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Short stories: Murder in the city 34 Articles

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    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

  • 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

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    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

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    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

  • 5 of 34

    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

  • 10 of 34

    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

  • 11 of 34

    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

  • 12 of 34

    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

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    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

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    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

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    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

  • 16 of 34

    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

  • 17 of 34

    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

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    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

  • 19 of 34

    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

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    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

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