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Kidnapping On Hardboiled Street

Kidnapping On Hardboiled Street

by | Apr 25, 2022 | B, Bill Kitcher, Short Story

I needed money fast so I took a job as a getaway man. I was used to that as women were always telling me to get away. +++++I left the motor running as the gang went into a house and soon came out again, carrying a woman who’d had a paper bag put over her head. Whether...
Boys & Toys

Boys & Toys

by | Apr 18, 2022 | S, Scott Cumming, Short Story

Huddled amongst dirty clothes and the washing machine, I heard the cock of the gun. The rise and fall of my chest was the only movement. The stillness failed to deceive. I’m pelted with bullets. The whirring of the machine gun running even after my assailant has run...
A Dead Guru Is A Good Guru

A Dead Guru Is A Good Guru

by | Apr 11, 2022 | D, DAH, Short Story

She was tired of her stalled life and meaningless job––a dishwasher at the Greasy Plate Café in Santa Cruz. And her sex life was nearly nonexistent: there were a few lovers, but after the sex it was always the same thing in the morning, a note left on the bed: It was...
The Voice

The Voice

by | Apr 4, 2022 | D, D. A. Cairns, Short Story

It had been a long day. The rain was relentless, the wind aggressive and the cold, bitterly hostile. It had been a hard day. Leibman’s mood mirrored the black weather with its dark skies as he had mechanically gone about his business. +++++Now he sits alone in his...