Flash Fiction by Charles Roberts “What do you like most about your wife, sir?” “What do I like most about my wife? You mean Susanna? Yes I suppose you must, as she is the only wife I have…. Mm…. Let me think…. I think her head. Yes, her head, she has one of those intelligentContinue reading “The Wife”
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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”
Sad Day
Crime Fiction By Dick Johnson It was a sad day in a house full of assholes, and I was dying. It wasn’t always sad, like it wasn’t always daytime, but they were probably always assholes. It was a house in St. Louis. It was one of those slum houses. I’d tell you where, but noContinue reading “Sad Day”
The Butcher’s Girl
Crime Fiction by Miriam Ivo Cruz August 16th, 8:33 AM. Washta County Precinct, Iowa. Detective Jeffrey Lauchman, Miss Mary-Anne Gill. Start of Interview.” The detective reclined in his chair. “So, Gill.” He eyed her. “Where do we begin?” There were scratches, and hand-prints there. A face, too, in the room’s great mirror. But Mary-Anne Gill,Continue reading “The Butcher’s Girl”
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”
You Will Soon Be Receiving An Important Email
Crime Fiction by Brenda Kilianski To: Claudia ValentineFrom: Dmitry Panchenko <Dmitry.Panchenko@fub.com.ua>Subject: $6,000,000 DollarsDate: Wednesday, November 4, 2020 10:31 p.m. Dear Miss Claudia, I hope this email finds you well. I wanted to inform you of a sum of considerable funds that could be yours by order of our First Ukrainian Bank and the US CustomsContinue reading “You Will Soon Be Receiving An Important Email”
Racqueteering
Crime Fiction By John Mahoney Therese Masters cursed, abandoning a fifth attempt to call Sally, then tossed her smartphone into her black Nike-brand gym bag. “Just keep leaving me hanging,” she grumbled, squatting to zip the bag, before slinging it over a shoulder and using her other hand to grab her rented racquet from theContinue reading “Racqueteering”
WLSC Murder
Crime Fiction by Keith A. Mosley “My name is Reggie Knox,” I said introducing myself to the class. It was my first night in a Chicago Style Steppin’ dance class in the ballroom of the Fuller Park fieldhouse on the Southside of Chicago. The Beaux-Arts style fieldhouse, built in 1914, had dual staircases leading upContinue reading “WLSC Murder”
Izzy’s Demise
Crime Fiction By John Haymaker Rain crashed a late night frat party. Just after one, Alex stumbled back to the student ghetto and up the rickety stairs to his loft. Once inside he misplaced his keys. He pat himself up and down but forgot about the keys the moment he found the dime bag heContinue reading “Izzy’s Demise”