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A Rough Night at the Painted Lizard
By the time they found Lyle’s missing page, it was too late for us to do anything. They recovered it, charred but legible, in the breast pocket of his cheap smoking jacket. Our botched effort to abandon him prevented any believable alibi.
By Delaney Rea5 years ago in Criminal
I'm Here For My Reward
He stuck his head out of the alley, swung it side to side, checking for any lookie-loos. Assured they were alone, he went back to the body and searched through the pockets of the dead man’s trench coat. When he came up with a little black notebook, he flipped through the pages with a great deal of curiosity. Searching the man’s suit jacket, he found the wallet and badge that confirmed the identity: Detective Henry Rhodes, Homicide. Pocketing the book, but leaving the badge and the wallet behind, he exited the alley and turned left, barely taking notice of the worn notice tacked to the fence guarding its entrance:
By Karen Haueisen5 years ago in Criminal
Twenty to One
Have you ever had a premonition? I have - once. The sixth time Rover jumped the fence and ran full pelt down the street I experienced something like déjà vu, except that instead I knew it would happen again. I knew too that I wouldn’t be on my own next time.
By Rachael Johnson5 years ago in Criminal
Unified Peak
Ja was naked all morning. His eyes broke free the crumbs of his night sleep. Ja’s bed sat in the center of his small studio apartment. His mattress on the floor, a large piece of plywood acting as his bed frame. Near him sat a little black notebook. It was glowing as it had been the night before. All Ja could remember of the night before was the glow of the little black notebook. The book had emptied Ja.
By Vincent Rodriguez5 years ago in Criminal
