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CHOICES

CHOICES

by | Jan 2, 2018 | G, Gary Clifton, Short Story

Had the nosy neighbor not called it in, the whole situation might have gone unreported. The lights had been off in the faded frame house next door for several days. The small girl who lived there with her grandmother had not been waiting at curbside for the school...
AND BEHIND DOOR TWO

AND BEHIND DOOR TWO

by | Nov 1, 2017 | G, Gary Clifton, Short Story

The deceased was a balding middle-aged male, lying face up, eyes partially open in the gaze of eternity. Homicide Detective Felix Kowalski knelt over the cadaver carefully, avoiding the pool of crimson on the entry way tile. “Perp knocked on the door, the vic opened...

Freedom’s Limit

by | Jun 19, 2013 | G, Gary Clifton, Short Story

Henry did the crime all right – and the time. A low rent daytime burglary blundered into violent, horrible murder. In hindsight’s perfection, two lives ended that day. Old Mrs. Winfrey and Henry both were dead as fried chickens, although Henry’s...