Crime Fiction by David Calogero Centorbi In this business, there are two types of Hitters. First, no women, no children. Second, if the price was high enough, they would hit their mother. Truth is. I hated my mother, but I can’t think of a price I would’ve accepted to end her. So when the contractContinue reading “The Fine Print Changes The Game”
Tag Archives: Organized Crime
21st Century Gangster
Crime Fiction by Jack Bristow “What were the rules of your business, Mr. DaVinci,” the Millennial YouTube host asked me, a benign smile permeating his face, a gleam in his turquoise-marble eyes. I thought about the question long and hard. Rules: We lived by them, we died by them. In La Costa Nostra there usedContinue reading “21st Century Gangster”
The Poch
Crime Fiction by Frank Sonderborg The Jukebox was pumping out, “Sweet Home Alabama,” which seemed to suit the vibe of the rundown roadside bar. Tico was sweating from the heat and that vibe was getting to him. “Christ Dom, do we have to listen to that shit.” “So, who then?” said Dom, “Barry fucking Manilow.Continue reading “The Poch”
Visiting Mom
Flash Fiction By Seamus O’ Leary Nubs drove his grey 1990 Lincoln Town Car through the toll plaza on I-90 in Chicago, while holding his cell phone to his ear with the three fingers of his left hand. “I’m going to visit with my ma. I’ll only be a little bit, and then I’ll meetContinue reading “Visiting Mom”
That Money
Crime Fiction By Seamus O’ Leary The hood was ripped off Darrel’s head and he found himself strapped to a metal folding chair in a basement somewhere. He was next to a long haired guy who was strapped down also. In front of him stood two men, a well built guy who held a pistolContinue reading “That Money”
Teddy Bear
Crime Fiction By Stuart Stromin Even when I was a cop, I was a criminal. It’s not what you think, I wasn’t on the take. I wasn’t corrupt in that systemic way, when there’s a brown envelope on the desk every Friday, in exchange for someone to look the other way. That sort of thingContinue reading “Teddy Bear”
Stiff Proposition
Crime Fiction by Scotch Rutherford (Graphic Language and Sex Warning) June 6, 1980 The Hungry Tiger was a voracious predator with a blood-soaked mappina around its neck. In the red it said: Restaurant and Seafood Oyster Bar. “You’re gonna love this place,” Giovanni Russo told his cousin, as they pulled into the lot off Sepulveda,Continue reading “Stiff Proposition”
The Illustrated Moll
By Russell Thayer “Doctor Vatel will see you now, Miss Davis.” The receptionist wrinkled her aggressively tweezed eyebrows. “What’s it been? Two weeks?” “Where’s Doctor Dymple?” asked Gunselle from her green leather chair. “He quit. Couldn’t take it anymore.” “That old cream puff couldn’t knock the skin off a rice pudding,” said Gunselle as she closedContinue reading “The Illustrated Moll”
Upstaged
Flash Fiction by Scott MacLeod Fergus MacTurk’s ma used to like to quote old Bobby Burns about mice and men’s best laid plans. Well things had gone about as “agley” as fucking possible. He sat in the back of the gleaming black sedan staring at the back of a couple of FBI windbreakers. The dayContinue reading “Upstaged”
A New Hand
Crime Fiction by Jack Durant Lucky slowly examined his cards. The fingers holding them had started to dampen and he held his breath to stop it from quickening. The hand was strong but unwanted. Aces and eights, clubs and spades, a cursed set for a day like this. Lucky closed his eyes until a second’sContinue reading “A New Hand”