Crime Fiction by Robb White I was almost grateful when Bart Massey flung open the door and stomped in, spraying droplets in all directions, cursing the wet weather. “He show up yet?” Bart never read an epic, not even a graphic novel version of one, but he starts every conversation in medias res. “The guy,Continue reading “A Serenade For Rats”
Category Archives: Mystery
A Worthie Woman All Hir Live
Crime Fiction by LindaAnn LoSchiavo “Just check if you have enough stamps for Special D. Don’t pepper me with questions, Mona.” Realizing her tone was shrewish, Allison gentled it with a playful Middle English complaint. ”Gad! She gan to grucche a me!” She taught Medieval Literature in the local college where Mona was a librarian.Continue reading “A Worthie Woman All Hir Live”
Shooting Gallery
Mystery Fiction by Lyndy Wibking It was 10:07 p.m., and still Jack was nowhere in sight. In her old car in a corner of the fairground’s huge dirt parking lot, Bonnie Honeybone stared out the windshield at the fair’s whirling, blurring, blinking riot of a skyline a hundred yards distant. Against the vast blackness ofContinue reading “Shooting Gallery”
Oleander
Crime Fiction By Andy Betz The man with the ax faces me. His face is always unrecognizable, but his blade singularly distinct. I see the few drops of blood mirroring an otherwise perfect finish reflecting the light from the moon in the sky. I can feel it burning me, coaxing me, almost provoking me intoContinue reading “Oleander”
Thursday, 10:52 P.M.
Crime Fiction by Harold Hoss Part 1 Wednesday, 7:45pm 1 day, 3 hours, and 7 minutes Cassie wanted to cancel her zoom date fifteen minutes before it started, but she couldn’t think of an excuse. Excuses were another thing Covid had taken from everyone without warning last year. Now all she could do was textContinue reading “Thursday, 10:52 P.M.”
The Mystery Of The Dead-As-A-Doornail Author
Crime Fiction by John RC Potter Cornelia Vanstone took great pride in herself in general, but particularly for the following three reasons: her prize-winning gingersnap cookies, a trim waistline despite being in her mid-seventies, and her success as the author of several romance novels, known for their titillating titles and historical settings. Although she hadContinue reading “The Mystery Of The Dead-As-A-Doornail Author”
How My New Life Began
Crime Fiction By Andy Betz He eventually had to come to work again. He knew I was waiting here for him. Where else would he go? I just wish he would not take so long. We had a long night of discussions and decisions ahead of us. He did walk in at 9:15. No moreContinue reading “How My New Life Began”
An Inconvenient Death
Crime Fiction By Ben Mimmack Inspector Forsyth looked across at the doctor and considered whether to unbutton his trousers. Dr. Tyler was driving them both to a black-tie Christmas dinner in Devizes and Forsyth’s suit trousers were a relic of a younger and fitter past. The cummerbund would hide the undone button, but he doubtedContinue reading “An Inconvenient Death”
Lunatic
Crime Fiction Excerpt by Mira Gibson Prologue THE DARKENED SIDEWALK smelled of exhaust fumes and dank trash, which the brutal downpour seemed to magnify, kicking up all kinds of odors. Vehicles rushed down the avenue in both directions, headlights blazing, tires bouncing over potholes and splashing puddles. The swishing sound of never ending traffic inContinue reading “Lunatic”
Sweet Little Straight Razor
Crime Fiction By Michael Fontana It was after midnight and rain beat my head like tympani. I checked my look in a shop window: mid-thirties, five-ten, black haired, green eyed and gaunt, nose flattened to my face from a case where it was broken by a punch from a semi-professional football player, a woman whoContinue reading “Sweet Little Straight Razor”