Shades of Black: Crime And Mystery Stories By African-American Authors (2010)
“Feathery snowflakes were falling in silence: a hushed, false reprieve from the sleet bombardment earlier that night. Thousands of liquored-up revelers had spilled out of Buckhead bars and clubs for the dark trek home to the Atlanta suburbs, after watching the Patriots embarrass the Rams. DeKalb County Chief of Police Wofford “Dub” Miller Jr. was grimly surveying the result, as the coroner’s “meat wagon” pulled onto the slushy soft shoulder of Hairston Road. “Stupid sumbitches,” the chief whispe...red to himself. “This never woulda happened if—”A howl bit through the frosty black air, severing Miller’s thoughts.“Damn, Chief,” an officer gasped. “That a wolf?”Dub Miller drew up the collar of his Gore-Tex anorak. “Ain’t no wolves here, shit-fer-brains,” the chief grumbled. He gulped from his brushed aluminum travel mug, and the hot coffee mixed with George Dickel burned going down. “Just some pitiable stray, is all. Cold, hungry . . . smells the dead.”MoreLess
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