This story is in PROGRESS. Material below is very partial and in notes stage.
Blackwood Timbers
Before you can stand in the light, you must deal with your darkness.
-- A Proverb
. . . in this world more things exist without our knowledge than with it and the
order in creation which you see is that which you have put there, like a string
through a maze, so that you shall not lose your way.
-- Cormac McCarthy
A Message from Beyond
Sunrise: The Report
The gloom of night beyond their kitchen windows diminished with each silver glint of
Winter sunup. Sunday was sneaking into view.
At their equally crimped breakfast-nook tables, with miles between them, each
weighed down by personal foibles and random inexplicables that go with police
work, Buckler and Rayles at the same time pored coincidentally over page 2 , above the
fold, of the East Ludlow Times -- Sunrise Edition. A journalistically straightforward but
subdued news piece chronicled a secret disclosure: the vaporization of an almost
prominent, local, scholarly m.p. named Dunn. Each investigator puzzled in silence over a
startling headline, 'Science Prof from Kingston Tech AWOL Since Thursday.'
Pallid wafts of steam rose from two cups of strong coffee, then twisted and faded from
sight. Rayles again hunched over a pair of photos on her iPhone texted to her around
Saturday twilight by two cruiser cops who conducted, on orders, a cheerless walk-through
of Dunn's hollow house. She was tempted to call Buckler, whom she playfully or
cuttingly at times labeled Shield depending on their situation, but held back since the old
man obviously disdained impetuous behavior.
EAST LUDLOW – The East Ludlow Police Department (ELPD) is currently investigating the disappearance of Doctor Thomas Dunn, an East Ludlow resident who went missing from his neighborhood on Saturday night, in the 1300 block of Sherlock Place.
Dr. Dunn is a renowned physicist and long-time faculty member at Kingston Technical College. He was last seen on Saturday morning on the Kingston campus and early on Saturday evening while walking with his dog in the neighborhood.
He has had no contact with anyone known since that time. Based on his bank and cell phone signals, the ELPD believes that Dunn was still in East Ludlow after the dinner hour.
Police are deeply concerned about the Kingston professor's welfare. They are asking all residents in Blackwood Timbers to report the presence of anyone matches his description. Dunn is a 60-year-old white male with dark eyes, probably wearing black horn-rimmed glasses, and short-cropped gray hair. He is approximately 5', 9" and weighs approximately 200 lbs.
The ELPD has issued a 'disappeared person' notice statewide to all police agencies. They will be continue their search in the local area.
Individuals with information on Dunn's whereabouts are urged to call the ELPD at (517) 399-9999 or e-mail: Police@elpd.org
Before You Stand in the Light
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