Nick Nine Lives Case Files: The Blue Envelope Episode 10
The White Bird The bird had been staring at me for thirty-four years. I just hadn’t known where to look. Walter Pike remembered seeing it painted on the stern of…
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Nick Nine Lives Case File: The Blue Envelope Episode 9
Maritime Recovery There are three places in Midnight Harbor where you’re likely to find retired dockworkers. Bars. Diners. And places where they’re technically supposed to be fishing. I found Walter…
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Nick Nine Lives Case Files: The Blue Envelope Episode 8
The Missing Map The lights were out for eleven seconds. I counted. Eleven seconds doesn’t sound like much until somebody steals a thirty-year-old harbor map from a table six feet…
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Nick Nine Lives Case Files: The Blue Envelope Episode 7
Dom Marlowe’s photograph had a problem. Warehouse 17 was in the wrong place. I stared at it again beneath the desk lamp. Warehouse. Smoke. Three figures. And at the edge…
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Nick Nine Lives Case Files: The Blue Envelope Episode 6
The Marlowe Room The door closed behind me. Softly. Expensive places have doors that close softly. Cheap places announce every arrival with a squeak, slam, or bell. At The Marlowe…
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Nick Nine Lives Case Files: The Blue Envelope Episode 2
The Letter Inside I know Tank told me not to, but I could not resist. Some mysteries have a way of announcing themselves. Others wait patiently until you’re curious enough…
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Nick Nine Lives: Case File #001
The Blue Envelope Episode 1 Rain had been falling over Midnight Harbor since sunrise. Not a hard rain. The kind that blurred the edges of streetlights and made the harbor…
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