Crime Fiction by Hillary Lyon “Betty?” The man asking her name stood behind her in the grocery store check-out line. Betty ignored him as she dug through her pocketbook for her debit card. “Excuse me,” the man persisted, “but aren’t you Betty?” She finally looked at him. He was short with thinning dark hair, andContinue reading “When Sweaty Betty Met Bungee Cord Bob”
Category Archives: Noir
My Wife’s Brother
By Steven James Cordin I woke up with Joe’s gun in my face. I rolled over on to my side and shut my eyes. “Whatever it is, can it wait till after I have some coffee?” “You ruined my life!” Joe screamed. “You are a dead man!” I opened my eyes again. The clock onContinue reading “My Wife’s Brother”
Go, Cookie, Go
Crime Fiction by G.W. McClary The name’s Cookie. Well, that’s not my real name, but you’ll see why I’m not telling you soon enough. It wasn’t always like this. I wasn’t Cookie until I met Sweet Thing. My brother got locked up a couple months ago. Don’t worry, he’s been in and out all hisContinue reading “Go, Cookie, Go”
Full Crime
Book Review by Hugh Blanton Criminals, cool picaros, and frisky women inhabiting quirky locales. Dopers and dope dealers. Ramshackle barns on dilapidated farms. This is the cauldron in which Rusty Barnes has stewed his latest collection of short stories. There’s a shit ton of violence with more violence just a bad temper away. It looksContinue reading “Full Crime”
Just Desserts
Crime Fiction by Steven James Foreman Paul Ferry, an unmarried officer in Her Majesty’s Prison Service, often drove the two miles, from his bachelor lodgings, to the Prison Officer’s Social Club, there to while away a couple of hours at one of the social gatherings, often held there at weekends. The clubhouse was a stand-aloneContinue reading “Just Desserts”
Truck Maintenance
Flash Fiction by Stefan Kiesbye It was his slurping that convinced her she needed to act. Once more he guided the spoon to his mouth and sucked in the hot brown liquid. Kurt’s face was so earnest, so determined; he loved everything about his life. He loved his work, he loved her and what he’dContinue reading “Truck Maintenance”
The Snake And The Weasel
Crime Fiction by Thomas Koperwas A snake and a weasel were fighting with one another inside a house.. * Jewels, the gangland chief, threw open the doors to the hideout and unceremoniously escorted in a slight young man limping with a gunshot wound to his leg. “Boys!” he proclaimed to the grim-faced men gathered aroundContinue reading “The Snake And The Weasel”
No Job For An Old Man
Crime Fiction by Bern Sy Moss “I’m lying on a bed of snow and haven’t any idea why. I seem to have lost my jacket. My head is throbbing, the throbbing accompanied by a severe pain in the back of my head. I force my hand up to where I feel the pain and makeContinue reading “No Job For An Old Man”
Lights Out
Crime Fiction by Alex Finch As a lighting technician, I notice a lot of things about light in general. Like how it can change the scheme of an entire room. Everyone thinks it’s score, it’s dialogue, it’s this, it’s that, no. It’s the light. The dark colors, the backlighting, subtle red tinting, nothing too strong,Continue reading “Lights Out”
The Bayshire Butcher
Crime Fiction by Mick Rose Far from Marvelous mid-June Midnight fell on Puddingstoneshire, England. The dank fog wall that straddled the coast for hours now swept across the bay, swallowing the docks before blanketing the shire. Padded Skullcandy headphones cupping her teenaged-ears, a second bump of Molly bouncing through her happy brain, oblivious Becky BonnerContinue reading “The Bayshire Butcher”