Part of “Criminal Opera (coming soon)” is about the befuddled old man set up to appear as America’s President, whom I call the Vegetable. In light of today’s criminal conviction of President Trump, orchestrated by the Vegetable’s handlers, here’s a…
#PatrioticThrillers
Thrillers involving US Constitutional issues
There Goes the Judge
After Lea returned to America from the Russian penal colony and rescued her young daughter, Clara, she started on the Movement’s assignments to bring back freedom: “The good news is the Movement doesn’t mind if we put the judge under…
On the Way to Find Lea
Near the beginning of “Stepping on Fingers,” Tariq and former governor Lassiter try to leave Syracuse airport to find Lea: “Wellll,” former governor Lassiter stuttered, “what can I do for you, kind sir? My father used to beat me, was…
Help on its Way to Lea
Near the beginning of “Stepping on Fingers,” Saddam Hussein’s former bagman and the impeached governor of Georgia are on their way to find Lea: “The knot in Tariq’s stomach tightened several turns as the Syracuse airport’s exit booth’s occupant came…
Dream of Choice v. Dream Picker
The beginning of an inventor’s quest to protect his patents for an innovation that allowed people to select a night’s dream in “Stepping on Fingers,” from an infringing corporation: “Mordoff had endured the delay and expense of obtaining broad US…
David Garvey gears up for Mordoff’s Patent Litigation
A brief look at the beginnings of Mordoff’s patent case in “Stepping on Fingers:” “David Garvey had also developed this uncharitable point of view when he’d been called for jury duty in a criminal case involving arson, drug running and…
Unplanned Procedure
Lea’s horrifying journey gets worse: “As light and dark began to drift apart, I felt something very heavy holding my wrists tight against a frigid, waxy metal surface. Except for patches of warmth between my legs and under the soft…
The Father of Lea’s Daughter Wants Lea Back
Relaxing in Whistler, former Georgia Gov. Buddy Lassiter, Lea’s former lover, wistfully wants to reconnect: “Yeah, Boss?” “Want you to locate Lea Holderness. You know, my school teacher friend from up in that there Frigid Frontier.” “Sure thing…pluggin’ even as…
Memorial Day in Camden, Maine
Lea returns to America after escaping from Russian penal colony, the beginning of Memorial Day: “Propped up by nearly identical VA-issued aluminum canes, two bent old men in dark blue uniforms leaned over to salute a headless gray granite statue…
North Country Justice
Here’s an initial part of Doug McPheters’s “Stepping on Fingers,” where Lea Holderness is sent to a Russian penal colony by a US religious court for disagreeing with new laws restricting traditional Americans freedoms: “But I didn’t do anything wrong! …
