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March 20, 2026
Crime Stories Tom Kropp

Dead Redemption

Pablo crept through the Honduras slum’s back alley with all the stealth he could muster. The alley was narrow and crammed with crates and dumpsters that stank of fish and rotting things. The dark clouds rolled overhead, fulminating with fury and rain pattered…
March 20, 2026
General Stories Matias Travieso-Diaz

Caught In The Act

As soon as sin was their choice, the cover of darkness was their preference. Lysa TerKeurst, Forgiving What You Can't Forget Sam was an usher at a movie theater. His daily duties included walking down the aisles of the theater after a screening to collect…
March 20, 2026
Crime Stories Tom Kropp

Dead End Job

Tony was a very muscular and good-looking Latino that had recently crossed the border of Mexico illegally. He was excited to immediately get a job for cash as a security guy at his cousin’s strip club. Tony was introduced to a very tall and muscular Latino…
March 20, 2026
General Stories Thomas Turner

Troubled Times

Written by:T J Tuner, Sonny Turner and Curt Chown- May 1985- Sonny, Tom and Curt are in the cafe. Sonny tells them that there are new people moving in on his floor. Sonny tells them ‘His name is Pete and he has a mechanic's shop on Kings Highway.’ They will…
March 20, 2026
Flash Fiction Tom Kropp

Bad Trick

Anita was a pretty Filipina stripper and prostitute working at a strip club when she agreed to go home with Andre. Andre drove them to a hotel routinely used by the strippers for dates with Johns. They made some small talk and his relaxed manner and smooth…
March 20, 2026
Poetry Markus J

5 Irish Limericks

there was a jolly old man from Dublin drank way too much and home he went stublin a river he tried to cross only to slip on the moss now laughter never stops from the ducklin` --------------------------------------- there was a pretty young las from Portrush…
March 20, 2026
Crime Stories Tom Kropp

Busted For Drug Dealing

My job selling dope was a rough trade. I had another shooting situation while carrying groceries and dope. Several thugs stepped out of the shrubs on both sides of me. It was dark out and the attack was so sudden at close range. They slammed me down in a…
March 05, 2026
Poetry Paweł Markiewicz

Eternal Dawn

The beautifully feathered, dreaming albatross told Mary the dreamiest story about hereafter: There are four amazing horsemen of the apocalypse: small wolf, a fawn, a wildcat, as well as a piglet. They will drink from four charming goblets of paradise, drunk…
March 05, 2026
General Stories Thomas Turner

The Trying Years

Summer 1984- A day after they dropped off their oldest child to Candy’ s parents house for the summer, they are on a train to Poughkeepsie, where Sonny’s mother resides after Sonny’s father's death. His mother lives with her oldest brother and her brother’s…
March 05, 2026
Poetry Markus J

The Aliens

the aliens with purple hair are invading from another world even though their hair might be fluorescence deep their ideology is shallow the seeds are sown tic toc and through time their bloom of freedom will grow will it be a flower or a weed and will the…
March 02, 2026
Horror Stories Tom Kropp

Werewolves & Demons

Scot and Shannon hesitated in the forest brush, watching a modern-day demon move across the clearing. The demon they were looking at stood approximately 14 feet tall; it had dark, scaled skin, but it was very female. It was actually darkly beautiful, with a…
March 02, 2026
Mystery Stories Markus J

Too Good To Be true

The 2/4 time beat of the metronome and the guitar`s sledgehammer assault emanating from the Marshall stack, filled the vast and lonely room . A full stereophonic sound played by a starry eyed dreamer, a forlorn figure with a Gibson in hand and hopes that rock…

Oh, there she is! Man she’s so beautiful. Just look at her. Look at the way the sun reflects off her long golden hair. Like a halo. Why not? I mean, she is an angel!

She has such an incredible body: trim, strong, athletic, but very feminine. She’s just the right size, too. That cute, pert nose is at perfect kissing height. Especially in those sexy boots! Mmmmmm… we’d fit together like spoons!

But it’s her eyes… those incredible, mystical eyes, so perfectly blue. I can tell even from here. And they’re so darkly mysterious. What secrets lay hidden behind those lush sapphires of yours?

I wish those eyes would look my way… just once. But what would I say to her?

Hello, angel.

No, you idiot, that’s so stupid!

But I’d think of something. It wouldn’t matter what, she’d respond. Of course she would, she’s always talking to someone.

Oh, what a sexy mouth! With the sweetest cherry lips, it’s so dainty and kissable… if she ever stopped talking.

Hummm… how come I never noticed that before? She does seem to talk quite a bit. I hope she’s not one of those women who talk all of the time. But it’d be worth it.

I just know she has the cutest, softest voice. Still, some women do talk a lot. But she’d find me a great listener. And I’d do everything right… everything women want men to do: romantic evenings; fine dining; the theatre. I’d even sit through a chick flick with her.

As long as she didn’t yak during the whole picture.

I’m gonna do it! I’m gonna walk right over there and say, “Hello.”

Just as soon as she stops talking.

No need to be rude.

What was that?

Was that her laughing? It sounded like a hog rooting! It must have been that dorky guy next to her. I knew a woman who laughed that way. It was embarrassing.

It couldn’t have been her.

I’ll just wait here a minute.

Is that a Fendi Purse? It is… wow, that purse cost more that I make in a week! What kind of woman has a purse that expensive and rides the bus?

Porsche in the garage there beautiful?

He he he… then again, look at her clothes. She’s always so stylishly dressed, and made up to perfection; so cute without a hair out of place.

I’ll bet she follows the high fashion magazines. You know the type: Gucci; Versachi; purple martinis in the trendiest clubs, one of the beautiful people. She’s definitely high maintenance. They make me sick with their perfect cars; perfect jobs; perfect clothes; perfect hair, and tiny little perfect cell phones, always texting somebody, updating their Facebook.

She probably wouldn’t give me the time of day.

But she’s oh so pretty!

Gee… when she turned I thought I saw dark roots in her hair. It could just be the sun…

… maybe she dyes it. She’s probably not a blonde at all.

I hate fake people…

… even the gorgeous ones.

I’ll bet she’s got fifty guys on a string. She’s probably not into relationships, feels she’s too good for just one man. People like that are shallow… shallow and insincere. She probably got where she is on her looks.

Her looks… ha! That’s a laugh: a bottle blonde with fake nails; false eyes lashes; tinted contacts, and a knock off Fendi.

I wonder how much that stuck up nose of hers cost. Got a sugar daddy stashed somewhere, do ya, baby?

And you want to date me?

I don’t think so, honey.

I’ll show her, I’ll just wait here for the next bus…

… but she’s so beautiful!

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