Chastity

"What’s one more secret in a dirty city…"

1971, New York CityI scraped the heel of my boot on the concrete, afraid to look at what I’d stepped in on the dimly lit street that smelled of piss and booze. Sounds of grunting came from the shadows and...

The Cop – Part 1 of 3

"I wasn’t looking for a girl, but then she pulled me over."

“Aw shit. Now what?”I don’t think I was speeding.I pull over for the cop and wait. I pull out my registration and my licence to be ready for the officer.I wait and I’m getting a bit impatient. “Shit, what’s taking...

Got Off Easy

"An old flame pulls me over for speeding- and it’s time to pay the price."

I threw my last bag into my little black Jetta and slammed the truck closed. I was so excited to get out of my apartment. After nine weeks of quarantine, it was finally Memorial Day Weekend and I was headed...

Busted

"Alice gets busted for staging her own kidnapping"

FBI Agent Sam McNally walked across the campus of Crestgate Univeristy towards the Student Union and walked inside. He found Alice Brennan with a group of friends and walked up to her. Alice had recently been kidnapped and ransomed back...

Jailhouse Rock

"Don't do the crime, If you can't do the time."

  “Holy crap, the cops are on our ass. We’ve gotta throw the shit out of the window. Oh fuck, I can’t go back to jail, that place is fucking nuts. The guards are always fucking with you.”  Jimmy pounded the steering...

Fate into Doubt Won’t Go

"A cynical PI finds if choice can survive and love can bloom in a deterministic, data-rich future."

Choosing a lover by chance was so retro, so twenty-first century, but to hell with it. Sometimes you gotta roll the dice.By all outward appearance, she was a natural winner. Lips that could start or end wars. Hyperbolic curves that...