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An Uninvited Guest
Studs pulled himself together as best he could and dragged himself to his office. The door stood open, and through it he could see a...

Jeb Brack
Jun 2, 20151 min read
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Paying the Porcelain Piper
He woke somewhere that looked and smelled worse than his apartment, with his face pressed against cool porcelain and a huge lump on the...

Jeb Brack
May 26, 20151 min read
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A Sorrow For Drowning
Leaving the station house, Studs Fedora knew he should contact his client. After all, her husband had died almost before his eyes. He...

Jeb Brack
May 19, 20151 min read
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The Third Degree
The cops had questions for Studs Fedora, and when they didn't like his answers, they asked the questions again. Studs didn't like his...

Jeb Brack
May 12, 20151 min read
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The Morning After
The rising sun cast a wan light into the alley where police and EMS dealt with the earthly remains of Merton Lotts. Studs Fedora watched...

Jeb Brack
May 5, 20151 min read
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Lotts Is Done
Studs Fedora peered down into the squalid alley behind the hotel. Amid the trash and detritus lay Merton Lotts. Studs stared at him a...

Jeb Brack
Apr 28, 20151 min read
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A Bad Feeling
Bricks Bennet moved off at last, and Studs returned to his surveillance of the Hotel. A nagging feeling grew in his mind that he could...

Jeb Brack
Apr 21, 20151 min read
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A Friend in Low Places
Lotts had been in the Hotel almost an hour when Studs heard his name called. He turned to find himself face to face with Bricks Bennet,...

Jeb Brack
Apr 14, 20151 min read
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The Hot Sheets Hotel
At last Studs Fedora tailed Merton Lotts out of the slums, but not to anyplace respectable. Lotts entered a fleabag known only as...

Jeb Brack
Apr 7, 20151 min read
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The Tail
Next day Studs Fedora spent following Merton Lotts on his daily routine. The man worked in his office all day doing whatever businessmen...

Jeb Brack
Mar 31, 20151 min read
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Can't Buy Me...
While Mrs. Lotts collected herself, Studs Fedora gathered basic information about her husband Merton--where he worked, his licence...

Jeb Brack
Mar 24, 20151 min read
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Solace Served Straight
As Mrs. Lotts wrapped up her tale of marital sorrow, tears dripped from her eyes and she began to weep. Studs Fedora reached for the...

Jeb Brack
Mar 17, 20151 min read
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The (Un) Happy Couple
Mrs. Lotts laid a photo on the desk: herself and Merton on their wedding day, the happiest day of their lives. Studs saw it coming...

Jeb Brack
Mar 10, 20151 min read
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What's The Story?
She said she was the wife of Merton Travis Lotts, the real estate tycoon, and that she needed help. Studs looked at his office--the...

Jeb Brack
Mar 3, 20151 min read
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The Dame
She came through his door like a mudslide through a California hill town. A dame. A well put-together dame with a minifigure to make a...

Jeb Brack
Feb 24, 20151 min read
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Filed Under "B"
Studs hung his hat on the rack and went to the filing cabinet, hoping to ease the pounding in his head with some hair of the dog. Before...

Jeb Brack
Feb 17, 20151 min read
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The Investigator Is In
Studs liked his building and he liked his office. It smelled of mice and stale paper. The L in the poolhall sign flickered and buzzed...

Jeb Brack
Feb 10, 20151 min read
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Hell's Playroom
Studs kept an office in a Prohibition-era beast of a building down in the Hell's Playroom neighborhood where nobody admitted that things...

Jeb Brack
Feb 3, 20151 min read
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Snap Judgment: The Cover
Follow the exciting adventures of Legotown's grittiest detective, Studs Fedora, as he takes apart the world of vice, corruption and other...

Jeb Brack
Jan 27, 20151 min read
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LILT: Our Hero
The headline story was a doozy, and Studs tried not to imagine that his coffee tasted extra bitter. Jesus, the ways people found to die!...

Jeb Brack
Jan 21, 20151 min read
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