Flash Fiction by Armand Rosamilia Amanda said it as a joke, but Mel looked at her like she was serious. The boy had no sense of humor. Mel opened his mouth and closed it several times, like a trout she’d once caught in Dunn Creek and held in her arms for too long. Her deddyContinue reading “Coffee And A Glazed Donut”
Tag Archives: Noir
ANDROGYNOUS
Crime Flash Fiction by Cindy Rosmus “Do you seriously think . . .” Lars laughed. “You can get away from me?” Just like that. On speaker, so anyone could hear it. If Joey and I weren’t alone . . . A cop, or killer could’ve jumped on that. “We already did.” Joey’s voice shook. HuddledContinue reading “ANDROGYNOUS”
Travis’ Benefit
Crime Fiction by Abe Margel He looked down at his bare wrist and was annoyed. Travis had forgotten his gold Breguet at home. It was important, the only jewelry a man could legitimately wear at a swank function like this. He’d bought the watch at a pawnshop on Sainte-Catherine Street in Montreal. It was aContinue reading “Travis’ Benefit”
The Abyss
Flash Fiction by Avram Lavinsky “Why do you do this?” Claudia took a sip of her espresso martini and ran her bottom lip over her top one to clear the foam mustache. A dimple formed on one side of Raven’s mouth as she smirked. “Why do people pull someone out of the way of aContinue reading “The Abyss”
Macy Walks The Labyrinth
Crime Fiction by Lina Chern Macy dreams of the little girl in red again. Old-fashioned pinafore dress, pigtails. Or pigtail. One eye, half a mouth frozen in a toothy grin. Macy only sees half of her, like she is always just around the corner. Today, for the first time, the girl is all there. She’sContinue reading “Macy Walks The Labyrinth”
Jump
Flash Fiction by Nate Hochstetler Omair stood in an alley smoking what looked to be a cigarette but was really hashish, a habit he picked up in Pakistan as a teenager. That life felt so far away now. He took his phone from the pocket of his Adidas jacket. He had dark brown skin butContinue reading “Jump”
Bitter Autumn
Crime Fiction by Scott Kauffman Two Fridays before Thanksgiving, Autumn watched through a rain-runnel windshield as her father hobbled out from under the stone-archway of Lucasville Penitentiary. In his one hand he gripped a small duffel bag. In his other what looked like could have been the same Bible he had with him when theContinue reading “Bitter Autumn”
Whack A Moll
Crime Fiction by M.E. Proctor It takes a special kind of sinner to commit murder in a church. A sanctuary, a haven. A safe place that hadn’t been safe for Myrtle Ballard. “St Peter’s on twennyfourth. Next to the confessional.” Al ‘Matt’ Matteotti spit the words in disgust. He was pale with outrage. Matt wasContinue reading “Whack A Moll”
Hard Luck Penny
Flash Fiction by Scott McKinnon Penny sits on a warehouse floor, handcuffed to a pallet stacked five feet high with cheap towels emblazoned with the words: I stole this from Alcatraz. The fluorescents above cast a flat light over mountains of tacky novelty items and three humorless thugs standing over her. The leader has aContinue reading “Hard Luck Penny”
The Backstabbers
Crime Fiction by Robb White Tre’Mayne stood there, eyes boxing the room same way he did every time, all five-foot-six inches in raggedy-ass wifebeater and high-tops. Mondair didn’t say a word, just held out his hand for his latest rap effort. Tre’Mayne was a one-man rap machine and he was harder to get rid ofContinue reading “The Backstabbers”