About the Story
Set in New Orleans in 1898, “Roux-lette” is a historical police procedural following Superintendent Charles Roux as he solves the mystery behind a gambling ring—and implicates his own department in the process. This novelette is currently being revised at 8,000 words and will become available in late 2023.
Opening Lines
Red and yellow quarantine flags fluttered above the doorjambs in New Orleans like swamp maple and crepe myrtle changing colors for the fall.It has been a peculiar September, thought Superintendent Charles Roux. The first case of yellow fever had been recorded earlier that month when a young boy, just returned from a beach resort near Biloxi, presented with what appeared to be dengue—until he started bleeding from his eyes.