Craig Hester
Bio
Being a husband and father come first. Then I make my living in the watch business to provide for them. Writing is a sideline passion since youth. Hope you enjoy my musings.
Stories (2)
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Not Such a Bad Way at All
The wind banked off the otherwise languid Mississippi in big, billowing gusts ensuring an extra chill would envelope the revelers on the wharf near the Café Du Monde. Everyone had on their war paint, but the taunts and jibes of just minutes earlier had subsided. An unspoken ceasefire took hold as we all counted down the remaining moments of 1980.
By Craig Hester5 years ago in Families
The Man In the Pinstriped Suit
He wore an ill-fitting, brown pinstripe suit and careworn wingtip shoes. The pit stains of his threadbare Oxford were permanent, even past the miracle of bleach, which would have surely disintegrated the shirt if used undiluted. He kept his hair glued to his head beneath a dark, twelve-year-old fedora. His ears stuck out just a bit too much, like handles on a three-quart pot, and his teeth were yellow from lack of any real regimented care.
By Craig Hester5 years ago in Criminal
