Tag: murder
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Death by Fiction by J. M. Vogel
Listen to this story on the podcast. There’s a blurred line between truth and fiction that you don’t want to cross. Alexander sat at his desk, his fingers pounding away on the keyboard. After days of trying to figure out this one particular passage of his novel, he finally knew how he wanted to end…
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Bad John by Adam Howe
What’s not to like about a dog-lover? Sadie shivered in the falling snow, hands dug deep in the pockets of her mangy leopard print coat, hungrily eyeing the cars curb-crawling the Strip. Music boomed inside the titty bar behind her, the black tinted window quaking to the bass. She’d danced there herself when she first…
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The Farm by Kevin R. Doyle
Listen to this story on the podcast. Sometimes a place takes on a life—or a death—of its own. From the distance, the farm looked almost invisible. Just a slightly uneven line of lighter tan against the earth tones of the mountains. Only as I approached it, my rental car bumping and lurching over the rough…
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The Least of These by BV Lawson
Listen to this story on the podcast. “Diplomacy is to do and say / the nastiest thing in the nicest way.”—Isaac Goldberg She was a single mother from a micro-town in southwest Virginia who’d never had a single lucky break until she landed a job as secretary at the French Embassy in D.C. At least, she…
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Murderous Lies by Peter DiChellis
Listen to this story on the podcast. Sometimes, there’s no plan at all. Only improvisation. I remember everything about that night: the truth, the terror, the luck, and the lies. Someday I want to forget. As always, Larry’s Tavern was dark and dank as a moldy cellar. A woman sitting at one end of the…