Remember When: a work of fiction

by L. Douglas Garrett

He had met someone amazing, but then he got pulled back into The Trade. He had to become David Cox again, and his lives were about to converge in a way he had never faced before. Remember When is a slice-of-life espionage thriller that builds on images of 1983, a cracked mirror reflection of things that were and pieces of might have been. “A story reminiscent of Miami Vice, with a dash of the 80’s music scene” is brought into tight focus in this novella length telling. Everything comes together in Los Angeles in the days before the US Festival. He’s there, or is he? “When you see the price they’ve paid…” It was ridiculous. Not the operating inside the country part; that’d been a thing before. But it was always as Attached Personnel. Not David either, although he was certainly experienced enough at that point to handle doing things in a way that had to follow rules. But some legit actor had to be there to pull off the actual bag. When David asked Barry, “Hold on… don’t we have any badges in on this?” the reply was one of those times when turning around and getting back on the airplane seemed like a great idea. “Just mine”, he said, “Look, this isn’t some wild-ass idea on my part. You don’t get called because I decided to hold a picnic or something. I had to make the case, all the way up, for how this is going to go. They had to ask other agencies for the eyes-on people available. There were four. Two are those USAID pukes you know from Panama, and they’ve both gone. Other assignments, other places, and way too damn in bed with the locals to be trustworthy on this, even if we could bring one back in the time frame we have to work with. Third is… was… the Colombian national you dragged back with you.” “Ricardo?” said David. Barry didn’t miss a beat. “Yeah, Ricky… he got a clean record and a Green Card. Lasted about six months before someone found him and made an example of him. So he’s out. That left Big Number you.”

60 pages, Kindle Edition

Published September 16, 2018

Reviews

[Nicky Robinson · Rating 5 out of 5]

Novella length; fun 1980’s music scene and spy tradecraft with a side of romance.

[Willhc · Rating 5 out of 5]

A great delve into the world of espionage. Characters hooked you into the story and kept you in it. Bringing you back to the 80's really set the scene (for those of us that remember it). My only fault it that it was too short and so I'm looking forward to more!

[Cara W · Rating 5 out of 5]

A novella.

Told partially in flashback.
Confusing at 1st, but pulled together by the end.