Featured Stories at a glance
The Channeling
By Titus GreenLances of winter rain and freezing wind framed the morning she was discovered, the elements incentivizing the police, ambulance services...
Attrition
By David CorbettSome guy decides to use my cab as a confessional, I’m supposed to ignore him? +++++I’m the last wildcat hack...
The Decision
By Robert BaylotIt falls on us, the children, many times, to make the final arrangements for our parents. +++++Many people just cannot...
Teddy Bear
By Stuart StrominEven when I was a cop, I was a criminal. It’s not what you think, I wasn’t on the take....
Soap Opera
By Paul CarpenterSaturday 8th May 19-- My sister and I both agree––there is nothing else to be done––no other way–if we want...
Maggie
By Michael BrodinIt was the first anniversary of Karl’s death, and Maggie woke up with a headache. She knew what it was...
Sonny
By Nick YoungSonny Hemphill was a son of a bitch. A fact. No argument. Ask anyone within a twenty-mile drive of Lyons...
Midnight Man
By Arthur DavisMidnight. +++++Yeah, I’m okay with midnight. +++++I know all about midnight. Go ahead, ask me anything you want about midnight....
Theft of the Century
By Joe GiordanoOn clear days, Sergei Zemov walked from his Eaton Square flat to Trafalgar Square, mounting the stairs of the Corinthian-columned...
Uncle Anse was always a goddamn wild man
By Alan CaldwellUncle Anse was always a goddamn wild man. Once, he cut the finger off some fat bastard that owed him...
State of California vs. Marabella Weston
By Lisa Danny-RobertsIf Vincent Bugliosi was alive, he would tell you why he was the greatest prosecutor who ever lived. He would...
The Blackbird at Dawn
By David RosenThe door to the reception room of the Bleecker Street office opened, the one that had the word “Genealogist” in...
An Evening Out
By J. A. ProctorI stared into the mirror, putting on a last touch of makeup; once that was done, I took a step...
Industrial Strip
By Karl KoweskyCulley needed a job. +++++He had a job, bullshit menial labor, groundskeeping at a local golf course that was only...
Graves
By Shane Joaquin JimenezSomething landed in the dirt behind him. +++++“Pick it up,” the man said. +++++The rider turned around, his sneakers sloshing...
Onyx Eyes
By Belinda StuebingerWhen he touched me for the first time, I knew he’d be the death of me. Those long, cold hands....
Bathtub Talk
By J. A. ProctorPhil laid asleep on top of his bed sheets, dressed in a pair of red silk pajamas. It had been...
Gould’s Vacation
By Simon Nadel“It’s only a few weeks, sir. And I’ve got the time.” +++++“Of course, Gould, I know that. I’m sure you’ve...
Double Black
By George OleksandrovychWhen I was about half-way through with the digging I knelt down to do a line off of my rusty...
Rootless
By Patrick SzakielI smashed my knuckles into the man’s jaw and sat him in the dirt, bloody and bruised. He rose before...
A Kiss that the Devil Has Known
By JM TaylorPaul considered himself brave for riding the subway by himself up to Harlem. He’d been in New York only a...
A New Life
By Henry Simpson“We can go now,” Lily told Vergie Hove. +++++“Wonderful, love,” Vergie said. “I’ll call the village manager, have him open...
Featured Books
No One Runs Faster Than A Bullet
Kansas City. The final years of prohibition. A crew, including a former bootlegger, preacher, World War 1 veteran, Pinkerton Agent, barnstorming prize fighter - conspire to steal gold deposits during the height of the Great Depression.
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