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Florida, 1979 Life’s a Beach and then You Die PART ELEVEN “There it is,” she’s saying, seems like her voice is miles away. Then: “There. There. Stop, there it is. What’s the matter with you, you’re...
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Florida, 1979 Life’s a Beach and then You Die PART THIRTEEN The coke is wearing off and my stomach is making like a jumping frog. My head feels like a doormat at a wedding party. There is only one way...
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Florida, 1979 Life’s a Beach and then You Die PART TWELVE Marv’s Chevron has two dirt-floor repair stalls, one of which contains a faded, tan ‘69 Chevy Impala with a small dent on the driver’s door. On...
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Florida, 1979 Life’s a Beach and then You Die PART FOURTEEN As we leave Marvin’s and head down the road, I have no idea what direction I should take or what I should do next. Basically, I have become a...
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Florida, 1979 Life’s a Beach and then You Die PART FIFTEEN Sometime soon, somebody will discover an abandoned hippie van with links to three dead people. Traces of drugs and semen and god knows what...
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