Jeff Scarbrough

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“Breaking in a Lieutenant” by Jeff Scarbrough

Submitted to Contest #275

The dark bedroom of the small home suddenly became extremely cold. A voice broke the silence like a rock through a window. “I’ve got your back Sarg”. The man lying in the bed sat straight up screaming, Who’s there? The tiny hairs on his neck were standing up. This would be a memorable Halloween day for the firefighters at Station 23. The light of the full moon on display in the darkness of the early morning along with the heavy frost on the ground were just signs of the season, or were they? Who knew a promotion to Lieutenant at the fire dep...

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I am a recently retired firefighter who served for 43 years in emergency services. I enjoy writing, reading, photography, and bird watching. I wrote press releases to tell the story of how we handled emergencies. I also did a lot of technical writing the last 20 years of my career. Most of my writing these last 10 years was to convince a person or group to take action or to create policies and procedures for the fire department. I was the point person for the written fire department strategic plan. I began writing short stories last year and have a couple of ideas I would like to develop into fiction novels.