2 days agoMaestro Keys — Chapter 26Previous Chapters Start at the Beginning TWENTY-SIX Linda woke to a world more erotically charged than usual. She’d spent much of the previous night watching her son stare at Tawny Shipler with that same little-boy-lost look Arnold wore a century ago while gathering the courage to ask her for a…Serial Fiction7 min readSerial Fiction7 min read
5 days agoMaestro Keys — Chapters 24 & 25Previous Chapter Start at the Beginning TWENTY-FOUR In his charitable moments Arnold could see Shipler’s point. In addition to the debt, the suit was for interest and the costs of pursuing recovery. …Serial Fiction11 min readSerial Fiction11 min read
Jan 29Maestro Keys — Chapter 23Previous Chapter Start at the Beginning TWENTY-THREE The Albera case was not set for trial the day he had to conduct. The Williams case was. Because Arnold won most of his summary judgment motion, the trial would be straightforward. But that didn’t mean the preparation would be. He went wobbly…Serial Fiction11 min readSerial Fiction11 min read
Jan 25Maestro Keys — Chapter 22Previous Chapter Start at the Beginning TWENTY-TWO The brash composer and pianist Sergei Sergeievich Prokofiev left revolutionary Russia in 1918, eventually settling in Paris. But after more than a decade away, during which he married a Spanish singer and fathered two sons, he longed for home. And the Soviet Union…Serial Fiction12 min readSerial Fiction12 min read
Jan 22Maestro Keys — Chapter 21Previous Chapter Start at the Beginning TWENTY-ONE After Dilligas broke up, RK Dizazztr retreated with his wife Nadine and daughters Neptuna and Pluta to his ten-million dollar estate near Yosemite. Journalists somehow obtained his private number (probably through those punks at the record company, who still begrudged the band for…Serial Fiction7 min readSerial Fiction7 min read
Jan 17Maestro Keys — Chapter 20Previous Chapters Start at the Beginning TWENTY Arnold came home that evening in a mood black as space and a little bit colder. Rudy didn’t notice; he stared at his smartphone through dinner, then padded off to his room. But Linda looked mortified. Shut up! Arnold wanted to scream, even…Serial Fiction7 min readSerial Fiction7 min read
Jan 12Maestro Keys — Chapters 18 & 19Previous Chapters Start at the Beginning EIGHTEEN Linda had never been to an auction. She was afraid the one for the City Symphony would be like the ones she saw on TV, with a haughty, European-accented auctioneer ignoring obvious rubes like her while nodding at every wave and wink from…Serial Fiction11 min readSerial Fiction11 min read
Jan 8Maestro Keys — Chapters 16 & 17Previous Chapters Start at the Beginning SIXTEEN Arnold made Matt Donalson wait a couple of minutes before picking up the phone. “What can I do for you, Matt? I suppose you have objections to my discovery requests in Albera?” “Oh, we can talk about Albera if you’d like. But the…Serial Fiction13 min readSerial Fiction13 min read
Jan 4Maestro Keys — Chapters 14 & 15Previous Chapter Start at the Beginning FOURTEEN The reaper had come for Wilson Liu, not them. “I know you sometimes utilize him when you’re busy, so I wanted you to know you don’t have that option anymore, and you are not to reach out to other support staff for assistance…Serial Fiction11 min readSerial Fiction11 min read
Dec 29, 2022Maestro Keys — Chapter 13Previous Chapter Start at the Beginning THIRTEEN Bad news was supposed to come in threes, so Arnold should have been in the clear after enduring dinner with his son, finding a parking ticket on his windshield, and bickering with Linda when he came home. But no. He fell asleep in…Serial Fiction7 min readSerial Fiction7 min read
