Tag Archives: Royle Danvers

The Detective #6

The Detective #6 (An unfinished case)   He was an old guy that everyone said wouldn’t hurt a fly yet he wound up sitting on the sofa in his living room with his throat cut.  The apartment was only a … Continue reading

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The Detective #5: The Guy in the Hat

                                                                                                                                            The Detective #5: The Guy in the Hat   Sometimes it happens this way. Not often but every now and then a case gets solved and you didn’t have a damn thing to do except sit there and listen. … Continue reading

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The Detective #4: The Illusion

 The Detective # 4 – The Illusion   Most of the crimes in a city this big goes unsolved and we all know it. Yet we persist in trying although we know that it’s all an exercise in futility and … Continue reading

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The Detective #3: Benjy

 The Detective #3  – Benjy   One of the things that they don’t tell you at the Academy is that when you become a cop you atomically begin living two lives. One is the normal everyday life everyone is used … Continue reading

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Scrabble

Scrabble We played scrabble from the time we met right up to the time she left for the west coast one week later. How the game got started I don’t remember or whose suggestion it was that we play. What … Continue reading

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The Enchanted Smile

The Enchanted Smile   We passed each other on the street, our eyes met and she smiled a shy, sly, intimate and embarrassed but beautiful smile. A smile that said that there was more going on behind those youthful innocent … Continue reading

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Two Sisters from Brooklyn

Two Sisters from Brooklyn   I hate looking back but sometimes I just can’t help it. Memories and faces and bodies and feelings somehow come crowding back and there’s nothing you can do except surrender, let it take you over … Continue reading

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The Fellini Remark

The Fellini Remark   We were living together and everything was going great. She was feeling energetic and optimistic which was the opposite of the way things were when we first got together. And added to that she was looking … Continue reading

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The Guy on the Bus

The Guy on the Bus She came through the door with her suitcase after that long ride on the bus. He hugged, we kissed and proceeded right to the bedroom. Afterwards when she was unpacking I asked how was the … Continue reading

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Just Between Us Two

    Just Between Us Two # 5 (a continuing narrative of sorts) – Hold up; hold up, what do you think you’re doing? – What does it feel like? –  What made you think that-? – Tell me to … Continue reading

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