Crime Fiction by Lissa Muir Abigail was, if you took her apart piece by piece—he didn’t, but he could have—altogether average. Five foot three or five depending on her shoes, straight brown hair, tawny skin, hazel eyes, a light dusting of freckles across her nose if she didn’t feel like wearing makeup. The cliché aboutContinue reading “La Femme Bleu”
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Foundation Repair
Crime Fiction By William David Higgs III He had been repairing foundations for fifteen years, but it only took him fifteen minutes to decide that it was the worst condition he had seen a house in. It’s a miracle this place is still standing, he thought. He prepared to turn around when he heard clangingContinue reading “Foundation Repair”
Chuco Has A Bad Day
Crime Fiction by J. Marquez Jr. The world is an anthology full of short stories and small clips. Everybody has a story to tell and everyone has something to say. But not everybody tells their story. The majority cruise through life creating interesting stories that they eventually take to their graves. Alike the world, IContinue reading “Chuco Has A Bad Day”
Charon 2.0
Crime Fiction by Matthew Snyderman It wasn’t until he’d decided to kill himself that Joel Barkley gained the relief meds and booze had failed to provide. Fading fast was the guilt for having laid off the employees at his floundering art gallery. Ditto the night sweats over his landlord’s increasingly loud threats to put hisContinue reading “Charon 2.0”
Parfum
Crime Fiction by Kim Castle The night her brother Jason flung himself off the 500-foot-high bluff, the full moon glowed a chalk white, hovering above the Pacific Ocean’s shimmering surface. Just before he leaped to his death, he probably heard the harbor lighthouse’s foghorn blasting out a low and steady moan. Jodene Moore imagined hisContinue reading “Parfum”
Movie Review: The Talented Mr. Ripley
Movie Review By The Yard “The Talented Mr. Ripley” is a fantastic movie based upon one of the best crime fiction novels of all time. The movie is full of big name people, starring Matt Damon, Gwyneth Paltrow, Jude Law, Cate Blanchet, and the late Philip Seymour Hoffman. Matt Damon gave an awesome performance. But,Continue reading “Movie Review: The Talented Mr. Ripley”
Simon Barber, Plumber
Crime Fiction by John Ahlfors Avid armchair sports fan, beer enthusiast, bookworm and retired plumber, Simon Barber was turning eighty-one, his square birthday. “You know, nine times nine,” he explained to his wife, Faye, who rolled her eyes. Heaving deep breaths, Simon battled to blow out the roar of candles. Never had he thought he’dContinue reading “Simon Barber, Plumber”
Friends 5-Eva
Crime Fiction by Shivani Sivagurunathan We get out of Donna’s glossy midnight-blue BMW. The air is filled with spikes. It’s not supposed to be cold in the tropics but tonight is special. We’ve finally done what we’ve been threatening to do since we were teenagers. Poor Anwar. He’s just the in-between person in this, ifContinue reading “Friends 5-Eva”
A Solitary Neighbor Leaves No Witnesses
Flash Fiction by Marcelo Medone My neighbor is very kind. Her name is Dorothy. She is sixty years old and could be my mother. I know all her movements and her quirks, because she is a very methodical old lady and hardly ever leaves her apartment. She doesn’t even have a dog to take forContinue reading “A Solitary Neighbor Leaves No Witnesses”
Griff Lingo P.I.
Crime Fiction by Frank Sonderborg Basingstoke UK in winter is no Miami Beach. It’s wet, cold and getting the shit kicked out of you by heavies is no small matter. Harry H was holding me up while Mickey P was doing the damage. Basically, beating the crap out of me. And then they were gone,Continue reading “Griff Lingo P.I.”