Flash Fiction by Jason M. Tucker I’m not a criminal. Well, maybe a little if you judge me by the literal definition of one. Or when you look at some twisted things I’ve done. It’s not that I’m sick. The world’s sick. And I need to visit violence on people before I can sleep. CleanContinue reading “Bleach”
Tag Archives: Crime
Where’s My Car
Crime Fiction by Andrew Ricchiuti I don’t know whether I heard the noise or felt the vibrations first. I was in bed. My bedroom is above the garage. The noise sounded like my garage door opened. “Your garage door is opening,” the smart device announced. “An unauthorized opening.” A little late but better thanContinue reading “Where’s My Car”
Most Likely To Succeed
Flash Fiction by Boyd Blackwood An avid insomniac Internet fact-hunter, he learned how two Dutch security geniuses hacked a way to open S•••••-brand RFID-based keycard locks covertly. The S••••• system is used in three million doors in 13,000 properties in 131 countries. Including this mid-range mid-western Ramada where now, six floors below him in theContinue reading “Most Likely To Succeed”
The Sun Never Sleeps
Flash Fiction by Michael Tyler Paul and I were like brothers. Better than brothers, we were like twins. People would say we’d been separated at birth, that’s how close Paul and I were. Every school day we’d laugh and scowl together, every evening we’d terrorize the neighborhood, every summer we’d head down to the beachContinue reading “The Sun Never Sleeps”
The Fine Print Changes The Game
Crime Fiction by David Calogero Centorbi In this business, there are two types of Hitters. First, no women, no children. Second, if the price was high enough, they would hit their mother. Truth is. I hated my mother, but I can’t think of a price I would’ve accepted to end her. So when the contractContinue reading “The Fine Print Changes The Game”
Heaps
Crime Fiction by Robert Wofford “I ain’t sure about this, Sheriff,” Deputy Barker said. “You gonna just knock that door down?” “You got a problem with it?” Sheriff Lowe said. “It’s a fuckin’ trailer at Starlight Trailer Park. A fuckin’ heap of shit in the middle of nowhere. Even God’s forgot about Starlight Trailer Park.Continue reading “Heaps”
Father’s Day
Flash Fiction by Scott Macleod Del could feel the old voice coursing around his brain like poison, but he felt he had something important to say so he tried to keep it together. Well missy look at you I suppose you’re one of them schoolboy smarty pants. “You see that guy?” said Del to hisContinue reading “Father’s Day”
Levels
Great Noir Fiction by Alec Cizak 7:23PM, Lublin, Indiana She’d aimed her husband’s work issued .9mm at his heart and squeezed the trigger. Not as much blood as she’d expected. The cops, or whoever, would have no problem cleaning it. She’d turn herself in. Shortly. She imagined folks might get upset by her lack ofContinue reading “Levels”
The Walls In Here
Dystopian Horror Fiction by Erik Johnson Kevin stepped off the elevator, unsure where he was. A sign on a chrome stand pointed “New Arrivals,” down the hall. Obsidian walls were bathed in recessed, gold overhead lighting, so pristine they resembled giant black mirrors. Strange that, unlike the metal sign standing solo, he did not seeContinue reading “The Walls In Here”
Turtle
Crime Fiction By Scott McDonald I took a job in Tucson. Unusual for me but the customer was very motivated and paid extra, plus all expenses. Wanted the job done in a particular way. Insisted that I don’t kill the guy instantly. That I incapacitate him, and then explain to him why a total strangerContinue reading “Turtle”