Chapter 1: The Case of December's Debt Archives

"I tried to write a story about honesty in Washington, but my typewriter jammed. Must’ve sensed the lie before I did. Around here, truth’s an endangered species—spotted once a decade, stuffed, mounted, and trotted out for campaign season."

Yours Truly,
Jack Hammer.

A grayscale, noir-style cartoon image of a dingy newsstand. An old man with a tired face stands behind a cluttered counter, lit by a single hanging lightbulb, casting long shadows.

The Case of December’s Debt

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THE HAMMER FILES: The News Depot This is part one of a two part series. You can find part two, here. An Inheritance of Grief. You can also listen to it as

Gritty, grayscale Jack Hammer style illustration of Jack, startled awake on his desk by a ringing phone, with a liquor bottle and full ashtray. Sincerely yours, Jack Hammer.

THE HAMMER FILES: My Home My Office

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Home at Lost The cab was an old yellow dog, its engine wheezing with every turn. I paid the fare—plus a dime for good measure—and stepped out onto the

A grayscale, high-contrast graphic novel panel shows two men, Jack Hammer and Jamie, running through a rain-slicked, gritty city alley at night. Jack, a burly man in a fedora and trench coat, leads, while Jamie, a slightly younger man, runs alongside him, both looking troubled and burdened. The scene is rendered with stark lines and deep shadows, reflecting a pulp-noir aesthetic.

THE HAMMER FILES: On the Lamb.

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Jamie’s Streets and Shadows. The world was a smear of wet neon. We moved through the night like ghosts with Jack at the lead. I jumped at every shadow,

A grayscale film noir cartoon. A detective in a fedora kneels in the rain over a still figure on the wet pavement, their faces hidden in shadow. He holds her hand. A stylized purse lies nearby. In the background, a lone, dark figure observes from a distance against blurry city lights.

THE HAMMER FILES: The Dead Reckoning

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The Weight of Silence The roar of the gunshots faded into a silence heavier than any I’d ever known. Rain, cold and relentless, began to fall. The city

A high-contrast, black-and-white graphic novel illustration of a man and his accomplice standing over a fallen man in a dark, rainy alley. The standing man aims a revolver at the man on the ground.

THE HAMMER FILES: Hit the Streets

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A Deadly Gambit From my perch in the war room, my telephoto lens captured the chaos in the room across the street: chips flying, Jamie flipping the table.

A gritty, grayscale cartoon in a classic film noir style shows a man named Jack Hammer, wearing a trench coat and fedora, meticulously assembling a high-end camera with a telephoto lens on a tripod in a cramped, dimly lit hotel room.

THE HAMMER FILES: War Room Setup

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The Arrival It was 2 a.m., the night before the game. A beat-up cab coughed me out in the alley behind the fleabag hotel. The streets were empty, but my

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The Broadcast

Jack Hammer’s Pulp Noir Audiobooks: W-HAM-ER

The Library

NewzHammer Publishing: Jack Hammer’s Memoir Noir Collection

FOR YOUR EYES ONLY

The Case of the Missing First Lady

An Evening at the Local Playhouse

The Saga

Full Jack Hammer Saga: The Architecture of Awareness

Hammer Op-Eds

The Tariff Trap: 90 Days of Hot Air, Years of Pain for the Working Man