Category: Stories
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Hostage by Tekla Dennison Miller
What happens when the balance of power in a prison is turned upside down? Warning: gritty, realistic and disturbing. The porter’s mop hissed as it glided across the linoleum floor and slapped against the cellblock’s moldings. His muscles flexed with each push and pull working in concert with the constant swish, swish. The methodic rhythm…
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Interview Room C by Josh MacLeod
A high-profile murder case. A hot-shot cop on the rise. The wrong kind of killer. “It’s strange. Sitting here is all strange. I suppose I should say I never thought I would get caught, but everyone who says that is caught. Still, I would have thought Internal Affairs would have more important things to do:…
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The High Road by Sarah M. Chen
The morning after the night before. Sometimes you’ll do just about anything to make the day more bearable, and sometimes you should have just stayed in bed. As Jay staggered to the bathroom to take a piss, the last thing he was thinking of was his pickup truck. Why should he? It was, well who…
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A Week Abroad by Tom Ward
The south of France, a beautiful woman, obsession, murder. What more could a man want from a quick jaunt across the Channel? He raised the cup to his lips and took a sip of the rich coffee. He held the cup there a moment and looked at her over the rim, like a spy looking…
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The Way to a Man’s Heart by Gary Cahill
Enjoy this sneak preview of the first story on Plan B, here in its entirety for your reading pleasure. It is a tale of felonies, fishermen and foodies, not for the faint of heart. Of course, the faint of heart wouldn’t be here in the first place. Diver Joe slipped and slithered and stumbled through…