Wite-Out Speckling His Fingers

By Thomas M. McDade

This 3,205 word story concerns alarming details a man finds among his murdered father's personal effects that lead to painful recollections of youth and fling open the door for guilt, suspicion and escape..
This tale was previously published by the Scarlet Leaf Review and Punk-Lit Magazine.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Thomas M. McDade
• Release date: Apr 19, 2020
• ISBN: 9780463209660

Thomas M. McDade

Thomas M. McDade is a seventy-seven-year-old former programmer/analyst residing in Fredericksburg, VA, previously, in CT & RI. He's married, has no kids, and no pets. McDade is a 1973 graduate of Fairfield University. He served two tours of duty in the U.S. Navy. [e-mail]

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Wite-Out Speckling His Fingers, Smashwords Edition

Copyright 2019 Thomas M. McDade

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Acknowledgements:

I am most grateful to the Scarlet Leaf Review previous publisher of this story under the title Lamppost Voices Amplified and Punk-Lit Magazine – a much shorter version titled Tom Redmond Chooses Life.

Cover photo taken by author

I’d slammed the car door without realizing part of the camel hair coat was hanging