Tony Trieste

The Easiest Job in the World

LOUIS Daghlian is driving through an industrial part Detroit, which looks worse than you can imagine. LOUIS is African-American in his late 40s. His face is youthful, but he is graying around the temples. His brother, HARRY, sits next to him. HARRY is in his late 30s, with close-cropped hair and a stern countenance. HARRY watches the buildings pass by as LOUIS speeds through the empty streets. The warehouses and factories are mostly dark, save for a few security lights. …

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The Reliquary of Ness

Wartime Denver is bustling with young Marines and Army GIs. Denver is the major railroad hub for the West, so it is a miasma of cultures and social classes. Still a young city, most of its public buildings look fresh and new. This city hospital was built only a few years ago. An Italian-American man dressed in a dark blue, silk suit with a matching fedora steps out of a taxicab that pulls up to the hospital. He is CARMINE GALANTE, a New York City-based Mafia hitman. …

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