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Dempsey and the Rookie

Dempsey and the Rookie

by | Jul 31, 2020 | F, Fred Zackel, Short Story

The rookie had a square jaw and rebellious eyes. She also had a short fuse. Plain and not attractive. I was her partner, her mentor, and I was casually cruel and a racist with her. +++++She wanted to be a cop since being a kid. +++++I did my best to wear her down. To...
Brothers Again

Brothers Again

by | Jul 28, 2020 | R, Richard Bishop, Short Story

The email surprised Sam. +++++Sam, we need to talk +++++Dave +++++Sam paced the room. Should he reply? He and Dave were best friends since high school quarterback and top receiver until Sam stole Dave’s fiancé. Two years had passed, and Mary was dead. Dave had a...
The Woman in Black

The Woman in Black

by | Jul 24, 2020 | B, B.R. Stateham, Short Story

She wore a black dress. +++++Black as a vein of Pennsylvanian coal. A dark material that clung to her firm young body like freshly applied shrink wrap. She was not very curvaceous in form. She would never grace the two-page spread out of a Playboy magazine. But she...
Doors

Doors

by | Jul 21, 2020 | P, Peter Emmett Naughton, Short Story

“Kinda takes all the mystery out of the world.” +++++My dad said this to me while we watched a naked woman straddle my brother at his bachelor party. It was my first time at a strip club and I spent most of the night staring at my feet and hoping the room was dark...
Split Lip

Split Lip

by | Jul 17, 2020 | P, Paul Heatley, Short Story

I meet a girl with drugs and we go to the bathroom to take them, lock ourselves in a stall and she gives me a handjob while I cut the powder on top of the cistern. She keeps going while I bend over and snort the first line, and fireworks go off behind my eyes while I...