Stories tagged with "small town"
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Love on the rocks
From the top of the Clark Heimser bank building, at the northeast corner, if you stand on your tiptoes, you can just barely s…
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The Anonymous Tipster of Lake Derry

He should have known better than to assume the pie was baked by Donna Lee; closer inspection revealed Mrs. Smith’s engraved…
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The Most Eligible Bachelor in Lake Derry

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The First Suspect of Lake Derry

Jefferson stood, resolute, disgusted. He spoke to the fishermen in low tones. “We got ourselves a heap of trouble, and I ain’...
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The Ridgways of Lake Derry

Jefferson Beauregard Trestlehorn had just dozed off when Ralph stumbled through the station door flat drunk.
“Chief Ridgway!...
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The Mayor of Lake Derry

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The Lawmen of Lake Derry

The Lake Derry Police Department consisted of three men.
The first and most important was Chief Caleb Ridgway, who’d been ch…
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Fast Forward
The square was nearly empty, though it was the middle of the day. Cracked, faded paint bore the name of a store that had gone…
