Tagged: crime

fiction about trauma 0

The Boy Who Cried Bacon

Short Story About Depression Rachel Steep, currently seated in a hunter’s green armchair across a mahogany table from her student, normally stands a full foot taller than the neurochem-wunderkind Irwin Twimble; granted this doesn’t...

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The Old Skyline

Spoken Word I was caught out red-handed The backs of my hands Stained with the drops of logic Since following the worst my city Had to offer All of sudden, the horizon and skyscrapers...

short story about robbery 0

Reservoirs

Short Story A vulture floated high in the desert sky, circling around itself. It looked like an insect struggling in the spiderweb of my broken windshield. The taste of iron was heavy in my...

fiction about abuse 0

The Furnace Room

Short Story   I pass by the same tree everyday. An empty field about a mile back from my house surrounds it. I always take the back way so no one sees me leaving for...

juvenile crime fiction 1

Rodney, Everyone Else, and Paul

Short Story   I had just shifted into third gear when a red goblin walked in front of my car. I should have expected it or have been more careful, goblins are known for...

Serial Crime Story 0

Reservoirs – Part Two

Short Story A condor rode an updraft high into the air, patiently searching for its next find. I was leaning my head against the window in the back seat of Eddie’s brand new blacked-out...

Dark Story 0

Sane

Short Story   Kit’s face and clothing still drips with blood. Chunks of raw flesh reside in his hair, he walks hands cuffed, his head held high. Jon screams and wrestles with the officers....