Tim was back at the squad, typing what felt like reams of case files and notes.More scut for the new guy. So what if it's been a year, and he has a degree. Tim sighed. "Sipowicz didn't start out this way." he mumbled.

He heard the unmistakable ring of his cell.("Onward Christian Soldiers", somebody's idea of a joke.)

"Bayliss,"

"Tim? Something wicked bad happened at the motor lodge.Can you come over?"

"How did you get this number?" Way to focus on the important stuff, Tim.

"Told somebody at the front desk that I was your sister, and that my big brother was too busy looking like somebody died to give his new number to little sis. They knew it was you, right away. Bitchin', huh?"

Even though she did sound really upset, she took some pleasure in her little con. "Yeah, that's bitchin' Faith. Very clever. Tell me about the motor lodge now."

"Well, that's really something you should see for yourself." She sounded like a different person. Pleasant, even. It scared him a little.

"Faith? Is somebody there with you?" He got silence as a response. He never will get used to the absence of a dial tone.

SA, you might like Poppy's work, also Caitlin R. Kiernan. Caitlin is an old net friend of mine.

Cool. I thought, at first, that it was some trippy tele show. Now I know she's an author.

More edits for Victor:

Heh. Writing without a mouse? Obviously harder than one thinks. It's the little things we take for granted.

Caitlin R. Kiernan

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Always looking for new (to me) authors. Thanks.

Am, hon, if you have to choose between me and "Homicide"...go "Homicide." it really is better.(I mean that in a noun sense of course...not telling you to kill someone!) Deena, I'm saying, about the cursing. Of course, I didn't write these kind of stories then, but the expletives were very mild."I don't give a shit," got flagged once. What kind of Up-With-People-verse were these people living in that they didn't hear that?

SA, you might like Poppy's work, also Caitlin R. Kiernan. Caitlin is an old net friend of mine.

(And also of Jilli's.)

(She comes highly rec'd.)

He heard the unmistakable ring of his cell.("Onward Christian Soldiers", somebody's idea of a joke.)" Bayliss,"

Love this. (Though now I notice it s/b ') "Bayliss,"')

Sigh. Me and my typos. Must be a weekday on the net.Fixed now. Thanks, Plei.

Did Kiernan write a book with a freaky spider woman/junk store owner, about punk rockers in New Orleans? I loved that, even though I can't remember the title.

Edited because I can use Amazon: Yep. the book I was thinking of is Silk. Good to see she has other books.

Some major artists whose work would be diminished without the use of the word "fuck": Richard Pryor, David Mamet, Martin Scorsese...