A Signet Society by Grant Tracey
A Signet Society by Grant Tracey The crowd in dark wool and gray parkas gathered around the body like a greasy lake. Through perforated rain Eddie Sands caught a dim flash of emergency vehicles...
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The Old Brass Clock by Arthur Davis
The Old Brass Clock by Arthur Davis There is a tall stone wall miles long that dates back to the Civil War near our small Virginia home. I must have passed it a hundred...
The Check-In by Adam Taylor
The Check-In by Adam Taylor Sometimes people who receive gifts of extraordinary power do not use them for the benefit of all humanity. Most of the time, these people would be captured by the...
Dragan Živković’s First Day On The Job by Jake Boyle
Dragan Živković’s First Day On The Job by Jake Boyle The frustrated fly dodged a succession of swatting hands before safely landing undisturbed on the hulking frame of Dragan Živković. The fly waited apprehensively...
Pimp by Stefan Sofiski
Pimp by Stefan Sofiski Moses bursts into the room, pushing two of his whores out the way. The air is sticky… sweat and sex. Several girls from other bedrooms have left their clients and...
Only The Best, Only For You by Kofi Nyameye
Only The Best, Only For You by Kofi Nyameye Frank Lassen, aka Frankie Luxe, had been in business for a long time, and in all that time some of the best advice he had...
Soft Boy by T.J. Staneart
Soft Boy by T.J. Staneart “They used to make bomb parts here,” Detective Shultz said with his back to the dead body. “You know, the little fins on the back, the rudders? Made...
Murder On The Playground by Marc Egnal
Murder On The Playground by Marc Egnal Marit Nilson felt she had led a charmed life. She had competed for Norway in the 2008 Olympics, sailing a Laser Radial, a one-person craft, winning...
A Hotel of This Caliber by Robert Duffy
A Hotel of This Caliber by Robert Duffy Rostov and Kozlov pulled up in front of the storied Continental Hotel and deliberately parked in a red zone. The small vehicle rocked back and forth...
Glengarry Glen Cookie by Jon Wesick
Glengarry Glen Cookie by Jon Wesick “Enriched flour, sugar, flour, vegetable oil shortening (palm kernel and palm oils), cocoa, caramel color, high fructose corn syrup… Who would eat this crap?” After reading the ingredients,...
