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Monday, August 8, 2011

Skip Tracer Installment 55: From ladies man to repo man

Gordon Young —  Mon, Aug 8, 2011 at 9:21 AM

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  • Bill Crews
  • Frankie Hardwick
Reporters get to know a community quickly. The job demands familiarity. Frankie had discovered that a certain satisfaction results from knowing your neighbors, greeting shopkeepers by name, and feeling like an active participant in local affairs. Yes, it can all be very satisfying, except when you've just stolen a co-worker's car.

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Monday, August 1, 2011

Skip Tracer Installment 54: When all else fails, start drinking

Gordon Young —  Mon, Aug 1, 2011 at 9:06 AM

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  • Bill Crews
  • Walker Hanlon
Walker eased the car out of the Oak tree’s protective shade and rolled into the curtain of sharp-angled glare. The sun was blinding, and he fumbled for the Ray Bans in the seat next to him. Instead of birds, he could only hear the numbing buzz of cicadas now, and he noticed the heat wavering off the blacktop of the center’s parking lot, where Facione’s Mercedes was still the only car taking up space. Everything seemed antiseptically clear now in the bright light. Walker was scared.

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Monday, July 25, 2011

Skip Tracer Installment 53: A crotch map of Michigan

Gordon Young —  Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 9:55 AM

Walker bought the first round. In most social settings, buying rounds was a good thing. It showed trust and generosity. It indicated the fun was going to last. It was a contract of sorts, a social contract, made binding by alcohol. But the fiscal dynamics of four low-paid journalists buying rounds was more complicated.

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Monday, July 18, 2011

Skip Tracer Installment 52: Elvis writes the book

Gordon Young —  Mon, Jul 18, 2011 at 9:43 AM

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  • Bill Crews
  • Walker Hanlon
Walker's crack baby story ran on Wednesday, May 8, and Frankie read it while he sat at his desk that morning.

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Monday, July 11, 2011

Skip Tracer Installment 51: Blind dates and glass eyes

Gordon Young —  Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 9:35 AM

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  • Bill Crews
  • Frankie Hardwick
As Paige racked up an impressive number of bad dates over the next few weeks, Frankie started looking forward to Monday morning debriefings with her. Even though he hadn’t been on an actual date in almost a year, he felt like he was emerging as an appealing alternative to the collection of flawed offerings she encountered.

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Monday, July 4, 2011

Skip Tracer Installment 50: The horrors of summer love

Gordon Young —  Mon, Jul 4, 2011 at 9:31 AM

Just about every alternative newspaper has an evil element lurking deep within its tabloid-sized soul. It’s called a “Special Section.” Inevitably, this is a large advertorial inserted into the paper disguised as real copy. Bars & Clubs! Fall Fashion! Special Gardening Issue! Super Wedding Planner Pull-Out! Coping with Alzheimer’s! Masturbate with Style!

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Monday, June 27, 2011

Skip Tracer Installment 49: The fabulous crack-baby story

Gordon Young —  Mon, Jun 27, 2011 at 9:27 AM

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  • Bill Crews
  • Bridgett Finn
In his post-shower elation, Walker came close to confronting Bridgett about Facione, but he stopped himself. She hadn’t been that affectionate, that spontaneous about sex, in a long time. He couldn’t bring himself to ruin it. He wished he’d never agreed to work for Futch, and he blamed that decision for his current situation. The confusion set in again, the waffling, the indecision. What was he supposed to do? For the first time that he could remember, he missed his dad. He wished he could get his advice on this. Even if he chose to reject it, he wanted the option of talking to someone who never seemed unsure of himself, except maybe when he was playing catch.

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Monday, June 20, 2011

Skip Tracer Installment 48: Walker and Bridgett wrestle with marital infidelity

Gordon Young —  Mon, Jun 20, 2011 at 9:43 AM

The next morning, Walker woke up on the couch. He didn’t remember falling asleep. There was a blanket on him and he was clutching one of the feather pillows from the upstairs bedroom. He sat up slowly, groggy and disoriented. There was something to be worried about. For a few seconds he couldn’t remember what, then the image of Bridgett and Facione flashed in his head.

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Monday, June 13, 2011

Skip Tracer Installment 47: Four-wheeling in the People’s Republic

Gordon Young —  Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 9:37 AM

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  • Bill Crews
  • Walker Hanlon
Walker didn’t remember much about the drive home from the Facione stakeout.

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