Flash Fiction by Armand Rosamilia Amanda said it as a joke, but Mel looked at her like she was serious. The boy had no sense of humor. Mel opened his mouth and closed it several times, like a trout she’d once caught in Dunn Creek and held in her arms for too long. Her deddyContinue reading “Coffee And A Glazed Donut”
Category Archives: Noir
Cult Crashing
Flash Fiction by Jay Honstetter Whenever I tell anyone I’ve joined a new cult they look at me like I’m some kind of asshole. But with so many cults out there and so many people emptying their bank accounts, surrendering their basic human rights, or injecting themselves for the big sleep, there’s gotta be somethingContinue reading “Cult Crashing”
Lady’s Secret
Flash Fiction by Jesse Binger I find people. Skip tracer some like to call it. Bounty Hunter. You’ve all seen the show. But me? I call myself the Retriever. Had a golden as a kid. I’d toss her ball after ball. Tennis. Baseball. Those little bouncy spaldeens. And she’d come springing back within seconds. DroppingContinue reading “Lady’s Secret”
Paris
—for Marion AustinCrime Fiction by John Jeffire Paris of the Midwest. That’s what they called it. The war was over, the soldiers all come home, packed theaters and new cars and smiling people everywhere you looked. Woodward Avenue lit up mile after mile, the J.L. Hudson store a whole city block, as big as anythingContinue reading “Paris”
Lunacy
Speculative Crime Fiction By Margaret Karmazin “Who saw Lucy Beard this morning?” Inspector Margot Waite asked the cafeteria crew behind the counter this first Tuesday of the month, which meant Veggie Day. Not the most popular on Toronto Moon Base on Peary Crater, the moon’s newest installation. Toronto was quite up-to-date, though lacking some ofContinue reading “Lunacy”
ANDROGYNOUS
Crime Flash Fiction by Cindy Rosmus “Do you seriously think . . .” Lars laughed. “You can get away from me?” Just like that. On speaker, so anyone could hear it. If Joey and I weren’t alone . . . A cop, or killer could’ve jumped on that. “We already did.” Joey’s voice shook. HuddledContinue reading “ANDROGYNOUS”
Travis’ Benefit
Crime Fiction by Abe Margel He looked down at his bare wrist and was annoyed. Travis had forgotten his gold Breguet at home. It was important, the only jewelry a man could legitimately wear at a swank function like this. He’d bought the watch at a pawnshop on Sainte-Catherine Street in Montreal. It was aContinue reading “Travis’ Benefit”
A Date to Die For
Crime Fiction by Robert Jakucs The blinking amber lights of the patrol car cast an unnatural, yellow-white glow on the motel wall, silhouetting a pair of uniformed officers as they rolled crime scene tape around the building. Propped against the open door of one of the rooms was a bored looking, rail thin detective withContinue reading “A Date to Die For”
The Abyss
Flash Fiction by Avram Lavinsky “Why do you do this?” Claudia took a sip of her espresso martini and ran her bottom lip over her top one to clear the foam mustache. A dimple formed on one side of Raven’s mouth as she smirked. “Why do people pull someone out of the way of aContinue reading “The Abyss”
Twenty Dollar Post-Mortem
Crime Fiction by R.J. Butler My first day in Homicide, and it rained. Always a bad start. Whitehaven looks like a city trying to kill itself but missing every time. The buildings lean away from each other, as if ashamed to be seen standing beside each other, as the brick rots and the windows sweat,Continue reading “Twenty Dollar Post-Mortem”