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    Curbstone Justice
    Curbstone Justice
    Curbstone Justice
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    Curbstone Justice

    By Barry Rachin

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    Wally Whitcomb, the town bully, just got hogtied, tarred, feathered and beaten half to death, and sixty-eight year-old Eunice Crabby, who sits behind the reference desk at the Brandenberg Public Library, may be the only one that knows what happened.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBarry Rachin
    Release dateJan 10, 2019
    ISBN9780463690345
    Curbstone Justice
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    Barry Rachin

    About the AuthorBorn in Boston, Massachusetts, Barry Rachin spent several years stationed in Yokuska, Japan as a Navy medic caring for casualties during the Vietnam War. He has studied at the University of Jerusalem, lived on a kibbutz for a year and holds a degree in clinical counseling from Simmons College. A self-taught woodworker, he presently lives in Attleboro, Massachusetts with his wife and two daughters.

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      Curbstone Justice - Barry Rachin

      Curbstone Justice

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      Barry Rachin

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      This short story represents a work of fiction. Names, characters, places and incidents are the product of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events or locales is entirely coincidental.

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      Curbstone Justice

      Seventy-eight year-old Melba Fischer rested her body weight on the arms of an aluminum walker as she stared out the living room window. The lilac bushes, which bordered the rock garden, were in full bloom, filling the air with a dense, cloying sweetness. Pivoting gingerly on the yellow, Addidas tennis balls that her son, Dwayne, had wedged onto the front feet, the frail woman shuffled back to the kitchen and reached for the phone.

      Brandenberg Police Department… Is this an emergency?

      Melba squinted dully at the phone while holding the receiver at arm’s length for a solid ten seconds before returning it to her mouth. Melba Fischer here. I live in the slate blue house on the corner of Hathaway and Elmgrove Ave. I’d like to report a strange occurrence.

      Is this an emergency?

      In a matter of speaking. Melba sighed, causing

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