Flash Fiction by Steve Saulsbury Stanley told me about doing the demolition, as a charity project. To the community, as a way of healing. Unusual, yes, but the house stood as a reminder of what had happened. “Very heartbreaking,” Stanley barked, stepping up onto his excavator. Winter weather hadn’t deterred a small crowd from gathering.Continue reading “Demolition”
Tag Archives: Crime Fiction
The Strongbox
Crime Fiction by Benjamin Welton Kelly Little felt an immediate attraction to the gilded box. Covered in green leather and decorated with golden curlicues that, in a self-applied Rorschach test, Kelly saw as flowers, the strongbox appealed to some hidden sense deep in Kelly’s heart. This was despite the obvious age of the object. ToContinue reading “The Strongbox”
Con! Kidnap! Kill?
Flash Fiction by Simon Nadel She told me the plan was simple and straightforward, but with Phyllis Walters, or Phil as she likes to be called, nothing is ever simple or straightforward. It’s on me that I still went along with it. We’d met Eric at a club downtown. He was taking it easy afterContinue reading “Con! Kidnap! Kill?”
Possessed
Flash Fiction by Ferdi Wheeler Jack Weir is not in jail, or dead. He hides in the moonlight in my garden, of that I am sure. I can discern his figure where he stands pressed against the trunk of the pine tree. I am looking through a slit in the curtains in my sitting room.Continue reading “Possessed”
When The Fun Stops, Stop
Flash Fiction by Jason Smith The moon shone brightly in the clear night sky, lighting up the area around the yellow colored cab. As he stumbled through the driver’s door he felt the blood spilling out of his neck and between his fingers. He stumbled for a while, feeling dizzy and lightheaded before collapsing toContinue reading “When The Fun Stops, Stop”
The Naked Car Thief
Crime Fiction by Roy Dorman He could have swerved around her rather than stopping, but he didn’t. And that started a weird chain of events. Artie Miller had been driving on State Street in Downtown Chicago. It was a beautiful summer night and a few people were still out walking at two in the morning.Continue reading “The Naked Car Thief”
Heart Of A Stallion
Flash Fiction by Scott Macleod “62-year-old presenting with severe angina.” The nurse introduced Merle not by name but by barking his age and symptoms. “What’s your pain level Mr. Mattis?” Addressing him now, reading his name off a chart, was a tall, handsome doctor about Merle’s age but significantly better preserved. Name tag read Dr.Continue reading “Heart Of A Stallion”
Detective Santana’s Holiday
Detective Fiction By Russell Guenther It was 11:25, Tuesday evening, and Detective Rogelio Santana drove up to his unlit and empty house. By no means a paranoid man like many of his colleagues, he rarely locked his own car when parked under the shelter of the carport. Tonight, however, Santana had driven the county carContinue reading “Detective Santana’s Holiday”
Distant Friends With Benefits
Crime Fiction by J. Marquez Jr. Every time I see the work van with the wrap depicting a smiling security camera cartoon, holding a top hat with one four-fingered white-gloved hand and a cane with the other, I cringe. The fancy writing across the top reads, Richardson Bros Security Systems. Every time it makes thatContinue reading “Distant Friends With Benefits”
What The Dead Know
Flash Fiction by Hillary Lyon “You can’t keep any secrets from the dead. They know everything, they see everything. Past, present, future—it’s all the same to them.” Mikinos lit his clove cigarette, took a deep drag, then blew out a cloud of pale gray smoke. Carlyle, seated across the red silk scarf covered table fromContinue reading “What The Dead Know”