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Along the Rails

I deserve what I am getting. —Last words of &193;ngel Maturino Reséndiz June 27 2006 Huntsville Texas The man dubbed The Railway Killer is a self-appointed Angel of Death whose victims’ homes back up to train tracks. He claims... Read More

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Hate That Thunder/Odio Ese Trueno

I know my bed’s for sleeping on / But sometimes I slide under… / I don’t know how others feel / But I sure hate that thunder. A clear night is eclipsed by a volatile weather front. When the sound of thunder jars young Mandy awake... Read More

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Two Weeks in August

“’…things tend to get weird when the weather gets hot like this.’” “‘A wife or a kid might get hit instead of yelled at a barroom argument turns into a stabbing you cut somebody off on the freeway and instead of getting the... Read More

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Teresita

"Teresita" tracks the very different arcs of two Cuban women who must make their way in the United States the static threat of Castroism never far from their thoughts. Fernanda is a fiercely independent journalist who refuses to adapt to... Read More

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Let Death Be an End

Let Death Be An End is a psychological drama of family with a reach into the criminal underworld of New York and Chicago. On one level it’s also the romance of Brooklyn businessman Arthur Williams and Lucy a former Nebraskan with a... Read More

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Shrink

1969 a Jewish honor student in the Bronx is a school newspaper editor the son of Holocaust survivors and the newest member of a Puerto Rican extortion gang. A strong inciting sequence puts a sixteen-year-old boy in a dilemma of possible... Read More

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Deliberate Steps

Love is the answer but while you’re waiting for the answer sex raises some pretty good questions. —Woody Allen Narcissistic ladies man and New York corporate hotshot Rob Grant gives Henry Miller and Charles Bukowski a run for their... Read More

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Claire Walker

Claire Walker didn’t have problems: it was her husband who pushed her away and sent her to an alcohol recovery center against her will. At least she didn’t believe she had problems. If only Brad would look her in the eyes caress her... Read More

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