Crime Fiction By Marco Etheridge “What should we do with the body?” Louis Pyne squats on his haunches beside the corpse. The boathouse is cold as a meat locker. A massive hangover is dancing a tarantella six-eight time inside his skull, and the two guys standing behind Lou are making him nervous. At least they’reContinue reading “How Not to Take the Fall”
Category Archives: Criminal
Story Of An Encounter
Crime Fiction By Paul Perilli It’s not a surprise my friends and neighbors no longer bring up the once famed and much-discussed case of an unsolved murder in our quiet Brooklyn neighborhood. Shocking as it was at the time, it went the way of most news. Other topics came up. What took place over aContinue reading “Story Of An Encounter”
Visiting Mom
Flash Fiction By Seamus O’ Leary Nubs drove his grey 1990 Lincoln Town Car through the toll plaza on I-90 in Chicago, while holding his cell phone to his ear with the three fingers of his left hand. “I’m going to visit with my ma. I’ll only be a little bit, and then I’ll meetContinue reading “Visiting Mom”
Do No Harm Or Injustice
Crime Fiction by C.D. Baxter Marquis fired potshots from his Glock as the rattlesnake wound across the floor toward the pile of ballooned-up black tar heroin tucked inside his living room fireplace. He’d come home jacked-up, nodding in the entryway. The heaven of his high vanished once he blasted a round into his right footContinue reading “Do No Harm Or Injustice”
Book Review: Rum Punch
Book Review by Chris Bunton Rum Punch is the second Elmore Leonard book I’ve read. It is the sequel to the book The Switch, and has the same main characters. Ordell Robbie, Louis Gara, and Melanie. The book takes place many years after the first book, and the characters have changed. They are all moreContinue reading “Book Review: Rum Punch”
A Fast Weekend
Crime Fiction By William D. Higgs III Some people called me a “private detective,” but I thought of myself as a fixer. People came to me with problems, and I fixed them. Someone thought their husband was screwing around, so I’d follow the bastard, take a few pictures of him going into a seedy motel,Continue reading “A Fast Weekend”
Real Nice Party
Crime Fiction By Isabella DePhillipo I didn’t want to go to the party Dickey Henderson threw on the day he killed his parents, but really when I think back on it I never had a choice. It was right around the time we all really started to feel the noose of the future tightening, andContinue reading “Real Nice Party”
Hey, Nice Hat!
Speculative Fiction by Donovan Douglas Thiesson Mitch and Arty had walked past the basement apartment dozens of times, never once paying it any mind. This time, however, something was different. Not a noticeable change for most people, but Mitch and Arty were not most people. The curtains hung open. More importantly, just within sight, inContinue reading “Hey, Nice Hat!”
The Burglar
Flash Fiction by K.A. Williams I watched the house until the young man left. The lock was easy, thanks to my ex-con cousin’s lock picking lessons. Even though there was no security system sign in the yard, I was nervous as I stepped inside. Seconds ticked, no alarm screamed in my ears. When I reachedContinue reading “The Burglar”
An Angel With Rented Hair
Crime Fiction by Frank Sonderborg It was mid-afternoon, so I thought I had the bar to myself. The Sang Real Bar had a reputation, and form. I could still see the bullet holes from a recent gangland execution. The thick sticky blood had seeped deep into the carpet fibers, and no amount of pink vanishContinue reading “An Angel With Rented Hair”