A Hotel of This Caliber by Robert Duffy
A Hotel of This Caliber by Robert Duffy Rostov and Kozlov pulled up in front of the storied Continental Hotel and deliberately parked in a red zone. The small vehicle rocked back and forth...
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Glengarry Glen Cookie by Jon Wesick
Glengarry Glen Cookie by Jon Wesick “Enriched flour, sugar, flour, vegetable oil shortening (palm kernel and palm oils), cocoa, caramel color, high fructose corn syrup… Who would eat this crap?” After reading the ingredients,...
First, Do No Harm by Chesley Richards
First, Do No Harm by Chesley Richards I had a $10,000 gambling debt. I was a rising 5th year surgery resident, with a year more before I would be on my own and making...
Tramps by Bill Tope
Tramps by Bill Tope Prologue The old man sat alone on a green-painted bench which sat beside the tracks, some 100 yards from the train depot. He shifted the heavy metal shape inside his...
Secret By R. C. Capasso
Secret By R. C. Capasso It wasn’t even a secret, really. Just a mistake. The neighbor Peg thought she’d seen Sandra leaving at 2:00, waving back toward the house and driving down the street....
Baptized By Fire by Mark Manifesto
Baptized By Fire by Mark Manifesto Green-stained glass, rustic chandeliers, and stained hardwood. Lacquered, beer-soaked and great for holding a steady burn. Beautiful. Even if it wasn’t the Irish flags that hung anymore and...
Waterproofing by Abe Margel
Waterproofing by Abe Margel Whenever my cousin Eric was mentioned the adjective sleazebag always came to mind. It was obvious he was successful. He drove a black BMW, had a cottage in Muskoka and,...
Dick Phucks By Cody Walzel
Dick Phucks By Cody Walzel On weekdays I stare into the fluorescent lights at work and soak my shirt with rage sweat. I burn with an irrational hatred for my new employee. It’s not...
Byard’s Leap by Steven James Foreman
Byard’s Leap by Steven James Foreman Since its creation, in the year 1801, the company of Sowerby’s and Sons has been one of the leading auctioneering houses in London. In 1891, when my tale...
Bag Lunch by James C. Clar
Editor’s Note: Read the previous adventures of the two Hawaii Police Detectives by clicking the link:“Pillow Talk”,“Beggars Would Ride” and“The Way The Cookie Crumbles” * Bag Lunch by James C. Clar “Tell us again...
