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About the Author: April Kelly appears in Down & Out Magazine, Tough, Mysterical-E, DECASP, and 5 times in Shotgun Honey. "Oh, Here!"—a mystery set in Hell—was a winner in the Mark Twain House Royal Nonesuch humor contest.
Dead people piss me off. Every time I put in for vacation days and psyche myself to break out the rod and flies, some yahoo gets himself shot, stabbed, dismembered or doused with kerosene and burned beyond recognition. Hence, my point: the dead are just plain inconsiderate.
It was with little confidence, then, that I told Lt. Jonas I’d be gone fishing Thursday and Friday. Between unused sick leave and owed vacay, I have maybe a year banked, so he was happy to shave a slice, albeit a thin one, off the balance. The state of Colorado would rather see me take the days than be forced to pony up a cash-out when I retire in five years.
I usually pitch a tent over the flatbed of my F-150 and sleep on an inflatable mattress, but a last-minute cancellation put a sweet little cabin on Crest River in my budget for the long weekend. As a side dish for the trout I intended to catch and eat, I ordered two T-bone steaks for pick up Thursday morning on my way out of town. I also splurged on a bottle of Jack Daniel’s, as I find sour mash whiskey pairs well with surf ‘n’ turf. Or any other food, for that matter
Tuesday afternoon closed out with no inconveniently dead John or Jane Doe, so I looked forward to a relaxing evening of tying flies and sorting through my smaller Rapala jigs. Easing my butt out of the chair at 5:00, however, I heard the phone on the desk and instinctively knew it wouldn’t be Publishers Clearing House congratulating me on winning seven grand a week for the rest of my life.
Loved the setting, character and Sheriff's reason for solving the case quickly. As to the murder -- I wouldn't want to have your nightmares.
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