Speculative Fiction by Frank Sonderborg We were in the Wicklow mountains. Six of us sitting beside a blazing log fire on a cold winter’s night, in an old An Oige Irish Youth hostel. We’d just heard the story of, ‘The Irish Nagual.’ From Seamus, an old Irish folkie. He was there just to entertain us.Continue reading “In Search Of The Peacock Throne”
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Two Down at the Belvedere
Crime Fiction by Robert Jakucs The staccato voice of the communications operator cut through the static of the police radio shortly after midnight. “Twelve-A-Fifteen, shots fired, two down at the Belvedere, 5212 Western Avenue. Handle code three.” “We better role on that,” I said to Jim Hampton, my 77th Street Division homicide partner. “I haveContinue reading “Two Down at the Belvedere”
The Postman
A Charles Splints Case by Dan Leicht The gun went off before I heard the door close. I was in the aisle furthest from the register. I got an angle on the shooter, a young kid probably still in school, He had a pistol leveled at the cashier. I slipped my gun from its holsterContinue reading “The Postman”
Sunny Side Is Up
Crime Fiction by Ken Winters Prologue October 1932 Sunny Johnson sat stiffly in the witness chair, his eyes fixed on the polished oak rail separating him from the courtroom. Twelve jurors watched him expectantly. The prosecutor waited in silence. Crowded rooms unsettled Sunny. Strangers often reduced him to silence. Yet today, in a packed ManhattanContinue reading “Sunny Side Is Up”
Bundettes
Crime Fiction by Richard Weems When Cheryl’s tablet chirped with an invitation to her online group–7:00pm, on the dot–the home nurse looked at the device, then at Cheryl, then at the tablet again, this time with venom, as though the tablet was at all audible among the wheezes and chimes of the monitors and mechanicalContinue reading “Bundettes”
Brooklyn
Flash Fiction by Diane Lefer So I was driving home about 3:00 AM. Around the clubs, of course, there are always people and cars, but near home usually there’s no one. That night, there was a car up ahead, stopped at a red light. Then this other car comes speeding up from behind, comes aroundContinue reading “Brooklyn”
The Womanizer
Crime Fiction by Dick Johnson Graphic Sex and Violence Warning The kissing was amazing. Not the lack luster kissing of a first date, but the hungry kissing that leads to fucking, and he knew it was coming. Her mouth was so warm and soft and inviting. Juicy is the word. She was juicy. The cricketsContinue reading “The Womanizer”
A Catfish No More
Crime Fiction by Andrew Ricchiuti Palmer spent the last thirty days in a private room hidden in a sanitarium. Except for Benny, he spoke only to one doctor and one nurse. He only saw them. Now, healed, he was ready to re-enter the world. A world he hoped wouldn’t recognize and hound him for runningContinue reading “A Catfish No More”
Coffee And A Glazed Donut
Flash Fiction by Armand Rosamilia Amanda said it as a joke, but Mel looked at her like she was serious. The boy had no sense of humor. Mel opened his mouth and closed it several times, like a trout she’d once caught in Dunn Creek and held in her arms for too long. Her deddyContinue reading “Coffee And A Glazed Donut”
Paris
—for Marion AustinCrime Fiction by John Jeffire Paris of the Midwest. That’s what they called it. The war was over, the soldiers all come home, packed theaters and new cars and smiling people everywhere you looked. Woodward Avenue lit up mile after mile, the J.L. Hudson store a whole city block, as big as anythingContinue reading “Paris”