Persona Non Propria

Persona Non Propria

harrowing

a short story about a romance scam, a money mule, and a haggard detective

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Clancy Steadwell
Feb 23, 2025
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The rain paints a dreary scene on the windshield, the droplets rippling through an Upstate New York urban landscape so bland and monotonous it might as well be in black and white. Rick Harrow, a private investigator, stares through it from behind the wheel of his 2006 Toyota Corolla, looking very private investigator-ish in a tan trench coat and outdate…

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