DOUBLETRBLDADDY

The Machine at Highway 23

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There’s a bait vending machine outside the gas station on State Highway 23, on the corner where you turn off to come into Flat Rock. It’s been there longer than anyone can remember, which in a town like ours means at least fifteen years, maybe more. No one’s entirely sure when it arrived or who … Read more

Originally Pressed

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Tony came home to Flat Rock after ten years as a Military Police investigator, thinking he’d left danger behind when he opened B-Sharp Vintage Records. He was wrong. Now he spends his days sorting jazz LPs, dodging noise complaints from the antique shop next door, and drinking coffee at the Bear Claw Bakery with his … Read more

Father’s Day – Anthony DeLucca Sr.

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I wrote about Tony’s mother on Mother’s Day. I told you about the piano, and her marigolds. The garden she kept that was as practical as it was beautiful. I told you about a woman whose presence fills the books even though she never speaks a word. Today I want to tell you about the … Read more

The Fallacy Web with A.L. Lieske

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I had been meaning to return the stack of books on my passenger seat for the better part of a week. Between a donut order for the volunteer fire department’s annual breakfast and a wedding cake that required more structural engineering than I am qualified for, the library had not made it onto my list. … Read more

Coffee With Brenda

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I’ve always believed that every good story starts with interesting people. The funny thing is, most of the time we spend so much time talking about books that we forget to ask the characters themselves what they think about everything. Sure, we know who solved the mystery, saved the day, caught the villain, or found … Read more

Outsider with Author Tevin Stewart

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I’m fortunate that afternoons at the Bear Claw usually run themselves. The muffins are done, the lunch rush has cleared, and Stacy has things well under control. The sunshine of May peeked through the front window of the bakery like an invitation, and rather than head right home, I decided to stretch my legs and … Read more

Mother’s Day – June Carlson DeLucca

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Sometimes there’s a character in a book that isn’t really even there. They don’t say a word, but their presence is known. Felt. June Carlson DeLucca is one of those characters. In the prequel to the Originally Pressed Mysteries, Tony comes back to Flat Rock on bereavement leave to help his father with funeral arrangements … Read more