Johnny Handgun

Johnny Handgun was a private detective who 

didn’t telegraph his moves. Johnny H. is how

he introduced himself. If they asked him what 

the H stood for, he’d say, “Handsome, handshake,

handgesture, hankering, you know…”. Handgun

was his real name. His father, Colt, had been in

the army as a side arm. That was a joke Johnny

liked to tell. Things went on from there. Day

changed to night, suspicion to revelation, love to

enlightenment. Nobody knew where we were going,

but we all knew we were on our way. Johnny took

on a few clients as long as they didn’t ask too many

questions. He got cash, half in advance. One look at 

Johnny, and they all knew he could do what they 

needed. There were some things, though, that Johnny

wouldn’t do. Simple, clean, and moral was Johnny’s

way. Justified could also be a term to use. Corpses

never seemed to be able to come to their own defense.

That wasn’t Johnny’s fault.