Clint Faraday collection nine — C.D. Moulton

col 9Scream Muddy MurderA body in the mud on the banks of Muddy River. He was a local bum. He died of electric shock.There was no electricity on that side of the river! How did the fact it looked like lightning struck him on a cloudless night - on the side of his neck - figure into it?Clint felt they had a mad scientist behind this one.why not? He had every other weird kind of character in his past!Dead ReckoningClint and family are enjoying their last two weeks this trip at their place in Quebrada Tula. Basilio, from Cusapín, is visiting. They are sitting on the porch at sunset, which is spectacular. Basilio says there is going to be trouble. It is in the signs. It will involve people on the comarca, but will not be from the comarca.Clint remembers other times when Basilio made predictions based on a special sunset. He figured he could depend on hearing about exactly that.Then, the body.A Grave MistakeClint and Tyna are dining at La Tipica in David. A woman at a close table makes remarks about other patrons. Those patrons included a judge and some important business people. And a crook or two.Tyna said the woman was making a grave mistake to make those remarks about those people.The woman was very soon in a grave, a shallow one by a river. That's not exactly what Tyna meant.Dead TiredA friend complains to Clint that he wakes up every morning dead tired. He has wild dreams. Maybe he was threshing around in his sleep, but he couldn't go along this way much longer.Clint helps him figure that he is a schizophrenic sleepwalker. He should take lithium to control it.Then the man ends up murdered - while riding his ATV - while asleep.