Crime Fiction by John Ahlfors Avid armchair sports fan, beer enthusiast, bookworm and retired plumber, Simon Barber was turning eighty-one, his square birthday. “You know, nine times nine,” he explained to his wife, Faye, who rolled her eyes. Heaving deep breaths, Simon battled to blow out the roar of candles. Never had he thought he’dContinue reading “Simon Barber, Plumber”
Monthly Archives: March 2025
Friends 5-Eva
Crime Fiction by Shivani Sivagurunathan We get out of Donna’s glossy midnight-blue BMW. The air is filled with spikes. It’s not supposed to be cold in the tropics but tonight is special. We’ve finally done what we’ve been threatening to do since we were teenagers. Poor Anwar. He’s just the in-between person in this, ifContinue reading “Friends 5-Eva”
A Solitary Neighbor Leaves No Witnesses
Flash Fiction by Marcelo Medone My neighbor is very kind. Her name is Dorothy. She is sixty years old and could be my mother. I know all her movements and her quirks, because she is a very methodical old lady and hardly ever leaves her apartment. She doesn’t even have a dog to take forContinue reading “A Solitary Neighbor Leaves No Witnesses”
Griff Lingo P.I.
Crime Fiction by Frank Sonderborg Basingstoke UK in winter is no Miami Beach. It’s wet, cold and getting the shit kicked out of you by heavies is no small matter. Harry H was holding me up while Mickey P was doing the damage. Basically, beating the crap out of me. And then they were gone,Continue reading “Griff Lingo P.I.”
Demolition
Flash Fiction by Steve Saulsbury Stanley told me about doing the demolition, as a charity project. To the community, as a way of healing. Unusual, yes, but the house stood as a reminder of what had happened. “Very heartbreaking,” Stanley barked, stepping up onto his excavator. Winter weather hadn’t deterred a small crowd from gathering.Continue reading “Demolition”
The Strongbox
Crime Fiction by Benjamin Welton Kelly Little felt an immediate attraction to the gilded box. Covered in green leather and decorated with golden curlicues that, in a self-applied Rorschach test, Kelly saw as flowers, the strongbox appealed to some hidden sense deep in Kelly’s heart. This was despite the obvious age of the object. ToContinue reading “The Strongbox”
Con! Kidnap! Kill?
Flash Fiction by Simon Nadel She told me the plan was simple and straightforward, but with Phyllis Walters, or Phil as she likes to be called, nothing is ever simple or straightforward. It’s on me that I still went along with it. We’d met Eric at a club downtown. He was taking it easy afterContinue reading “Con! Kidnap! Kill?”