This is kind of a tip 'o' the cap to private detective Jackson Gamble, a character I created about three decades ago. He first came to life on loose-leaf, college-ruled paper in a three-ring binder and written in pencil while riding back and forth to work on a Chicago & North Western commuter train. From loose-leaf paper, he moved to 8-1/2 x 11" plain paper typed on an IBM Selectric, then to green-bar paper printed from a 5-inch floppy on a CPM system, then a 3-1/2" floppy, then a succession of hard drives and then a flash drive, and now, finally, a final move onto the printed page, which will be released in the coming year entitled Lost Little Girl. Congratulations, buddy, and thanks for being so patient. You made it.
Published on September 18, 2020 19:15