Strangers: Cisco Plays, #1

By Blaze Ward

Years ago, Cisco walks away from Katie and that life. 

Then, out of the blue, she calls him.

Treacherous men lurk outside her apartment. Watching. Waiting. Threatening Katie and her boyfriend.

Cisco must navigate old love and modern danger to save the girl from the bad men, herself, and Cisco himself.

"Strangers" is a one-act play and the first in the Cisco series: modern day crime dramas about life, love, and philosophical questions.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Knotted Road Press
• Release date: Mar 22, 2017
• ISBN: 9781386492900

Blaze Ward

Blaze Ward writes science fiction in the Alexandria Station universe (Jessica Keller, The Science Officer,  The Story Road, etc.) as well as several other science fiction universes, such as Star Dragon, the Dominion, and more. He also writes odd bits of high fantasy with swords and orcs. In addition, he is the Editor and Publisher of Boundary Shock Quarterly Magazine. You can find out more at his website www.blazeward.com, as well as Facebook, Goodreads, and other places. Blaze's works are available as ebooks, paper, and audio, and can be found at a variety of online vendors. His newsletter comes out regularly, and you can also follow his blog on his website. He really enjoys interacting with fans, and looks forward to any and all questions—even ones about his books!

Book preview

Strangers

Strangers

A Play In One Act

Blaze Ward

Knotted Road Press

Contents

Characters

Setting

Scene 1

Appendix: Reference Characters

About the Author

Also by Blaze Ward

Performance Information

About Knotted Road Press

Strangers

A Play In One Act

Copyright © 2017 Blaze Ward

All rights reserved.

Published 2017 by Knotted Road Press

www.KnottedRoadPress.com

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Characters

Kathryn Elspeth (Kate)

24. Graduate student. Youngest daughter of a rich and extremely powerful local ex-politician. Clueless but well-meaning. Young woman who is the youngest child of a very wealthy and powerful local politician. Volunteers for Habitat for Humanity. Member of the Junior League. BA/MBA from Stanford. Student at Harvard Law. Will be a very powerful lawyer when she grows up, but will probably decide to turn into a trophy wife instead.

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Frank Slate (Cisco)

28. Kate’s long-past ex-boyfriend who has a shadowy present. Hard but not bitter. Local tough-guy with connections on both sides of the law. Actual employment shadowy at best. Employed by people who want things done with a minimum of noise and fuss. Intelligent, well-read. Bogart fan. Emotionally distant when working, warm and friendly with family, snarky (smart mouth) with the authorities.

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Gavin McCormack

30-something. Local businessman with underworld connections. Dapper. The son of an important underworld family, slowly working his way to the top with brains, planning, and ruthlessness. Doesn’t own a gun, but does own gunmen. Dresses in tailored and extremely expensive suits. Intelligent but not literary. Maintains a very genteel and sophisticated exterior, as compared to the normal dumb thugs in the