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ALMOST A DEAD MAN by Peter Nolan Smith – Chapter 1

CHAPTER 1 The blonde woman on the battered chair lifted her black stiletto heels in horror, as rats scratched across the basement’s damp concrete floor. Once the horde scurried into their lairs, she lowered her feet relieved by their passing, but rats were the least of her problems. A 40-watt bulb dangling from a rotting […]

GERMANY AND OTHER PLACES on Kindle

As a high school student I was offered the language choices of Spanish, French, and German. No one spoke German in the 60s, except for Nazis in war movies, so I took the worst difficult course and earned Ds and Fs for my efforts. Despite my poor grades I ended up working in a Hamburg […]

ALMOST A DEAD MAN -EXCERPT

unpublished novel by Peter Nolan Smith After the two waiters served the final dish of Cali’s 27-course birthday dinner, the orange sorbet  melted untouched by the satiated guests. 26 hours into the marathon feast at an Alstersee restaurant none dared check their watches, because they weren’t going anywhere, until the birthday boy finished his dessert. Their host fondled the […]