Great Flash Fiction by KT Bartlett I needed to focus. What I wanted to do was keep driving past the house, but we had a job to do. My hands clenched the wheel as I pulled into the narrow dirt driveway and maneuvered the car to a stop. Xavier Hillman sat in the passenger seatContinue reading “Nothing’s Changed”
Tag Archives: Crime
Jersey Girl
A New Book Written by Robert White Jersey Girl, is being released by Close to the Bone Publishing on Aug. 15. Raina Burke is a tough woman managing a server farm for a company in Nigeria. When her supervisor orders her back to Silicon Valley, he insists she bring her security team, two violent mercenaries.Continue reading “Jersey Girl”
The Song Of Vulcan
Poetry by J. Marquez Jr. she strutted into Jove’s house immersed in feline finesseher bare paper skin, a sketch pad for the tattoos of promiscuitybreasts plump; a volcanic threat; an effusion of Nectarthe embers of Ambrosia; a smoldering coal between her legsand camouflaged amid the shadows of the wonders of an architectural handthe maker ofContinue reading “The Song Of Vulcan”
A Career in Crime: AKA The Convict Codes Vol.11
Crime Fiction by David Hagerty As I studied the other convicts in that tight, airless classroom, the pre-release teacher passed around a resumé template mimeographed in inky, old-school purple. “For now, just fill in the blanks,” she said. “We’ll type it up later to make it pretty.” Funny word to use in prison, pretty, butContinue reading “A Career in Crime: AKA The Convict Codes Vol.11”
God Is Bleeding
Crime Fiction by London Baker I hardly recognized the bloody pulp that stared back at me from the mirror. I glanced at my bruised knuckles, a paint splatter of greens and purples. Always throw your punch with the top two knuckles. That’s what Blake Culman—the man who taught me to fight—had once told me. IContinue reading “God Is Bleeding”
The Closest Thing To Being God
Flash Fiction by Conor O’Brian Barnes “The misery of life is the greatest consolation for death,” the shooter said. “It would be bad to die if it were good to be alive, but since it’s bad to be alive, it’s good to die.” “If that’s how you feel about this shit-show of a world,” DetectiveContinue reading “The Closest Thing To Being God”
Interrogation Of A Suspicious Citizen
Flash Fiction by Bill Kitcher I was standing around, as usual, doing nothing, but this time in front of my house, when a cop car pulled into the driveway. Two cops got out of the car. They appeared to me to be as large as elephants, one even bigger than the other, with the sameContinue reading “Interrogation Of A Suspicious Citizen”
Dancing Dolls
Crime Fiction By Rena Robinett The night DeK met Tyla was not a good one for him. DeK, as he’d renamed himself after a desperation-filled adolescent idea had morphed into a company that became worldwide slang, was a half hacker whose one creative thought had made him very rich. After his former nerd buddies refusedContinue reading “Dancing Dolls”
The Eye Exam
Flash Fiction by Melissa R. Mendelson I hate the blue light. “Will you please sit still?” The doctor asked. She tried not to smile at the anger in his voice. “Just relax.” The doctor leaned forward, moving the blue light up to her eye, brushing against her eyelash. She jerked her head back. “Echo!” SheContinue reading “The Eye Exam”
Suicide Squeeze: Colton Lacombe’s Return to Baseball.
Crime Fiction By Jason P. Reed Stepping into the batter’s box at Bengal park had a way of transporting Colton Lacomb to Little League in Lake Charles, Louisiana, where he first made a name for himself. Never mind that he was a 21 year old freshman. And never mind that the pitchers he faced clockedContinue reading “Suicide Squeeze: Colton Lacombe’s Return to Baseball.”