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In the next few weeks I'll periodically post the first paragraph or two of a straight news story by a well-known writer. The first person to correctly identify the author gets a point. The first person with five points gets a free, lightly worn, limited-edition Gangrey T shirt.

One rule: You can't use a search engine.

Ready? Go.

CLEARWATER - A faint trail of blood led police late Friday to an injured man suspected in the fatal stabbing of a 48-year-old Clearwater man. Police followed the trail for more than three hours before finding a man hiding in woods near Druid Road, and nursing a stab wound.