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    Drop a Dime
    Drop a Dime
    Drop a Dime
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    Drop a Dime

    By WD James

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    A tip from a confidential informant leads to arrests, a suicidal woman and saves the life of rookie police officer Rog Mackay’s Sergeant. But who is this mysterious informant who drops a dime and disappears? Find out in the latest short story, “Drop a Dime,” from WD James, author of “In Another Life.”

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWD James
    Release dateOct 21, 2012
    ISBN9781301401789
    Drop a Dime
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    WD James

    About the Author:The author, W. D. James, grew up in the backyard slag piles made famous by Harry Chapin but missed out on the bananas by a couple of years, a fact that haunts him to this day.James was educated in public schools and attended Mansfield University but escaped, mere credits short of alumni status, thereby avoiding daily requests for donations, a move that saved hundreds of otherwise-condemned trees from the paper mill.While at Mansfield, James edited the school newspaper and was a voice of mellow relaxation on the campus radio station. Listeners, both of them, said he was “a DJ, I think. Right?”James worked in many jobs, from dishwasher to vice president of a dysfunctional supply company to his current position as professional mediator, social worker, confidant and general target of the public’s anger, aka: a police officer.James resides with his wife, Margie and daughters Miranda and Sunshine (Margie is a proud hippie- guess who named the child). A black lab, Damnit, rounds out the family.While the James family lives in a dachau on the river Dungh, James can often be found taking the occasional sanity break in the great Pacific Northwest and attending painful reunions in the not-so-great northeast.James prefers not to write his own biographies but begrudgingly offered this copy when warned by his editor that no royalties would be paid without a completed book. With that bit of knowledge, copy was quickly produced.James is currently working on a sequel to “In Another Life,” to be released after Damnit learns not to eat flash drives and power cords and the vet retrieves chapters six to twelve from the latest stool sample. It may be a while.

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      Drop a Dime - WD James

      Drop a Dime

      By W.D. James

      This short story is a work of fiction. All characters belong to the mind of the author, W. D. James. Any similarity with real persons, living or deceased is purely coincidental and not intended by the author.

      Similarity with current events is also purely coincidental and not intended by the author.

      All rights reserved. Except, as permitted under the U.S. Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a database or retrieval system, without the express written consent of the author, except in the case of reprints in the context of reviews.

      Copyright 2012 W. D. James

      Cover art and photos Copyright 2012 Deb Moran.

      Published by W.D. James at Smashwords

      Smashwords License Statement

      This ebook is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each reader. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Drop a Dime

      Free Sample of In Another Life

      About the Author

      Drop a Dime

      Romeo 10, clear the stop. Back in.

      Copy Romeo 10. 2152 hrs.

      I sat in my cruiser at the corner of Main and Gespenst Streets, finishing up notes on my shift report. It was a cool, early fall Thursday night and traffic was sparse. I was looking for action and the sheep were not cooperating.

      The wolves, they were apparently in their dens, conjuring up their next capers.

      My name is Roger Mackay, and I’m a rookie police officer. I’ve been on the job for about five months. Actually, it’s been a while longer but that’s in another life, and another story.

      I dug out my stopwatch and got ready to watch the Vascar lines painted on the road, when I saw a man approaching my car. Instantly on alert I turned the inside light out and put my hand on my weapon.

      Officer? Officer, sorry to bother you, the man said. I just wanted to thank you for being here. The cars slow down now. Main’s not a drag track!

      I had been hitting traffic hard the last few days, trying to make points with my boss, Sergeant Palmer. Palmer was a big guy, about six-five, built like a tank and he had a surprisingly short temper. Nobody screwed with Tank, the nickname that nobody called him to his face.

      Thanks, I said. I just want to make sure the public is safe.

      And keep your Sergeant off your ass?

      Ah, yeah, that’s a given, I said, wondering if that was always the case or did this guy know something?

      I’m Ted Seeley. I live around the block. Hey, you look like a guy who could use a tip. In about ten minutes or so, a white car will come by. You should have a reason to pull it over. Go for a consent search. You won’t be sorry.

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