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AN OLD WOUND – A STORY OF THE POLICE & RACIAL CONFLICT

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An Old Wound, the first story in the “No Place For Mercy” anthology, touches on a timely subject: police racial violence. But this is not your usual kind of police racial violence story. This is the story of a man who made a mistake a long time ago, and despite doing what he could to make up for it, he remains haunted by the knowledge that he can never really "make it right." Profiling and intolerance continue to plague our modern world, where human beings too often look for what is different in others before considering what we all have in common. Racial discrimination is purely a product of ignorance and intolerance, and has no place in the modern world, yet it remains the menacing dragon that cannot be slain. In “An Old Wound,” an African-American police officer who lived through the Detroit Race Riots as a teenager is haunted by a mistake from those times. A mistake he made when he reacted violently in concert with the exploding world around him. This Detroit

THE HUNT FOR JACK-THE-RIPPER'S KNIFE

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Jack-the-Ripper's knife has a life of its own... Who was the man behind the knife? There have been many theories put forth regarding this fiend's true identity, with many plausible thesis furnished, but none have been overwhelmingly convincing. There is no real "smoking gun," but there are several compelling clues that point towards various suspects. Original image attribution: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wanted_poster.jpg The story is well-known, so I sought an alternate approach to my own little "Jack-the-Ripper" short story, focusing on the murder weapon used by the world's first well-known serial killer. In "Bloody Olde Knife," a short story in my anthology "No Place For Mercy," Jack's identity is hinted as being that of an American who traveled to England and was present in the Whitechapel area in 1888. This story intimates that "Jack" committed more than the five murders currently accepted a

"No Place For Mercy" short story anthology Kindle book published on Amazon.com

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Welcome to my author blog. I will be sharing news, information and insights, along with some compelling stories, on these pages in the days to come. My debut book, a short story anthology, was published today as a Kindle book on Amazon.com 12 tales for those with a taste for the eclectic. Ranging from the mysterious power of Jack-the-Ripper's knife, to the ironic justice fate has in store for an African-American Detroit police officer who has lived his life trying to make up for one tragic mistake during the Detroit Race Riots. Purchase this anthology at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/No-Place-Mercy-Eclectic-Anthology-ebook/dp/B00MT4CEZY/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1408361686&sr=1-1&keywords=no+place+for+mercy The 12 stories include: 1. Bloody Olde Knife: Jack-the-Ripper is dead, but his knife has a life of its own... 2. An Old Wound: An aging Detroit cop trying to escape his past faces a delayed justice... 3. Christmas Bells: A lonely lightho