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Michael Haskins - Key West Author, Writer, and Local
Short Stories by Michael Haskins, Key West Author

The Drumstick Murder

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"Kris Kristofferson’s gruff voice thundered like hurricane winds from the multiple speakers in the Key West Saloon’s showroom, his recorded words vibrating off the walls as he sang about love and loss, whiskey, pilgrims, Sunday mornings, and traveling with Bobby McGee."
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Murder in Key West

The March/April double issue of Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine is off the racks, so I thought I would put my story from that issue, Murder in Key West, on my website.

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Finding Picasso

I first wrote “Finding Picasso” in Sept. 2004, but it never went anywhere. The story shows a darker side of protagonist Mick Murphy and that’s maybe why I like it and some don’t. I’ve only done some minor editing, so it’s pretty much the way I wrote it in ’04.

I had the idea for the story years ago as I walked through the Museum of Fine Art in Los Angeles and saw some Picasso painting that I liked. How would I steal them, I wondered and found the hallway that appears in the story. Of course, I didn’t steal them, but the seed was planted, and I had fun harvesting it when it had ripened.

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The Floater

"Some days just seem to begin right, to hold promise. The day began that way. I stood barefoot, shirtless, wearing cutoff shorts on the deck of my 40-foot sloop, the Fenian Bastard, and I had a cup of freshly brewed coffee and the daily paper."

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