Jimmy Doom's Roulette Weal

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Crosstown Traffic

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Challenges (Story #1002)

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May 26, 2023
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Kid tried to grind the brick wall in the parking lot of Kezman’s, skateboard fell and clattered, almost bouncing into 6th Street.

A car honked.

A low moan came from somewhere, painful, dissonant. 

It wasn’t the skater kid, he was laughing.

Maloney felt the moan turn to a wail.

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