“The year is nineteen-ninety-nine.” That sentence brings me back to my senior kindergarten class when I was five years old, where we used to read ...
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A gunshot went off seemingly from nowhere, but it was from one of the officers at the young girl’s site, me. Mr. Whimpley’s head lay ...
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“Goddammit!” Doc wobbles a moment as pain flares up his ankle. Catching himself, he shifts and shakes his right foot, stomping it once and then ...
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“Is it true? Did every cop in the precinct call in sick tonight?” I asked my friend who lives across the street from the police ...
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A few days ago I got a text message from an unknown number reading “I got your proof.” I stared at the words for a ...
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As much as James loved the hunt, the prep work that needed to be done beforehand was always a bit tedious.  He had to find ...
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A curious case emerged in the fall of two thousand four. A man, aged nineteen, was found dead of an exhaustion-induced heart attack. The man, ...
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Garbage lined the quiet street with dirty papers, bottles, and cans. One trash bin tipped on its side with a wretched smell of old beer ...
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He stood in front of the huge black Edwardian door awaiting an answer. The frosty morning air crept closer into his bones sending a shiver ...
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I was sixteen when I saw the first crack.  A jagged line, almost four feet long but less than an inch wide.  I found it ...
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Late one night, I found myself driving down what seemed like an endless stretch of road. I was on my way back from a week-long ...
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Zaleski State Forest is a short jot from my place of business. I’ve been known to skip eating and use my lunch break to take ...
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