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The Night Shift
A lone female figure dressed all in black, and wearing a set of peculiar glasses, darted silently between the shadows outside the aquarium. She glanced in growing agitation at her watch before continuing on at a hastened pace. One thing was clear, Alice was running out of time.
Claire JonesPublished 4 months ago in CriminalThe Rebound Of Nightfall
--- You find yourself in Nightfall, a city cloaked in mystery, its streets awash in the perpetual rain and neon glows that cast an eerie light on the faces of those who walk them. You are Detective Alex Mercer, an undercover agent plunged into the heart of the city's darkest corners, tasked with unraveling the enigma of the notorious crime syndicate known as The Vipers.
- Top Story - January 2024
Dis-Appearance
In the back of her head, Seema keeps whispering to herself. Today can be a little different from yesterday. She is carrying the big bowl of dough toward the tandoor house. The big dug hole in the middle of the room is accepting of anything that can fall in it. She lights the fire in the hole and throws in some more wood sticks. The fire is galloping; the surrounding walls of the tandoor are changing their colour to some red-copper bricks. She reaches those walls and drops herself fully inside the hole. All of a sudden, she feels calmness and purity beyond the screams she is used to. Her hands and feet have never felt this restful. They are swimming in the air, like the air, she is floating freely. Where am I going, without them? She throws the walls behind her and comes back to the oldest room, which is turned into a tandoor house. Half of the room is filled with magazines from the 1980s. She has got good use for them, making more fire. She is halfway finishing up baking the pile of flatbread that will feed some fifteen family members. She folds each flatbread in a half-moon, but her mind goes into the dying fire in the hole.
Parwana FayyazPublished 4 months ago in Criminal Academy Murders: Gavel Bang
The elephants in Dali’s portraits stamped in Kim’s mind. During the trial, she had found herself thinking of the surreal aspects of her case and just overlapped them with the paintings.
Skyler SaundersPublished 4 months ago in Criminal- Top Story - January 2024
Meanwhile...In Southaven
"No one is leaving until one of you return Sadie's lunch box! I don't care if your parents have to wait in the parking lot all night!"
Lamar WigginsPublished 4 months ago in Criminal Sixty Minutes
The Prompt Write a crime fiction story. The music is "Breathing Underwater" by Hot Milk Sixty Minutes He looked at the gauge on the oxygen cylinder. He had maybe an hour left.
Mike Singleton - MikeydredPublished 4 months ago in CriminalDead End
Saturday morning, at the scene of the cri death The TV is showing static, as if it had been left on a late-night channel and nobody turned it off. That is, in fact, exactly what happened. The light was left on, and a takeaway box has been left on the table.
L.C. SchäferPublished 4 months ago in CriminalBullet Holes and Babushka Dolls
Jade's fingers drummed impatiently on the ornate, walnut, table's polished surface. "It is the third, Wednesday of the month, isn't it?" she murmured... With an affirmative nod to herself, she frowned and resumed peering through the restaurant's darkened, bay window. This was totally out of character for her typically, punctual friend, Katrina.
Angie the Archivist 📚🪶Published 4 months ago in CriminalVishal the Detective
Detective Vishal, renowned for his sharp intellect and unwavering commitment to justice, found himself entangled in a web of crime and corruption when he was assigned the case of Wilson's mysterious demise. Wilson, a prominent philanthropist known for his advocacy against corruption, was found dead under perplexing circumstances, sending shockwaves through the city.
Mustafa AliPublished 4 months ago in CriminalMission: Belgium, 1816 - France, 1843
Belgium, 1816, late November... Shadows crept across the floor of the small nursery. "I feel like there is a lot of questionable morality here. I mean, sure, they did a horrible thing as an adult, but right now they're just a kid."
Natasja RosePublished 4 months ago in Criminal- Top Story - January 2024
Page Thirty-Seven
Page Thirty-Seven I approached the building slower than usual, concentrating on the echo of my shoes. Footsteps bouncing off the walls, then getting sucked into the alley like a baby finishing off its first bottle of the day. Looking up at the door, I felt a familiar tightness; a brief but serious consideration of what I’d do if I wet myself.
Noel T. CumberlandPublished 4 months ago in Criminal Welcome to Clockburn
As far as we knew, Clockburn was the only place on Earth where time still moved, thanks to the Fates. Those three women kept the cosmic gears turning, and together, their influence kept everything moving within the city’s borders.
Bradley RamseyPublished 4 months ago in Criminal