Crime Fiction by Timothy Tarkelly I woke up to my door latch being worked over. By the time I could register the noise and climb off of the couch, the two men were in my living room, each holding a pistol in my face. I slowly reached for the lamp and neither of them moved.Continue reading “All In A Night’s Work”
Category Archives: Crime Fiction
Great Big Alleyway
Crime Fiction by Richie Narvaez Felix turns his son forward so the whole subway car can see the boy’s sweet face. “I’m sorry to bother you,” Felix says, “but could you spare a dollar or a quarter to get me and my family something to eat?” He and Little Felix nudge, slide, push their wayContinue reading “Great Big Alleyway”
The Boys Of Summer
Crime Fiction by Scott Lyerly I was a kid when I first heard Don Henley’s “The Boys of Summer”. Riding in the back of the station wagon, my parents at the tail-end of their marriage, the only sounds the road noise and the radio. I didn’t understand it. I was maybe six or seven, butContinue reading “The Boys Of Summer”
Real Walmarts of Hillbilly County
Crime Fiction by Mick Rose December 27th spawned three more fucking Walmart murders. No surprise to anyone who sheepishly lives or works in rust-riddled Hillbilly County. As portrayed on Google Maps? The sprawling county boasts it hosts a dozen Walmart stores. But as you might’ve guessed? Hillbilly County ain’t got nothin’ else for folks toContinue reading “Real Walmarts of Hillbilly County”
Like A Wave Of The Sea
Crime Fiction by Brian Hawkins For going on thirty years, he’s stretched his hand out to me, eyes wide, the air bubbling from his open mouth as I reach toward him, kicking against my body’s buoyancy, unable to connect, skin-to-skin, before his panicked form expels its tension. Against the backdrop of my memories, he hovers,Continue reading “Like A Wave Of The Sea”
Some Grit
Crime Fiction by C. Inanen Coalville Oklahoma’s a pleasant little town. I’d been there for two days and gotten to know it a bit. I’d studied it, you might say. It was clean and about as prosperous a town as you’d find in southeastern Oklahoma in 1932, that is to say it had been hitContinue reading “Some Grit”
Barrel Of Ninjas
Crime Fiction by J. Marquez Jr. Sunday: The Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center The gods must have been feeling undecidedly mischievous on the day Nathan was born. The gray days in Southern California can be easily and accurately counted by the fingers on the hands of a notorious math flunky every year—even in November. AndContinue reading “Barrel Of Ninjas”
The Solution of Dr. Adair
Crime Fiction by Hillary Lyon Fontane walked the long length of the polished cherry wood conference table, a walk he dreaded because of who was waiting for him at the other end: Dr. Adair and CEO Barker. Adair was wearing his white lab coat so that everyone in the building would know he was notContinue reading “The Solution of Dr. Adair”
Dead-Center Plodder
Crime Fiction by Carl Tait Hudson Calloway wondered if it would be legal to murder the man walking ahead of him. The guy was wearing an ugly green sweater and plodding slowly down the dead center of the sidewalk. His hands were raised to his midsection, his elbows sticking out like chicken wings. The man’sContinue reading “Dead-Center Plodder”
The Wayside
Flash Fiction by Roy Dorman At a little after 7:00 PM on a warm August evening, Danny Sullivan pulled off the highway onto the exit lane leading to the rest area. Except for an older model station wagon and a battered pick-up truck that appeared to be abandoned, it looked like he’d have the placeContinue reading “The Wayside”