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The Curious Incident of the Girl on the Flight
Charles de Gaulle Airport outside Paris was a buzz with the comings and goings of frazzled, jet-lagged passengers riding the tailwinds of holiday traffic, clumsily shuffling through the betrodden concrete corridors of Terminal One. Maya, part of the throng jockeying for the pole position on the moving walkway, wove through the faces suspended in a limbo of neither here nor there and proceeded onward on automatic pilot. Succumbing to the rhythmic drone of clicking heels and baggage wheels, she slid off the conveyer belt in search of a toilet, following the prompts of those iconic figures, one of whom would lead her to the correct gender assignation in the public restrooms.
By jennifer zamora5 years ago in Criminal
Well, What Would You Do?
Frank crumbled the bank statement into his fist and proceeded to slam bot h down on the counter, rattling dishes, and sending both cats scurrying into the hallway.
By Dennis Coleman5 years ago in Criminal
When Black Becomes Dark
His heart quickened and his nostrils flared as he caught the smell of blood from where he’d struck her temple. Nothing satisfied him as much as watching them cower as they begged for their lives.
By T.P.Pitman5 years ago in Criminal
To My Wife, My Love
"It was morning still -- the air was crisp, the sun was low and the bees were already busy. Neighbors were mowing their lawns and kids were saddling up in buses. It was the kind of morning you just took in, of course, I didn't expect to find $20,000 " she began rushing her words.
By Sunflower5 years ago in Criminal
The Two Hitmen
He was waiting, positioned in the building with the barrel pointed towards the street. His eyebrows furrowed together and his finger pulled the trigger since his target was in sight. Dead. His crew emerged from the shadows to clean up the body. Mission accomplished.
By Gabriel Mohr5 years ago in Criminal
Get me out of here, and into nature.
Heart's pumping, arms and legs are shaking, I slam my front door open then lean up against it as I close it, hands grabbing the hair on the top of my head, eyes and mouth wide open then I say "What the hell just happened!" I repeat it over and over again while I pace around my house, as I started to calm down I sat on the couch and tried to figure out how to handle this.
By CosmicAli5 years ago in Criminal
Little Black Book
Detective Ally McIntosh was sick of this shit: sick of shitty coffee, hard-back metal chairs, stale doughnuts, and preachy people. She was tired of trying to be sober. Her last incident, she just had a couple of drinks and drove her unmarked police car into an unsuspecting dog and killed it. She did not think it was really a problem, though; she could control herself if she wanted, she just didn’t. Internal Affairs investigated, and they suspended her for six months and forced to see the department shrink and go to AA meetings. The people in the meetings were sympathetic, happy, and all and seemed to mean well but had no idea what the real world was like for her.
By Tony Blankenship5 years ago in Criminal
The Vault
Jasper ran through the door at breakneck speeds and slammed it behind him, looking through the porthole of glass on the white metal security door at the approaching security teams he locked the mechanism and punched down on the hydraulic button. The two clamps attached to the sides of the door on his side hissed as they pushed together just in time for the black-clad figures to reach the door and make futile attempts to get it open. He was the only one to make it through from the team; it was just him now, that should hold them for a while Jasper thought as he turned around.
By Connor Brandon5 years ago in Criminal
The Unsolved Murder of Mavis Hudson in Chesterfield, England
Mavis Hudson did not have the best of childhoods. It was alleged that she was a handful for her widowed mother, and despite being only 15, she was a smoker and liked the company of older men. Due to her behaviour, Mavis had spent some of her adolescent years living in a children’s home. Her mother also told investigating police officers that Mavis had run away from home on several occasions.
By Armchair Detective5 years ago in Criminal
The Wrong Man
Ten years on, what enrages me most is the twenty grand. I’d spent 6 years trapped inside those walls. Then, at the end, they walked me to the front gate, patted me on the back and told me to take care. Spend it wisely, a guard joked. They took 6 years of my life and gave me twenty grand.
By Daniel Clendinning5 years ago in Criminal
Until Death Do Us Part
Peering through the thin crack, she could see Brody pacing back and forth through the barnyard, his fancy dress shoes kicking up dust in the stale August heat. The cicadas drummed out a staccato beat, keeping rhythm with his furious footsteps.
By JL Daly5 years ago in Criminal
The Honolulu Strangler
Victims – Vicki Gail Purdy The first victim was Vicki Gail Purdy, 25, a military spouse of Gary Purdy, an army helicopter pilot. She had left to go clubbing in Waikīkī on May 29, 1985 but failed to meet her friends. She was last seen by the taxi driver who drove her to the Shorebird Hotel at 12:00 am, apparently to retrieve her car, which was later found in the hotel parking lot. The next morning her body was found in an embankment at Keehi Lagoon, wearing her yellow jumpsuit. Her hands were bound behind her back, and she had been raped and strangled. Her husband told police he suspected her death to be associated with her job, working at a video rental store that also handled pornographic film, where two women were stabbed to death a year earlier.
By kelly tillman5 years ago in Criminal