In this short story, Josie Grecco and her group of gentle and kindly fellow senior citizen are sitting at a table in their retirement home when they devise a foolproof plan to rob Churchill Downs during the Kentucky Derby in the mid-1960s!

Short story - Robert is a sixth-grade student that makes the extra effort to have things go his own way, just like any other psychopath.

Short Story - A young woman's recurring nightmares are the key to a murder case over 1000 miles away and decades ago.

In this fact-based short story, we meet Angela Mortay, a nurse in the hospital area of a maximum-security prison. The time is the early 1960s, when single working women were not the norm. Angela is a caring, compassionate nurse, a favorite among the staff. She has also tasked herself with ridding the world of those she decides are a threat to society. Or those whom she believes she is saving from terminal pain. This setting is perfect for a serial killer like her! As you read this noir tal...

In this short story, Trish tells her lover, Marie, that she suspects that her husband, George is having another affair. When she confronts him, he denies it, like he always does. A few weeks later he comes home falling-down drunk and tells Trish that he broke it off and that it is over forever. The next day George is arrested for murdering his mistress. After he is convicted because of overwhelming evidence, all of their lives are changed forever!

In this short story, Mildred, a stressed CEO, discovers that her husband, Roger, is cheating on her. This news sends her into a rage, and she forces her security chief, George, to agree to murder Roger. When George decides to double cross both Roger and Mildred, things don't go quite as planned in this modern-day noir tale.

Jeffrey Martin is a popular District Attorney, the favorite in his reelection bid. A few months ago, his daughter was killed by a drunk driver. He wrongly blames his wife, Erin. He tries to drink his sorrow away every night, then becomes enraged and beats Erin. She decides to leave him, and he comes home early during her exit and confronts her. He begins to beat her, and she fights back and inadvertently kills him. Now she finds herself in a tough spot. Who would believe that it was self-d...

This gothic horror short story takes place in Charleston, South Carolina in the years following the Civil War. At that time, the area was transformed as the plantations failed without the slaves to do all the work. One man who profited from the war was the local funeral director. You could say that war was good for business. He eventually became the choice of the higher class of former plantation owners when it came time to inter their dearly departed. Every few days he would bury a rich, ...

In this short story, Alisha and Riggy are bright college students wondering where they will get the money to continue their educations. Then Riggy saw a story about a man that was tied up and robbed by an escort and Alisha was inspired. She devised a fool-proof scheme to attract middle aged, well off men to hotel rooms and gain their trust. She then handcuffed them to the bed and called Riggy who came in with a camera. Then they took their victim's credit cards while they threatened blackm...

In this short story, we meet Jake Brophy. "Everything revolves around Jake! Jake is the center of the universe!" everyone says. But in this, case it is absolutely true! The world actually does revolve around Jake!

In this short story, Eileen is a young single mom with her own thriving massage business. Eventually, she uses her business as a front to hide her secret life as a high-priced mob assassin! All is going great, until she rubs out the wrong guy!

Short Story - A college student's deeply-seated fear of clowns leads her to solve a dangerous mystery while babysitting a house full of children.