Wayward Characters In Kansas City

James Longstreet is a noir cliche. A burnt out detective, he chain smokes, knocks back stiff drinks, and snarls smartass quips with a poison tongue. His world is practically black and white, until a smarmy screenwriter walks into his office and hires him to find a missing person. The thing is though, the person he's been hired to track down is a fictional character from the writer's screenplay. Convinced it is a dumb prank, the desperate Longstreet reluctantly agrees to take the case when the writer offers him cold, hard cash. The next thing he knows, the detective is on a train to Kansas City, where he meets an imaginary man and is forced to question the truth of everything he has ever known.

Originally featured in eNoir Vol. 01 No. 02

Cover Photo by D Baker Soph