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    The Unused Prom Dress
    The Unused Prom Dress
    The Unused Prom Dress
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    The Unused Prom Dress

    By Earl Staggs

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    Police Officer Patti Johnson is torn between duty and lost love. The fugitive hiding in the ladies room of the Pizza Hut is the only man she ever loved. Has he come back to her and will all her dreams finally come true?

    A short story.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherUntreed Reads
    Release dateJul 15, 2013
    ISBN9781611875843
    The Unused Prom Dress
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    Earl Staggs

    Earl Staggs earned all Five Star reviews for his novels MEMORY OF A MURDER and JUSTIFIED ACTION and is a three-time winner of the Derringer Award for Best Short Story of the Year. He served as Managing Editor of Futures Mystery Magazine, as President of the Short Mystery Fiction Society, and is a frequent speaker at conferences and seminars.He invites any comments via email at earlstaggs@sbcglobal.netHe also invites you to visit his blog site at http://earlwstaggs.wordpress.com

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      The Unused Prom Dress - Earl Staggs

      The Unused Prom Dress

      By Earl Staggs

      Copyright 2013 by Earl Staggs

      Cover Copyright 2013 by Dara England and Untreed Reads Publishing

      The author is hereby established as the sole holder of the copyright. Either the publisher (Untreed Reads) or author may enforce copyrights to the fullest extent.

      Originally published in Futures Mystery Anthology Magazine, June 2006

      Reprinted in Kings River Life Magazine, February 2012

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be resold, reproduced or transmitted by any means in any form or given away to other people without specific permission from the author and/or publisher. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each person you share

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