Independence

Flash Fiction by Ron Riekki “So?” “So?” “What’re your thoughts?” “Well, nothing makes sense.” “It all makes sense.” “I beg to differ.” “It’s love.” “You’re looking at a guy chopped up into pieces and you think of love?” “He’s not chopped into pieces.  He’s in one piece.” “That’s a finger over there.” “OK, two pieces.”Continue reading “Independence”

The Butcher’s Girl

Crime Fiction by Miriam Ivo Cruz August 16th, 8:33 AM. Washta County Precinct, Iowa. Detective Jeffrey Lauchman, Miss Mary-Anne Gill. Start of Interview.” The detective reclined in his chair. “So, Gill.” He eyed her. “Where do we begin?” There were scratches, and hand-prints there. A face, too, in the room’s great mirror. But Mary-Anne Gill,Continue reading “The Butcher’s Girl”