Debt
He was like every other, some suit who got a little too comfortable spending rather than saving. Weekend trips to the track, bar tabs exceeding his pay grade…
Noir: Just Breathing
After the lovesick dick and the rare eating customer disappeared, I picked up their things. The brown-coated guy forgot his change. I rang up his ticket like…
Running
“Stop it, mama!” I yelled. “Stop it!” My mom stepped forward and took another swing. Her fist smashed the side of my face. “You’re the worst child I’ve ever…
Sea-Soaked Goldenrod
They think I did it. My brain like a fractal array of stars; police coercion can fill any blackness between to make their own constellations. I call it false…
The Scene Of The Crime
He pulled into the lot of his accounting firm. He knew that work wasn’t expecting him to be there. He just hoped that his costume altered his appearance enough…
Stakeout (Day 18)
The life of a criminal isn’t that exciting. It requires too much stakeout and observation. Anyone who gets bored too quickly doesn’t stand a chance. I sit here…
The Night on Atlanta Drive (I hate giving Titles)
The clock chimed in the background as Jeffrey worked at the table writing his next greatest novel so he hoped. Life for Jeffrey wasn’t going the way he had…
Life and Times of an Unattached Medical Professional
“Let us begin,” he said. In a few precisely controlled movements, the doctor pulled a small leather bundle from his duffle bag and unfurled the tools of his…
Shadows of Life
I sat in the shadows of my living room, beer cans littering the table top. I sipped another, eyes half closed. I finished it, crushed it in my fist and chucked…
You Chose: Bamboo Fan
You reach for the bamboo fan. You recoil from it as the cheap thing lodges a splinter in your finger. Surprised, Lee-Berg fires her gun! The bullet hits Bill…
You Chose: Pearl Chopsticks
A twisted smile stretches across Jen Lee-Berg’s face as she levels her gun at you. Thinking quickly, your hand reaches for the first thing it can find: A pair…
Catching Bullets
I tripped as I came out of the car, falling to the pavement. I saw the shooter’s feet facing the car, body jolting slightly with each shot. I heard a grunt. I…
Finally, a piece of evidence.
It had been months, detectives in every precinct aching at the chance to solve what seemed to be the biggest murder case in World history. For months no…
Chasing A Bullet
I remember my death quite well. It haunts me night after night. Dying isn’t something easily forgotten. I close my eyes and relive it, every detail perfect.…
trapped in a car.
Adam sits in his car and buckles his seat belt. He presses the electronic ignition which starts the engine, and locks the doors. A man clears his throat and…
Nothing’s Alibi
Taking in the scene, Detective Del Harold imagined the body before it reached the floor. His old theater coach yelling “Reverse!” in his head, he moved…
Sidekick
The Avenger and the purse-thief spiraled up the fire escape to the roof where they jumped gap after gap across the high-rises. Eventually the man dropped the…
Choose Your Doom
You pull up to the scene of the crime with Bill, your partner. “Wow, looks like a bull in a china shop.” Bill said as he stepped out of the car. “But I guess…
A Cigarette After 3.
I lowered my hand again, fast and careless. I have probably knocked a flower pot with my elbow, because I heard a loud thump behind me. I suddenly started to…
A Cigarette After 2.
I breathed the smoke in deeply. It made my throat sore and raw, but I liked that feeling. It soothed me, and made me feel aware the contours of my body, which…