Flash Fiction by Alec Cizak One thing Chase’s wife couldn’t keep him from? Poker. He saved the skim on his paycheck from the gas station every other week and went to Hector Garza’s, a Lublin contractor who held a fifty-dollar tournament on Wednesday nights. She reminded Chase their son had been spitting up blood. TheContinue reading “Temporarily Embarrassed Millionaires”
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Congratulations!
News on The Yard Congratulations to The Yard: Crime Blog for being included in FeedSpot’s Top 80 Blogs for Flash Fiction. We were not number one. But, we were not dead last. We are working hard to be better everyday, and we want to thank our writers, and readers for supporting us and helping usContinue reading “Congratulations!”
Last Meal
Flash Fiction by Matthew Senn I sit down to the smell of steak and skunk beer. There’s a greying woman behind the saloon bar flipping meals and meat with a rusty fork. She turns and smiles holding out a finger for me to wait. “Take your time. There’s no hurry.” “Cold out there?” “Yes, ma’am.”Continue reading “Last Meal”
Warhawk Road
Crime Fiction By Ken Wheaton Tyler’s shadow stretched before him in the moonlight, landing on his girlfriend’s back. The first time they’d driven up 285 into the mountains just west of Denver, they’d picked a moonless night and the dark was too much. It pressed, it smothered. Every sound was amplified, every crackling twig aContinue reading “Warhawk Road”
Discretion
Flash Fiction By M.C. Herrington I was sure I’d seen the face before. The illustration looked like a police composite, maybe hand drawn in pencil, maybe computer generated– I couldn’t tell which from the TIF. I received at least fifty new illustrations for the magazine each week, and I had a slush pile of aContinue reading “Discretion”
Octavia
Prison Fiction By Pablo Agrio We arrived late afternoon, after stops at several different penitentiaries in the immediate area. CDC bus rides in handcuffs and leg chains were always a nightmare. There was still the matter of processing but at least I could use the restroom without having to deal with all the restraints. ItContinue reading “Octavia”
Do You Like Masks?
Criminal Fiction By Dick Johnson Gary Longbow stood at the entrance to Bath Smells Galore in the mall; He had a little table set up where he had a display of scented hand sanitizers. A man and a woman came to the entrance and started to enter. “Excuse me! But, could you please sanitize yourContinue reading “Do You Like Masks?”
Izzy’s Demise
Crime Fiction By John Haymaker Rain crashed a late night frat party. Just after one, Alex stumbled back to the student ghetto and up the rickety stairs to his loft. Once inside he misplaced his keys. He pat himself up and down but forgot about the keys the moment he found the dime bag heContinue reading “Izzy’s Demise”
No Reason
Crime Fiction by K.A. Williams A blonde woman stepped out of the red front door with a blond man who zipped up her canary yellow dress. Since I wasn’t being paid for using any of my high-tech surveillance gadgets, that was all the proof of infidelity I needed. The blonde balanced herself on spike heelsContinue reading “No Reason”
Will You Love Me Tomorrow?
Flash Fiction By Ernie Sadashige “I thought you said you loved me.” Won Ton’s words cut deep, deeper than the katana sword which he aimed at my heart. Red reflections pulsed along shimmering steel, mirroring blood on water whenever the neon sign on the window blinked: Eat in. Take out. Won Ton and I wereContinue reading “Will You Love Me Tomorrow?”