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”
Category Archives: Speculative Fiction
Harry’s Game
Crime Fiction by David Mulry “It’s a peach,” Harry said to himself, “an absolute peach!” He muttered the words to no one in particular and reached for the cup. The little café was quiet. Sometimes Polish workers came in between shifts, babbling incomprehensibly. Every now and then a tourist would blunder in, lost. But rightContinue reading “Harry’s Game”
Mission: Under The Cover of Darkness
Speculative Spy Fiction by Juan E. Scheuren Blood ran down Wyren’s face and dripped onto the floor. His hands were tied behind the chair he sat on. In front of him stood an imposing man—shoulders back and his chest broadened, revealing his muscular frame. The man seemed to enjoy himself, interrogating a HunterSpy agent andContinue reading “Mission: Under The Cover of Darkness”
A Fate Worse than Death
Flash Fiction by Tyler Marable Clarence Whitley had another nightmare, like the one that came before, and the one that preceded that one. This time, he sat bound and gagged in a chair. A little girl with blonde piggytails stood in front of him, holding a knife. She looked no more than ten. His heartContinue reading “A Fate Worse than Death”
A Rare And Fragile Flower
Speculative Crime Fiction by Floyd Largent Sometimes, Kenbe Bilundgren thought he understood humans beings; other times, he was certain he did not. In the ten months since he had been manumitted by Master’s death, he had made a continuing attempt to comprehend the greater society of which he was now a part. One thing heContinue reading “A Rare And Fragile Flower”
Barrel Of Ninjas
Crime Fiction by J. Marquez Jr. Sunday: The Pomona Valley Hospital Medical Center The gods must have been feeling undecidedly mischievous on the day Nathan was born. The gray days in Southern California can be easily and accurately counted by the fingers on the hands of a notorious math flunky every year—even in November. AndContinue reading “Barrel Of Ninjas”
The Eye Exam
Flash Fiction by Melissa R. Mendelson I hate the blue light. “Will you please sit still?” The doctor asked. She tried not to smile at the anger in his voice. “Just relax.” The doctor leaned forward, moving the blue light up to her eye, brushing against her eyelash. She jerked her head back. “Echo!” SheContinue reading “The Eye Exam”
Howth Head
Speculative Fiction by Frank Sonderborg Lupo stood on Howth Head and watched the red sun as it headed west to the Americas. There was a biting cold in the Howth tangy sea air. He looked down upon the grave of Philip Parris Lynott and thought of his Papa. His Papa had raised him with storiesContinue reading “Howth Head”
Spellbound
Speculative Fiction by Adrian Fahy Written in blood-red ink, the B- goaded me from the corner of the page. It wasn’t the result of an in-class test, but a mark of my dwindling future. B for barrister, a career too prestigious for underachievers. B was also for St. Bartholomew’s, the hellhole I called school. It’sContinue reading “Spellbound”
The Tattoo
Speculative Fiction by Joseph B. Cleary Dirk Doran had walked by the tattoo parlor hundreds of times and his only thought had been that a tattoo was one of the few mistakes he hadn’t made. He almost got a jail tattoo when he was locked up, but then he decided to kill the time inContinue reading “The Tattoo”