"Picture Palace Blues," by Colin Campbell, in Celluloid Crimes, edited by Deborah Well, Level Short, 2025.
I have a story in this book.
This is a character-driven piece and the character is McNulty, formerly a cop in Yorkshire, now a dedicated fan of old movies. He had his friend, retired criminal Donk, are catching a Bogart double feature at a revival house when McNulty's copper instincts tell him something is wrong.
Turns out some bad guys have robbed the box office. But surely there isn't enough cash in there to be worth the gang's attention. So what's their real goal?
Fun to watch McNulty figure it out. More fun to see him thwart the plan.
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