Non Serviam
Carl’s phone vibrates in his pocket harder than usual, even for an emergency alert. Tearing himself away from the display racks for the latest Dark…
Lauren Does London
London’s streets sound with a neverending torrent of rain. On this particular spring evening, the pale, washed-out sun does nothing to alleviate the…
A Cold Place
Platform heels strike out a slow, steady beat on a city sidewalk. Gold chains and platinum jewelry glow in the streetlights adorning a savage…
A Warm Place
I never could escape this place. After so many years, I stopped caring; unable to go forward, I just retreated into my books and online distractions.…
Saxum Tarpeium
Officer Collins sucks down the last puff of his cigarette thinking, It’s going to be another long-ass night. At least I’m not on patrol anymore. He…
La Cazadora
Richard Garcia watches block after block of crumbling brick row homes. Industrial buildings pass the rented Chevy Suburban. It is silent except for…
Our Lady’s Bees
A brisk cool evening wind snatches the day’s warmth. Gathering it up from the Earth, the wind tosses it to the sky. Trees on the Île de la Cité wave…
Sub Neon
A languid summer’s rain pours from the sky. The evening advances, the temperature drops, the neon glow of Sixth Avenue adds an illusion of warmth to…
Mylingar
Detective Krauss shifts carefully in his rooftop hide. The day’s heat has left the tarpaper tacky. Scanning the back lot of the women’s health clinic…
Among the Creatures of the Night
Detective Krauss sits in front of his laptop, finger poised over the mouse button, ready to open an email. The email contains a department-wide…
