Movie Review: 99 Homes

Movie Review by The Yard 99 Homes is a crime fiction film released in 2014, starring Mike Shannon.  Mike Shannon plays Richard Carver, who runs a realty company doing some shady business. Andrew Garfield plays Dennis Nash who was evicted from his home along with his family. Carver played by Shannon, benefited from the foreclosure andContinue reading “Movie Review: 99 Homes”

Noble Rot

Flash Fiction by Frank Sonderborg “There is no escape. No rescue. No hero coming at the last minute to save you.                   You are going to die. So, what’s it going to be, painful or peaceful? I know, it’s an old cliché. But we do need to know if you’ve told anyone.” The man heContinue reading “Noble Rot”

An Inconvenient Death

Crime Fiction By Ben Mimmack Inspector Forsyth looked across at the doctor and considered whether to unbutton his trousers. Dr. Tyler was driving them both to a black-tie Christmas dinner in Devizes and Forsyth’s suit trousers were a relic of a younger and fitter past. The cummerbund would hide the undone button, but he doubtedContinue reading “An Inconvenient Death”

Bag of Soap

Crime Fiction By Dick Johnson I was in the county jail. I won’t say which one. But, I was locked up in a cell block with 6 other guys. We were all awaiting trial. The cell block was made up of 2 cells with bunks, connected by a day room, with a table. The jailContinue reading “Bag of Soap”

Lunatic

Crime Fiction Excerpt by Mira Gibson Prologue THE DARKENED SIDEWALK smelled of exhaust fumes and dank trash, which the brutal downpour seemed to magnify, kicking up all kinds of odors. Vehicles rushed down the avenue in both directions, headlights blazing, tires bouncing over potholes and splashing puddles. The swishing sound of never ending traffic inContinue reading “Lunatic”

Thirteen Red Roses

Flash Fiction by Hillary Lyon All afternoon, Laura buzzed around her tiny kitchen making preparations for their anniversary dinner. Thirty-five years with Benjamin! How time flies, she smiled to herself. Of course, over that much time you’re bound to have your ups and downs. The ups were never that high, and the downs were certainlyContinue reading “Thirteen Red Roses”

Animals

Crime Fiction by Rider Lemmond I have always been fascinated by death–so has everyone else, but not to my degree, I think. Religions say the soul leaves the body upon death and that this process could be observed. I even heard about an experiment where someone was weighed the moment before and after death. TheyContinue reading “Animals”

Teddy Bear

Crime Fiction By Stuart Stromin Even when I was a cop, I was a criminal.  It’s not what you think, I wasn’t on the take.  I wasn’t corrupt in that systemic way, when there’s a brown envelope on the desk every Friday, in exchange for someone to look the other way.  That sort of thingContinue reading “Teddy Bear”

Sweet Little Straight Razor

Crime Fiction By Michael Fontana It was after midnight and rain beat my head like tympani.  I checked my look in a shop window: mid-thirties, five-ten, black haired, green eyed and gaunt, nose flattened to my face from a case where it was broken by a punch from a semi-professional football player, a woman whoContinue reading “Sweet Little Straight Razor”