Come Softly to Me

By Mike Ramon

A short story. Edwin gets off a train in a small town with two hoodlums hot on his heals. He needs to deliver a mysterious package, but the gangsters will do anything to stop him. (Note: The first line of this story was a prompt.)

• Language: English
• Publisher: Mike Ramon
• Release date: Sep 9, 2019
• ISBN: 9780463455227

Mike Ramon

Born and bred in the Midwest.

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Come Softly to Me

Mike Ramon

© 2019 M. Ramon

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Edwin spotted them the moment he stepped off the train. The tall one wore a dark suit. A fedora tilted down over a Neandethalic forehead, and two slabs of granite with fingers affixed to them stuck out from the sleeves of his jacket. The short one wore a tan suit, his head bare, with wisps of thinning hair blowing around the crown of his narrow head. For no reason whatsoever Edwin’s trouble mind gave the men names: Bruiser and Clarence.

The moment he saw the two men waiting on the eastern end of the plat, both of them searching the faces of those disembarking from the 7:40 morning train out of Cedar Falls, he knew that they were waiting for him. Bobby the Gent used