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Speculative Fiction by Mord McGhee

The wall had closed behind me, and the first thing I thought wasn’t that I was going to die. I thought of my mother’s voice telling me I’d wasted too many blessings learning how to survive wars only to let a rotten prison swallow me whole. I thought of Lee outside that impossible limestone box, maybe thr...


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Crime Fiction by By John Bukowski

Colleen donned her brightest smile, adding a little extra dimple. “Just let me grab my gear and I’ll check it out for you darlin.”

The petite thirty-year-old wore coveralls that hugged her trim figure like a second skin. Her silky blond hair was scrunched into a ponytail. As always, she’d applie...


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Crime Fiction by Linda Boroff

The four occupants fall silent as the 1978 Buick Electra Park Avenue crests the top of Empire Grade and begins to wind down the narrow blacktop road, nearly invisible in the night fog.

“Pick it out, willya?” says the man beside the driver. In response, Royal throws the car into neutral, takes his h...


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Creative Nonfiction by Lilianne Milgrom

Did they, or didn’t they? Could a reclusive couple have masterminded one of the most brazen art heists in US history?

2018

Ron

No matter how many times Ron was grilled by local detectives, friends and strangers, he could offer no insig...


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Flash Fiction by Arman Kaymakcian

The musty smell of urine crawled inside Roman’s nostrils as he lay half-dead in the vestibule on Summerfield Avenue. The rusty baseboard heater beside his face warmed like a heated morgue. He found himself lost somewhere between crib and coffin in the snowy confines of another relentless New Jersey winter...


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