Kenney Mencher is running a series of Flash Fiction contests. I submitted stories for the Bob Frapples and Owen D. Bank pictures. I also posted them on Deviant Art as “Rundown” and “The Luck”.
“Rundown” took a lot of time to get the details right. Had to search for baseball cards, trains, and even if some cities existed back in the ’30s. They did, and I was able to weave it all together.
“The Luck” is a loose sequel to “Rundown.” This one had more details in it, but I had read “The Big Con” by David Maurer previously, which greatly aided in the speed with which I could write. Limehouse Chappie was a real person, and the location of the speakeasy also existed.
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