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The Case of the One Cut Stop
Bendigo StrangeJune 1st, 2025Nightfall 70° It was an old story. A upper middle class girl had fallen in with the wrong crowd and, subsequently fallen under the spell of a twenty-five year old man who frequented the restaurant she worked at. Rebecca*, who had never smoked a cigarette or tried alcohol was first introduced to weed,…
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Managing Expectations
Bendigo StrangeMay 23rd, 2024Well into the evening The temperature on the rental car’s rearview mirror read 102° on a cloudless and, still Saturday afternoon in early September. The summer’s heat simply refusing to yield. The State line was so close that you could literally throw a rock across it from the parking lot. The town…
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Alone in the Dark
Sometimes being lost is how you find your way Bendigo StrangeJanuary 19th, 2024Late in the Evening10 Degrees Raising the Old Man’s .22 Smith & Wesson you crack off three shots, as thin orange muzzle flashes cut into the dark, yelling “HEY!” once more, but still no response. No return pistol shots, no shouts back, no…
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The Fine Art of getting your ass kicked (and what it can teach you)
Bendigo StrangeMarch 4th, 2023Near Sunset The Christmas Party1999 There are no free passes when it comes to working in the field of executive protection. The hours are long, your Principals (the person you are tasked with protecting) tend to be personality types that are problematic. You can be berated by society for not only a…
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A shot to the face
The Case of a Knife Wielding Attacker and a .22 Beretta Bobcat Bendigo StrangeDecember 27th, 2022(Tuesday)Mid Afternoon The last time I had spoken with the Client was more than ten years ago. At that time she had been promoted to CEO of the steel manufacturing firm, after my work had uncovered the former CEO had…
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