Crime Fiction by Russell Thayer “I don’t like costume parties,” said Gunselle. The beefy thug sitting across from her had demanded an emergency meeting through her discrete answering service. She’d chosen an Italian restaurant on Powell. The place would be crowded at lunchtime, but this didn’t feel like a setup. “Wear it anyway. Boss’s orders.”Continue reading “The Laundress”
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A Predator In Creation
Crime Fiction by William Foulke The kitchen was alive with midmorning light as the sun chased the clouds across the April sky. On the checked placemat at the linoleum table was her untouched coffee, the remains of her bagel, The Slate County Courier still to be read. The front-page headline read WOODLAND WANDERER BEHEADS SIXTH.Continue reading “A Predator In Creation”
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Organized Crime Story By Seamus O’Leary Jack’s slim form moved through the dancers on the night club floor, like a panther moving through a jungle of flashing lights. Nubs followed, and everyone got out of his way. They entered a door in the back, which opened into a short hall lit by fluorescent lights inContinue reading “.38”
When Sweaty Betty Met Bungee Cord Bob
Crime Fiction by Hillary Lyon “Betty?” The man asking her name stood behind her in the grocery store check-out line. Betty ignored him as she dug through her pocketbook for her debit card. “Excuse me,” the man persisted, “but aren’t you Betty?” She finally looked at him. He was short with thinning dark hair, andContinue reading “When Sweaty Betty Met Bungee Cord Bob”
My Wife’s Brother
By Steven James Cordin I woke up with Joe’s gun in my face. I rolled over on to my side and shut my eyes. “Whatever it is, can it wait till after I have some coffee?” “You ruined my life!” Joe screamed. “You are a dead man!” I opened my eyes again. The clock onContinue reading “My Wife’s Brother”
The Bokeh Effect
Crime Fiction by J. Marquez Jr. On Sunday, May 2, 1993, the stage curtains parted early in the morning. An uninvited Toyota Corolla with two bald heads inside demanded everyone’s attention like a maestro, when it screeched to a halt, blocking several parking stalls on the south side lot of Kellogg Park. The squealing ofContinue reading “The Bokeh Effect”
Full Crime
Book Review by Hugh Blanton Criminals, cool picaros, and frisky women inhabiting quirky locales. Dopers and dope dealers. Ramshackle barns on dilapidated farms. This is the cauldron in which Rusty Barnes has stewed his latest collection of short stories. There’s a shit ton of violence with more violence just a bad temper away. It looksContinue reading “Full Crime”
Just Desserts
Crime Fiction by Steven James Foreman Paul Ferry, an unmarried officer in Her Majesty’s Prison Service, often drove the two miles, from his bachelor lodgings, to the Prison Officer’s Social Club, there to while away a couple of hours at one of the social gatherings, often held there at weekends. The clubhouse was a stand-aloneContinue reading “Just Desserts”
The Snake And The Weasel
Crime Fiction by Thomas Koperwas A snake and a weasel were fighting with one another inside a house.. * Jewels, the gangland chief, threw open the doors to the hideout and unceremoniously escorted in a slight young man limping with a gunshot wound to his leg. “Boys!” he proclaimed to the grim-faced men gathered aroundContinue reading “The Snake And The Weasel”
No Job For An Old Man
Crime Fiction by Bern Sy Moss “I’m lying on a bed of snow and haven’t any idea why. I seem to have lost my jacket. My head is throbbing, the throbbing accompanied by a severe pain in the back of my head. I force my hand up to where I feel the pain and makeContinue reading “No Job For An Old Man”