They push a couple of tables together, laughing and teasing, the rookies doing most of the work while the seasoned cops call to the waitresses by name. I watch from my booth, not sure if they notice me and are ignoring me, or if I’m invisible to them ( Read more... )

The first time it ever occured to me that I could die I was nineteen years old. I was in Nam on a recon mission with a guy named Peter, who was only a year younger then I was but seemed like a kid still. One minute we were telling each other dirty jokes and the next half of Peter's head was gone and I could feel the sticky dampness of his blood ( Read more... )

So you want to know something about me, huh? Well I guess I'll start by telling you about my job, because though it's kind of sad to admit that's what most often defines me ( Read more... )

FULL NAME: Captain James Brass ( Read more... )