Review by The Yard Bronson is a 2008 movie, based loosely on the book of the same name, written by Michael Peterson also known as Charles Bronson, and first published in 2000. The movie is an artistic madhouse. Tom Hardy does a masterful job portraying Charlie Bronson, Britain’s most violent prison inmate. The movie looselyContinue reading “Movie Review: Bronson”
Category Archives: Criminal
Hanoi Blue
Crime Fiction by Sean O ‘Leary Lonnie was a criminal in Hanoi for a drug deal. He had got word of a new operation set up by Bao (Bill) Nguyen, a criminal and big-time drug dealer from Sydney’s inner Western Suburbs. Lonnie had approached Bao and convinced him he could be the go-between. Told BaoContinue reading “Hanoi Blue”
The Canary, The Shadow and The Knife
Crime Fiction By Gratia Serpento My steps echo down the slippery stairway, tapping the growing moss and mold. I need to come back down and clean, get on my hands and knees and scrub the wood with soap and water, but I hate coming down here. I hate it. Terrible conditions but I won’t makeContinue reading “The Canary, The Shadow and The Knife”
Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaires
Flash Fiction by Alec Cizak One thing Chase’s wife couldn’t keep him from? Poker. He saved the skim on his paycheck from the gas station every other week and went to Hector Garza’s, a Lublin contractor who held a fifty-dollar tournament on Wednesday nights. She reminded Chase their son had been spitting up blood. TheContinue reading “Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaires”
Stiff Proposition
Crime Fiction by Scotch Rutherford (Graphic Language and Sex Warning) June 6, 1980 The Hungry Tiger was a voracious predator with a blood-soaked mappina around its neck. In the red it said: Restaurant and Seafood Oyster Bar. “You’re gonna love this place,” Giovanni Russo told his cousin, as they pulled into the lot off Sepulveda,Continue reading “Stiff Proposition”
You Will Soon Be Receiving An Important Email
Crime Fiction by Brenda Kilianski To: Claudia ValentineFrom: Dmitry Panchenko <Dmitry.Panchenko@fub.com.ua>Subject: $6,000,000 DollarsDate: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 10:31 p.m. Dear Miss Claudia, I hope this email finds you well. I wanted to inform you of a sum of considerable funds that could be yours by order of our First Ukrainian Bank and the US CustomsContinue reading “You Will Soon Be Receiving An Important Email”
Warhawk Road
Crime Fiction By Ken Wheaton Tyler’s shadow stretched before him in the moonlight, landing on his girlfriend’s back. The first time they’d driven up 285 into the mountains just west of Denver, they’d picked a moonless night and the dark was too much. It pressed, it smothered. Every sound was amplified, every crackling twig aContinue reading “Warhawk Road”
Racqueteering
Crime Fiction By John Mahoney Therese Masters cursed, abandoning a fifth attempt to call Sally, then tossed her smartphone into her black Nike-brand gym bag. “Just keep leaving me hanging,” she grumbled, squatting to zip the bag, before slinging it over a shoulder and using her other hand to grab her rented racquet from theContinue reading “Racqueteering”
The Wrong Name
Crime Fiction By Marco Etheridge The woman saw her face reflected in a thick pane of security glass smudged with the ghostly imprints of forgotten kisses. Her reflection was serious, nervous, pretty: Margaret Kayner, a young graduate student waiting to meet a monster.Beyond the glass barrier was a worn counter bare of anything except aContinue reading “The Wrong Name”
Octavia
Prison Fiction By Pablo Agrio We arrived late afternoon, after stops at several different penitentiaries in the immediate area. CDC bus rides in handcuffs and leg chains were always a nightmare. There was still the matter of processing but at least I could use the restroom without having to deal with all the restraints. ItContinue reading “Octavia”