Flash Fiction by Scott MacLeod Fergus MacTurk’s ma used to like to quote old Bobby Burns about mice and men’s best laid plans. Well things had gone about as “agley” as fucking possible. He sat in the back of the gleaming black sedan staring at the back of a couple of FBI windbreakers. The dayContinue reading “Upstaged”
Category Archives: Detective
The Sunny Side Of The Street
Police Fiction by M. E. Proctor “Pull over,” Tom Keegan said. “Let’s stop the carnage.” “Oh, come on! Haven’t you had enough for one day?” Al “Matt” Matteotti was driving the unmarked. He always drove. He said it relaxed him. The way he handled the San Francisco streets, it sure didn’t relax Tom. Matt’s frustrationContinue reading “The Sunny Side Of The Street”
T.V. Review: City On A Hill
We absolutely love this show. It is based in 1990’s Boston, where corruption is rampant. The main character is “Jackie” Rohr played by Kevin Bacon. He does a fantastic job portraying this FBI agent who does what he wants, when he wants, and always gets his way. He crosses the line between cop and criminalContinue reading “T.V. Review: City On A Hill”
Detective Michael Penelope
By Andy Betz He understood he wouldn’t make it to the police. His pace had slowed with every minute that passed. Normally, he could count on his youthful exuberance to propel him forward. But that was then and this is now. The sun dried the blood in his hair, but not that on his forehead. Continue reading “Detective Michael Penelope”
TV Review: The Sinner
Review by Chris Bunton The Sinner is an excellent TV crime mystery drama. Bill Pullman plays Harry Ambrose, a detective who after solving a major case in season one, finds himself solving more mysteries in the next 4 seasons. We find that Ambrose has some personal issues that are pretty seedy. But, while he solvesContinue reading “TV Review: The Sinner”
Black Flies
By J.P. Seewald A short, heavy-set man bustled into Lieutenant Bill Granger’s office with an air of authority. Sergeant Karen Maitland raised her eyebrows questioningly. “Dr. Cannard is an entomologist at Michigan State University. He’s here to help us solve the Larson case.” The professor of science, dressed in a funereal black suitContinue reading “Black Flies”
Body Snatcher
By Kathleen Chamberlin Out of breath, Jake caught up with Felicia, stared, and whispered, “What should we do with it? Felicia turned on him, her look withering. “We don’t do anything with it. We don’t go near it. We don’t touch it. We leave it alone.” They had stumbled upon the body as theyContinue reading “Body Snatcher”
Boris Wants To Be A Detective
By Andrew Ricchiuti Two years after the Great War, the city contained anarchists, Bolsheviks and violent labor leaders. Some people claimed they were all the same. I didn’t know. I didn’t care. In my job, I chased and caught all three. Today wouldn’t be any different. The newspaper headlines screamed aboutContinue reading “Boris Wants To Be A Detective”
On A Dusty Road
By M.E. Proctor It was something out of a dystopian graphic novel. The gray brown color of the flat land, the lack of any vegetation that wasn’t a dry blanched stick, the barbed wire fences gaudily decorated with shredded plastic bags, and the constant caravan of trucks spewing exhaust fumes. Pumps dotted the area. AContinue reading “On A Dusty Road”
Smells Fishy
By Ruben Horn “Moin!” the jolly woman greets me with this common northern German salutation, as I step up to the counter of her fish shack. “Ein Bismarck-Brötchen… bitte!” I do my best to order my favorite, a Sauerlappen as they are also called, in her language. The woman with a short black tomboy haircutContinue reading “Smells Fishy”