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    A Song of Crickets
    A Song of Crickets
    A Song of Crickets
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    A Song of Crickets

    By JT Pearson

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    When recovering drug addict Dannie takes a job for a local drug dealer working at his drycleaning store that he uses as a cover to launder more than just towels she has no plans of crossing him. But when she sees the cocaine that's delivered and put into her care to lock in the store safe she decides to steal just a taste. But after she's high she grabs both the drugs and the money. She flees the store and tells her husband Junior what she has done. The two of them are chased across the country by Raycraft the coldblooded hitman that works for the drug lord.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherJT Pearson
    Release dateMar 8, 2013
    ISBN9781301810192
    A Song of Crickets
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    JT Pearson

    JT Pearson is possibly more myth than reality. It is widely believed that he has been around for thousands of years. Archeological digs have uncovered Grecian artwork that suggests that they prayed to him to cure ailments of the feet. Irish legend insists that JT Pearson is that movement in shadow that you’re not certain that you actually saw, or that image at the edge of your peripheral vision that vanishes when you turn toward it. In the upper Midwest of the United States people had claimed that they had several images of JT Pearson captured on film but they were all poor quality and eventually proven to be hoaxes. It is only recently that an artist rendering was discovered in the attic of an old convent that is believed to be authentic. President Richard Nixon had claimed before his death that JT Pearson was the specter that haunted his boyhood home, and quite possibly the reason that his mother left his father for a short time. Nestled among all of these legends and hearsay is the accusation that he is the author of this sight and responsible for the drivel that has been filling your head. Lawyers for JT Pearson advise that if you read his work you do so at your own peril and no form of compensation either monetary or otherwise will be offered for any injuries permanent or short term which are incurred within the pages of his stories. If you’d like to communicate with JT Pearson either burn a photograph of yourself and sprinkle the ashes into the wind at dusk or you may take the more conventional route at thehungryrobot2005@gmail.com P.S. look for novels coming in the near future. For now, please enjoy the many short stories that he has provided for you to read for free. Feedback is much appreciated.

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      A Song of Crickets - JT Pearson

      A SONG OF CRICKETS

      By J. T. PEARSON

      copyright 2013 Joseph Pearson

      Smashwords edition

      Dannie and I had been running from this man for three days, and now, here he was before me, with his steady gaze, all business, all heartless, all nightmare come to life.

      Raycraft crouched down causing his knees to crack and leaned in so that he could examine my eyes. I shifted uncomfortably in the chair that I was tied to and started to look away but then forced my eyes back to his. Meaty workman’s hands heavily veined and gnarled from arthritis rested on his kneecaps. The cuffs of his jean jacket were frayed, the thread bleached as white as the hair at his temples. He smelled like wood stove and tobacco combined with everything I was ever afraid of, everything that lurked in a silent bedroom closet or a shadowed back alley. His weathered old body looked pained but powerful, like he could still easily handle the hay bales he tossed around as a kid. Even though I was in my twenties and this man was somewhere in his sixties I always knew that I could never stand toe to toe and trade blows with him. I knew very well who I was dealing with when he dragged me into this motel room.

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