Crime Fiction by M.E. Proctor It takes a special kind of sinner to commit murder in a church. A sanctuary, a haven. A safe place that hadn’t been safe for Myrtle Ballard. “St Peter’s on twennyfourth. Next to the confessional.” Al ‘Matt’ Matteotti spit the words in disgust. He was pale with outrage. Matt wasContinue reading “Whack A Moll”
Monthly Archives: February 2026
Seal Of The Realm
Flash Fiction by Frank Sonderborg Lingo was back in Almeria Spain. Back to Mojacar Pueblo. A beautiful Spanish village hugging the side of a mountain. He sat drinking his black coffee and enjoyed both the view and the warm October sunshine. The Chinese had once again sent him chasing his tail. Rumours of a lostContinue reading “Seal Of The Realm”
Hard Luck Penny
Flash Fiction by Scott McKinnon Penny sits on a warehouse floor, handcuffed to a pallet stacked five feet high with cheap towels emblazoned with the words: I stole this from Alcatraz. The fluorescents above cast a flat light over mountains of tacky novelty items and three humorless thugs standing over her. The leader has aContinue reading “Hard Luck Penny”
Someday You Will
Spy Fiction by Tom Milani In 1966, after nearly six years in Hamburg, Richter had gone back to what he did best. An intelligence agency provided him with housing in Virginia. His job was to photograph foreign assets in compromising positions, the agency’s penchant for irony apparently unlimited. The work was sedentary in nature. ToContinue reading “Someday You Will”
Aileen and the Aliens
Crime Fiction by Hillary Lyon “I woke to the sound of dresser drawers opening. Someone was in the far corner of our dark bedroom, riffling through drawers. You were in bed next to me, sound asleep. “Who are you,” I said aloud, sitting up on my elbows. “What are you doing here? What do youContinue reading “Aileen and the Aliens”