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Tag Archives: Silence of the Lamb

Murder in the Name of Writing

Oct112011
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One of the great things about being writer is you can get away with some fucked up shit in the name of research (just ask Pete Townshend http://tinyurl.com/4363epx). And when you are writing crime fiction, the berth granted is even wider.  I have had to Google how to hotshot Malaysian hookers Read More
Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged Anne Lamott, crime fiction, murder, Silence of the Lamb, the writing process, Thomas Harris | Leave a reply
    Cold, Steel Rail
    by Manuel Royal

    A dark girl, a cinnamon girl. A married girl. She was hard and cold against the hard, cold world, soft and warm against me. She was my one secret love, a long time ago. I was nobody, but for a little bit of time she counted me first among her secrets.

    Midnight was our hour, a lonely country crossing our spot. We clung, we twined, we fucked fast, hard and hungry on the train tracks. I can still feel the rough wood and smooth steel, rails like ice on a cold night....

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