Flash Fiction by Pamela Ebel Emma Macaulay looked in the mirror on the back wall and watched as some of the parishioners crossed the parking lot of the church where the service was over and walked into the Holy Grail Bar for Happy Hour. As the noise level picked up the front door flew openContinue reading “Happy Hour At The Holy Grail Bar”
Monthly Archives: August 2026
Brooklyn
Flash Fiction by Diane Lefer So I was driving home about 3:00 AM. Around the clubs, of course, there are always people and cars, but near home usually there’s no one. That night, there was a car up ahead, stopped at a red light. Then this other car comes speeding up from behind, comes aroundContinue reading “Brooklyn”
The Womanizer
Crime Fiction by Dick Johnson Graphic Sex and Violence Warning The kissing was amazing. Not the lack luster kissing of a first date, but the hungry kissing that leads to fucking, and he knew it was coming. Her mouth was so warm and soft and inviting. Juicy is the word. She was juicy. The cricketsContinue reading “The Womanizer”
A Catfish No More
Crime Fiction by Andrew Ricchiuti Palmer spent the last thirty days in a private room hidden in a sanitarium. Except for Benny, he spoke only to one doctor and one nurse. He only saw them. Now, healed, he was ready to re-enter the world. A world he hoped wouldn’t recognize and hound him for runningContinue reading “A Catfish No More”
The Proposition
Crime Fiction by Scott McKinnon For the past week I’d been consoling my wounded ego on a local online discussion forum for wronged spouses and very early on established an easy rapport with a woman who called herself Desperate_Housewife#81. I regaled her with stories of my controlling, narcissistic wife who was bleeding me dry financially.Continue reading “The Proposition”