Flash Fiction by Tom Miller Finn wasn’t a coward, no, he was just a child. Thirteen, naive, impressionable. He thought he’d lost his innocence earlier that year when he drank his first beer and got his pecker touched for the first time. But, he actually lost it when he rifled through his sister, Brigid’s, diaryContinue reading “Cowardice”
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The Bodyguard
Flash Fiction by Roy Dorman Jeremy Fulton is enjoying his morning coffee in a little deli off 45th Street in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen area. Surveying the other customers, he sees he’s the only one with an actual paper newspaper. Everyone else has their heads buried in their laptops or are intently studying theirContinue reading “The Bodyguard”
Brimstone
Flash Fiction by Nick Di Carlo Between 1972 and ’74 when he was arrested, Brimley Stone abducted at least thirteen women, painted their faces, dressed them like Raggedy Ann dolls, and strangled them. He was 19. Serving hard time for life—no possibility of parole, Stone obsessed with time, agonizing over how he’d fill a lifetimeContinue reading “Brimstone”
The Big Idea
Flash Fiction by Hillary Lyon “I’m bored.” Roslyn pouted. She stretched and reclined on the hotel’s California king sized bed. “I wanna go to a movie.” Danny tossed her the remote. “So find something on pay-per-view.” “I wanna be around people.” She threw a pillow at him. He picked it up off the floor andContinue reading “The Big Idea”
Any Day Now
Flash Fiction by Tamara Shaffer They stroll arm in arm on the darkened, tree-lined street, speaking in hushed tones, laughing sporadically. They’re too absorbed in each other to notice me as I keep pace behind them, slipping silently in and out behind the trunks of the giant elms and remaining just close enough to observe.Continue reading “Any Day Now”
Friends with Benefits
Crime Fiction By Seamus O’ Leary Doctor Derek Goldberg sat at the bar in Louie’s Sports Pub, watching the game on one of the big screen TV’s He was excited. It was Friday night, and his new friends were coming for another night of partying. He could not wait. He took a drink of hisContinue reading “Friends with Benefits”
Charon 2.0
Crime Fiction by Matthew Snyderman It wasn’t until he’d decided to kill himself that Joel Barkley gained the relief meds and booze had failed to provide. Fading fast was the guilt for having laid off the employees at his floundering art gallery. Ditto the night sweats over his landlord’s increasingly loud threats to put hisContinue reading “Charon 2.0”
A Solitary Neighbor Leaves No Witnesses
Flash Fiction by Marcelo Medone My neighbor is very kind. Her name is Dorothy. She is sixty years old and could be my mother. I know all her movements and her quirks, because she is a very methodical old lady and hardly ever leaves her apartment. She doesn’t even have a dog to take forContinue reading “A Solitary Neighbor Leaves No Witnesses”
Demolition
Flash Fiction by Steve Saulsbury Stanley told me about doing the demolition, as a charity project. To the community, as a way of healing. Unusual, yes, but the house stood as a reminder of what had happened. “Very heartbreaking,” Stanley barked, stepping up onto his excavator. Winter weather hadn’t deterred a small crowd from gathering.Continue reading “Demolition”
Con! Kidnap! Kill?
Flash Fiction by Simon Nadel She told me the plan was simple and straightforward, but with Phyllis Walters, or Phil as she likes to be called, nothing is ever simple or straightforward. It’s on me that I still went along with it. We’d met Eric at a club downtown. He was taking it easy afterContinue reading “Con! Kidnap! Kill?”