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”
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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.”
Cowardice
Flash Fiction by Tom Miller Finn wasn’t a coward, no, he was just a child. Thirteen, naive, impressionable. He thought he’d lost his innocence earlier that year when he drank his first beer and got his pecker touched for the first time. But, he actually lost it when he rifled through his sister, Brigid’s, diaryContinue reading “Cowardice”
The Bodyguard
Flash Fiction by Roy Dorman Jeremy Fulton is enjoying his morning coffee in a little deli off 45th Street in New York City’s Hell’s Kitchen area. Surveying the other customers, he sees he’s the only one with an actual paper newspaper. Everyone else has their heads buried in their laptops or are intently studying theirContinue reading “The Bodyguard”
Brimstone
Flash Fiction by Nick Di Carlo Between 1972 and ’74 when he was arrested, Brimley Stone abducted at least thirteen women, painted their faces, dressed them like Raggedy Ann dolls, and strangled them. He was 19. Serving hard time for life—no possibility of parole, Stone obsessed with time, agonizing over how he’d fill a lifetimeContinue reading “Brimstone”
The Cheater
Crime Fiction by Michael Downing Night is the hardest part. The stretch that burns you out inside, drawing out the minutes until they snap like a whip against your skin. Cooper sucks on his Marlboro, feeling the burn, squinting his eyes shut, letting the smoke roll around his head until it stings. The darkness neverContinue reading “The Cheater”
Friends with Benefits
Crime Fiction By Seamus O’ Leary Doctor Derek Goldberg sat at the bar in Louie’s Sports Pub, watching the game on one of the big screen TV’s He was excited. It was Friday night, and his new friends were coming for another night of partying. He could not wait. He took a drink of hisContinue reading “Friends with Benefits”
Havana Nocturne
Crime Fiction by Russell Thayer Gunselle adjusted her stylish new sunglasses, unshouldered the straps of her new bikini top, and melted into the poolside lounger to let the blazing Cuban sun caramelize her flesh. A green parrot with a smart red bib admired her from the limb of a potted Bougainvillea. Gunselle gave it aContinue reading “Havana Nocturne”
La Femme Bleu
Crime Fiction by Lissa Muir Abigail was, if you took her apart piece by piece—he didn’t, but he could have—altogether average. Five foot three or five depending on her shoes, straight brown hair, tawny skin, hazel eyes, a light dusting of freckles across her nose if she didn’t feel like wearing makeup. The cliché aboutContinue reading “La Femme Bleu”
Foundation Repair
Crime Fiction By William David Higgs III He had been repairing foundations for fifteen years, but it only took him fifteen minutes to decide that it was the worst condition he had seen a house in. It’s a miracle this place is still standing, he thought. He prepared to turn around when he heard clangingContinue reading “Foundation Repair”