By Robb White He took out the same folded sheet and smoothed it out on my coffee table as delicately as if it were the Shroud of Turin. “My dad drew this up before he left Saigon,” Tran replied. “And this?” I asked. I jabbed a finger at the fat X. Tran relayed the storyContinue reading “Tunnel Rat”
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Frank Olson’s Big Break
By Shawn Schenck Sweat gathered and rolled down Frank Olson’s pallid face. His ice-blue iris’ had shrunk to the size of pins, exaggerating his yellowing white eyes. The meth had come in full swing, driving his hunger away and his heart into double time. He hadn’t felt more awake in the last thirty-six hours, hadn’tContinue reading “Frank Olson’s Big Break”
Widowers Can Get Into Trouble
By Robert Honor Max Reynard held his head in his hands. His daughter hates him. Detests him in the “special” way a teenaged girl can. No idea what his crime was. When it comes to this between them the beginning seems familiar, yet the root cause is muddily untraceable. The greatest shamus in the worldContinue reading “Widowers Can Get Into Trouble”
Crash and Dash
By David Larson Chapter One They had always been lucky, but it was dumb luck, the optimal word being dumb. Bobby and Jimmy Janes fancied themselves as brilliant criminals. They called themselves the Janes Brothers Gang. They didn’t even realize that two didn’t constitute a gang. The brothers looked like tweakers, skinny, dirty, with badContinue reading “Crash and Dash”