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A Bullet for Every Lie
The desert sun beat down like a punishment from the gods. Sand twisted in the wind, whispering secrets long buried. Marshal Elias Thorne rode slow, his duster billowing behind him, silver badge catching sunlight like a mirror to the past. The town of Redemption lay ahead, brittle and sunburnt, its wooden bones creaking in the wind.
By Said Hameed7 months ago in Criminal
Two Graves, One Name
The small town of Elderspring sat nestled between two mountain ridges, half-forgotten by time and progress. At its edge, the cemetery sprawled across a sloping hill, shaded by cypress trees and veiled in a near-constant hush. There, under an aging iron arch that read Whispering Pines, lay two graves side by side—unremarkable save for one eerie detail. They bore the same name:
By Said Hameed7 months ago in Criminal
The Warden’s Secret
Warden Elias Thorn was a man of order. At Cold Hollow Penitentiary, where snow clung to the razor-wire fences like stubborn ghosts and the wind whispered secrets through cracked stone walls, nothing happened without his knowledge—or so it was believed.
By Said Hameed7 months ago in Criminal
Thomas Partey, former Arsenal footballer, charged with rape and sexual assault
Five charges of rape and one charge of sexual assault Partey denies all the charges against him The former Arsenal footballer Thomas Partey has been charged with five counts of rape and one count of sexual assault, the Crown Prosecution Service said.
By SHYAKA MARS7 months ago in Criminal
Trump’s Medicaid cuts are coming for rural Americans: ‘It’s going to have to hit them first’
When Hurricane Helene drowned western North Carolina in muck and floodwater last year, it caught folks off-guard. Now, local leaders in places like Asheville expect the Republican-led reconciliation bill – called the “big, beautiful bill” by Donald Trump – to bear down on rural America. And they wonder whether people are missing the warning signs.
By SHYAKA MARS7 months ago in Criminal
The Barrel in the Walls: When Blood Confessed
STORY START The smell was what betrayed my father’s crime. Four years after our maid Nora vanished, workers renovating Samuel’s crumbling mansion broke through a false wall in the basement. Behind it lay a concrete chamber no larger than a coffin. And inside, bound by chains, sat a rusted steel barrel.
By Ahmed Abdeen7 months ago in Criminal
Criminals Taught Me What Society Forgot
I watched a video on Instagram—a man with a beard was speaking some real truth. It didn’t just inspire me, it compelled me to write this. So to all of you who follow my work: THANK YOU. And to that man in the video—I’m truly grateful.
By Jasper Blackwood7 months ago in Criminal
