Karen Bower

Author on Reedsy Prompts since Sep, 2019

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“You Have the Right to Remain Silent” by Karen Bower

Submitted to Contest #52

A sound like a bomb exploding jolted him awake. Before he could think two black garbed men in body armor wrenched him to his feet and dragged him from his living room. Black visors obscured their faces. He could not see ID tags. “What’s going on? Who are you? Where are you taking me?” Silence. He tried to wrench his arms from their grip. They stopped only seconds to cuff his hands behind him. Fin glimpsed his apartment door as they passed. Inch-thick wood hung in splinters from twisted hinges, destroyed. Fin recognized their gear. They wer...

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“Overture” by Karen Bower

Submitted to Contest #50

Overture “No, sir. You may not take any document with you. I’m sorry, I must insist. Glory took a deep breath and prepared for the patron’s next onslaught. She dealt with him countless times and knew the short catalogue of his arguments. She knew he was well aware of her restrictions. Those never stopped Professor Emeritus Montgomery St Jacques. “Dr. St. Jacques you are, as always, most welcome to take this up with the Dean of your faculty, the Dean of Ear...

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“Never a Cop Close When You Need One” by Karen Bower

Submitted to Contest #49

Detective Fin Marks couldn’t concentrate. He had the attention span of a gnat. All morning he waited in hope the day would bring a call from the pathologist with word about the autopsy of Charles Aldrich. The wait for calls usually wasn’t an issue. There was always so much to do. But this was different because the case had stalled No sign of the murder weapon had shown up after days of searches. Images of the carnage rained on the murdered man in a vicious surprise attack popped into Fin’s mind at unexpected moments. If they could identify ...

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