By Steve Bates It was the police sirens that woke him. Their ever louder Banshee shrieks sliced through the early morning silence like a switchblade. He could hear as they snaked their way closer, until they screamed just outside the room. Then the sirens stopped. They were here. As Cole Edwards sat on the edgeContinue reading “Sometime After Midnight”
Category Archives: Crime Fiction
Senny
By Andy Betz and Dounia Saunders “Four years and you still cannot make up your mind!” Her proposal was sincere. The beach house would make a perfect place for us. Everything she said to me was so right. And, at the same time, so wrong. Her face was unwavering. The evening breeze moved her hair,Continue reading “Senny”
Unforgiving Memories
By Glen Bush Pete McCoy sat on the edge of his wife’s queen bed. Milly McCoy had passed five years earlier. A box of faded photographs sat next to him. Fifty-some years of his life lay jumbled in that worn cardboard box. Picking the pictures up one by one, examining each one carefully, trying toContinue reading “Unforgiving Memories”
Warmth and Whispers
By Steven James Cordin Burning cold filled his chest. Voices in his head screamed for warmth. He awoke with a start, his body so cold it burned. For a moment, he wanted to let the cold embrace and consume him. The mad echo of the voices in his head drove those thoughts away. Their urgentContinue reading “Warmth and Whispers”
Queasy
By Patrick O’Malley It happened earlier today at work. Pale and nauseous, my stomach had been killing me all morning. I crept up from my desk and ran to the office men’s bathroom. I dove for the bowl, slamming the stall door shut behind me. I heaved and a fountain of bile spilled out myContinue reading “Queasy”
Et Tu
By Andy Betz The rain beat down hard on the convertible soft top. Generally, this meant I had two, maybe three hours before it began to leak. What I had to say did not warrant this much time. However, should she want to fight, at least I knew when it was going to be over.Continue reading “Et Tu”
Hustler Man
By Dick Johnson I’m a hustler by trade. Basically, I work very hard to avoid having a traditional job. I just don’t like people telling me what to do and living according to some made up rules, which mean nothing to me. Now, being a hustler doesn’t mean I always commit crimes. I do workContinue reading “Hustler Man”
The Prisoner
By Chris Bunton President-Elect Pope sat in the Oval Office looking around. He still could not believe that he was the President of The United States. He won the election, and really was as surprised as anyone. The media was totally ticked off, and could not figure out how he had won, and quite franklyContinue reading “The Prisoner”
The Water Tower
By Tony Sweatland Whipping post by the Allman Brothers Band was on when I started the old restored Ford from the sixties. Perfect song for a getaway. It’d be even better if someone was chasing me, but nobody drove out this far, this early, unless they lived out here. Worst case scenario for me isContinue reading “The Water Tower”
Burger Babes Truck Off
By David Larson Chapter One Kathy turned to her sister, “Katie, Truck Off!” “Hey, that’s not nice. What did I do to you”? “I said Truck Off, not what you think I said.” “I still don’t get it.” “Look at this notice that I found on the windshield this morning. The city is having aContinue reading “Burger Babes Truck Off”