Short stories: Murder in the city 34 Articles

by Talha Ghannam

Silence dawns upon the frozen city, as the cold frost of the evening breeze blows in between the towering buildings. The city that claims it never sleeps has at last been overcome and falls to an absolute silence. The ebon...read more

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by Jack Winter

No mercy to be had Jack had lived in this city for just over five years now. He had such dreams when he moved here. He had dreams of finding a beautiful wife who would want nothing more than to squeeze out a few toe-hea...read more

by Terry Booth

I used to be a good man, but now I am just a wretched vagabond. I live by the moment and what it brings me. I don't want to know anyone and I don't want anyone to know me. I never meant to hurt anyone, but when a person...read more

by Mark Holmes

Short Story Murder In The City The man's eyes widened as he felt the cool, hard metal of the dagger enter his body. Blood gushed through the wound and he felt like his chest was on fire. The tall stranger slowly remove...read more

by bjw williams

News Article: James Bulger's Murder On February 12, 1993, two boys decided to cut school in order to kidnap, torture, and murder a young child. These boy's names were Jon Venables and Robert Thompson, but both have ...read more

by Mel Shrum

Doug Graves, Horror Novelist Doug Graves was popular, very popular indeed. His latest book "Nausaleum" had stayed on the New York Times best seller list for six weeks now. His previous books had also enjoyed longev...read more

by Charlotte Edwards

She slowly walked forwards, trying to keep her breath steady. She could hear her heart, she was sure he could hear it too. The cold night air bit at her skin as she walked, it must have been below freezing but that wasn't ...read more

by Tiongho Poh

Run, Sweet Heart, Run " Come Judy, we'll dance again. Nick Tua Pau Chia invited her. Judy smiled at him. Stood up and walked into the floor. The hot music went on. There were at least fifty couples on the floor of ...read more

by Shannon Comes At Night

Chuck Upchuck thought he was a hero, because he watched people walk the streets of the city and killed the bad people. On Mondays, Chuck would pick out couples. He would decide which person was being bad to their lover a...read more

by Scott Barlow

Short Story Excerpt from my book: Brotherhood of the Cleaver I am death. I am the stalker of the night, the demon in plain clothes, the Creature, and the monster that all fear in their worst nightmares. I am the pat...read more

by Meighan Felix

There was nothing like an excruciatingly slow night. I stifled a yawn and shifted my weight to my left foot. The dull click of stilettos on the cracked pavement was testament to the lack of business, and the girls were bec...read more

by Melissa Bornemann

Part 1 It was a cold, gray day in January. I was just about to leave for work when the phone rang. At first there was just silence, and I was about to hang up when a familiar voice said, "meet me in Mellon Square at 1...read more

by Sheena Watson

Have you ever wondered why me? If you hadn't taken those certain steps, down that certain route....at that exact time...You wouldn't be in the situation...you wouldn't now be hunted, your life changed......... Well the...read more

by Matthew Britton

I checked my watch. 4:45.Only a few precious minutes left. Months of planning, months of careful consideration for this simple action. Many millions of pieces of paper filed, re-filed and filed again. Weeks of meetings, de...read more

by Kevin Zarbock

Steven left the store where worked the graveyard shift. He had it with people there pathetic little lives. As he steps out into the dark cold winter nights air he could feel the Chile and emptiness of cities restless spiri...read more

by Professor Charles Xavier

Downtown Death-A Jebediah Whitestone Mystery So here I am, sitting in my Greenwich Village office sorting through the endless amount of over due notices I've mysteriously accumulated when suddenly the hottest dude I've ev...read more

by Jourdan Simmang

Pitfalls and Trapdoors Seventeen inches. The extra two inches made it easy to slip over the head. And it did, nice and easy. It was a hotter day than yesterday, and the horses kicked the sand, whinnied loudly, an...read more

by Jordan Weaver

Victoria webb looked at her makeup in the mirror. Perfect. She wanted to look good before she killed. Her husband Henry, a millionaire hotel owner, shouted her down for lunch. "Im coming dear", she shouted. Her blood boile...read more

by Adam Feneley

Job 78, subject: Igor Milosevic January 18th 1997 (Near)St Petersburg My target, Igor Milosevic, was an untamed, ex-oil baron from Russia. He had recently begun drug dealing and more worryingly people trafficking. ...read more

by Fran Hayden

The Coven Stan Hudson put the powder down on his dressing table and looked at himself in the mirror. His white face, dark eye shadow and blood red lips were applied perfectly. The ...read more