Published: Dec 22, 2020
"Larce, you're my one call," she said into the phone, which she carefully held away from her face. "What?" She thought he sounded tired, uninterested. "I'm at the police station." "This was ...
Published: Dec 21, 2020
When the factory closed Derrick switched from shift manager to shovel handler. That is to say he went from making sure things got done by a crew of roughly twenty (there had ...
Published: Dec 18, 2020
Peter lay in the street between a bicycle and a parked car, near the front fender. He sat up and leaned against the car; it was a white sedan and his blood ...
Published: Dec 17, 2020
She slipped the fake face over her own, standing in front of the mirror. Slowly the other person eclipsed her own. At first she felt hidden, flattered, bold, like another person. What ...
Published: Dec 16, 2020
Chester liked to play the Queen's Gambit, at least lately. e4 e5 c4 He couldn't do anything with it, as he liked open games better. But he needed to expand his understanding ...
Published: Dec 15, 2020
She didn't have any reason to, but she wondered what had happened to the man she had seen on the train. He had winked at her, between puffs of steamy breath. The ...
Published: Dec 14, 2020
"I was just having a little fun." Larce smiled. "How's that?" "Did anyone get hurt?" "It's a serious offense to tamper with the lottery." "I was not talking about the lottery. I ...
Published: Dec 11, 2020
"If some of the votes do not count this time, how can they all count every future election," my father said to my mother. "The doors they are trying to open cannot ...
Published: Dec 10, 2020
"I was in the bar the first time I saw her. Admittedly, I was a couple beers past a pint so I can't be entirely confident in my memories," Larce said. "When ...
Published: Dec 09, 2020
The moron Joanie was seducing to carry out her plan left in the testing numbers. He was supposed to be an expert programmer, with years and years of experience. And this kind ...