Found 11 works tagged 'crime'.
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A Star Has Died
Published May 18, 2020 · 4,124 words (15 minutes) · 1 like · 246 views
Fantasy Horror Mystery crime Alex Caine
A Silhouette short story, set in the 80s, long before she met Alex Caine. London gangsters and a brutal murder give Silhouette a mystery to sink her teeth into. This story was originally written for an anthology called Side Quests, where authors were to write short stories with characters from their existing series. Sadly, the anthology fell through, so I'm publishing the story here. This is the first time it's been seen anywhere.
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Lifted and Shifted
Published May 6, 2020 · 2,774 words (11 minutes) · 75 views
Humor Mystery crime almost noir dark violence Comedy funny weird
Two men and a baby. And a cult. And a brothel. And a knife.
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A Death in Tadcaster
Published May 4, 2020 · 2,984 words (11 minutes) · 49 views
Humor Mystery solving crimes Detective crime Agatha Christie Miss Marple Amateur Detective
Old woman and famed amateur detective Miss Dalyrimple is dying. At her bedside, Vicar Swettenham is going to learn some surprising information about her career solving crimes.
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Claim Sanctuary
Published Sep 4, 2019 · 3,099 words (12 minutes) · 217 views
Horror Literary Fiction Strange crime spooky sort of drugs
Originally featured in the marvelous Darkhouse Books "Sanctuary" anthology, this is the tale of some cathedral based breaking and entering and strange friends. Based in Orkney's beautiful St Magnus Cathedral, an earlier version of this short story placed second in the Marjory Linklater Award 2006.
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Grandma Jam
Published Aug 14, 2019 · 1,000 words (4 minutes) · 229 views
Humor Literary Fiction crime lgbtq sort of peaceful crime
Shortlisted for the WRITE festival's short story competition (https://theworduk.org/write-festival/) and included in this year's anthology, Grandma Jam is a story about a young man working night shift and making a new friend, of sorts.
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Another Round
Published Jul 31, 2019 · 4,111 words (15 minutes) · 6 likes · 660 views
Nel is a bartender, so she’s heard more than her fair share of tall tales and sob stories. But one gloomy Tuesday evening, a patron’s tale of intrigue and murder sends her evening in an unusual direction. Author Charlotte Platt lives in the far north of Scotland, and posts speculative fiction and horror on Curious Fictions every fortnight.
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Coyote
Published Jul 4, 2019 · 3,501 words (13 minutes) · 103 views
Mystery Detective suspense crime
A half-Cherokee plainclothes detective in Baltimore has twelve hours to find a woman kidnapped by the Russian Mafia, or admit that he has once again been defeated by his spiritual nemesis, Coyote.
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Strong-Armed and Dangerous
Published Jun 26, 2019 · 4,300 words (16 minutes) · 302 views
Horror so much swearing swearing crime gore tw: suicide of a kind going out on your own terms
Strong-Armed and Dangerous is a tale of a badass old woman and why you shouldn't mess with her. A hard boiled noir tale with blood, pain and swearing, it's not for the squeamish. This story originally featured in the all women author issue Switchblade: Stiletto Heeled, available on Amazon in kindle and paperback at: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Switchblade-Stiletto-Heeled-Special-Issue/dp/0998765082/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=switchblade%3A+stiletto+heeled&qid=1561540646&s=gateway&sr=8-1
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Car Park
Published May 29, 2019 · 1,705 words (7 minutes) · 419 views
Humor violence crime freelance
A freelancer gets interrupted during a job and has to deal with some aggressive competition. This is a little crime short I did for a theme of "bad guys and bad situations" which was of course a lot of fun.
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Stain on Love
Published Apr 17, 2019 · 1,834 words (7 minutes) · 275 views
Mystery Romance swearing Glasgow crime lots of crime lots of swearing
A silly short story of one gangster and the woman he loves. I am not a frequent crime writer but I love getting into it when I have an idea that works, and this short came out of the ideas of relationships and permissible bad behaviour. It's very much a crime story but there's no option for that so we have mystery and romance because those are technically present.
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