lightning flashed across the sky as heavy rainfall made the ride into town slow. Maverick, a blond muscular man wearing a wide-brimmed hat became drenched from head to toe as he rode handcuffed on the back of a pulled horse. He kept his head down as the locals gathered in the muddy street to see who Marshal Pete was bringing…
Category: Flash Fiction
What’s My Name?
Call me by my birth name, Darius Wood. I’m a Violent Crime Investigator. With the assistance of a TelePorter, a criminal found me…causing things buried within my soul to come to the surface. *** Darius – I blow off viewing the 3-foot holographic stream of a homicide projected on the ready room desk. The Jo I poured from my thermos…
Penance
After Allie left the kitchen, Nissa threw an old lithium-ion battery at her robotic cat, hitting it between its blue-grey artificial eyes. A canceled rendezvous with her lover put her in a vengeful mood. Crockett fell over but recovered. Its hydraulic legs righting it. “Woof Woof.” “Gotcha, you bastuda,” cursed Nissa. Crockett continued its woof sounds while running around in…
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