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The Following Heartbeat
Patience is key, a virtue, a commodity that I could not afford. With the holes in my tattered clothes, it was a surprise I could hold onto anything much less my dreams. All I hope for was a window, an opportunity to show anyone I was more than just a body occupying space.
By Nathan Torres5 years ago in Criminal
A Day in the 'Burg
I’m Jane. I live in Block 43 with my mom, dad, brother, and grandma, year 2084. Our government installed chips were hacked about 50 years ago, and added a function allowing you to Jump into someone's chip and control their body. That lead to a new world order where the government’s sole job is to prevent Jumping.
By Sara Smith5 years ago in Criminal
A Stone's Throw
Part 1 Michael Perez sat alone at the end of Packy’s bar, a dark, dingy dinosaur of a public house near the docks in Red Hook, Brooklyn. Except for him and Sam the bartender, it was empty on this spring afternoon. He was hunched over, uncomfortable in his Gucci black suit, and was swirling the rest of his amber colored whisky in a stout glass that had probably been used to celebrate the end of World War II. Sam was absent mindedly drying some beer steins, while his eyes flitted back and forth from the door to twisting gray rag.
By Noreen Violante5 years ago in Criminal
The Case of the Threatening Letter
In November 2020 Jeet Thakur Sahai was asked by one of his colleagues in another department to help with a case. Inspector Deepak Sabarwal was investigating a case and asked Jeet to accompany him to a business office in New Delhi.
By Anshuman Kumar5 years ago in Criminal
No weapon...
26JUL2021; 1540, MON This post is bittersweet for a myriad of reasons; not least of which that a life hangs in the balance. The lovely Lady pictured above has made some enemies among "untouchables" and I am deeply interested in ensuring that she lives a long, healthy life.
By Nefarious Darrius5 years ago in Criminal
Family Business IV
Family Business IV: Golden Summer Memories A Matter of Respect It is interesting how Sicilian organized crime families, despite all the corruption and dirty deeds they engage in, still hold dear their law-abiding brethren’s long-standing customs and religious traditions.
By Thomas Doyle5 years ago in Criminal
Guilt
It was about 3 PM on an otherwise mundane Thursday in 1949 when a stranger confessed murder to me. He just walked into the San Francisco PD, asked for the detective on duty, in Homicide - which was me, Jerry Collins - and confessed to a murder I didn't even know had happened.
By Keith Nolen5 years ago in Criminal
How can terrorism be defined?
When President G W Bush, in the wake of the outrages of 11th September 2001, declared his “war on terror” I remember thinking at the time that there was something unsatisfactory about this terminology. How can you fight a war against a concept? On the other hand, I suppose that it is no stranger than fighting a “war on poverty” or a “war on waste”.
By John Welford5 years ago in Criminal
