In this short story set in the late 60s, Marnie discovers that her husband is having an affair with her best friend. Disillusioned, she decides to leave him and travel to Chicago. She goes to the bus station to begin the eight-hour trip. When she finds out that the bus would be delayed for several hours, she goes to the cafe and meets three others who are also waiting for the same bus. One of them offers to drive. They hear on the radio that there was a bank robbery and two people were kil...

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, Dr. James Evans, a successful plastic surgeon, is trapped in a loveless marriage while he longs for another. His wife, Nancy, said she would never divorce him. She enjoyed being a doctor's wife too much. When his frustration reaches the boiling point, he devises a perfect scheme to murder his wife, or so he thought . . .As you read, picture this noir yard in black and white.

In this short story, Luann has it all, a palatial estate in the Florida Keys, stellar looks, and a rich husband. But, since her brutish husband is constantly trotting the globe for his firm, she is also very lonely. When he's around, she is very unhappy. That is, until she meets her new tennis instructor and the sparks start to fly in this noir tale of a risky triangle!

In this short story, we meet a group of guests at a bed and breakfast in a small town. Any hotel, motel, or, in this case, bed and breakfast, is a microcosm of our society. The guests in each room are all on their journeys with their own challenges and experiences. Some are happy, like those on a vacation or a celebration, some are not, like people attending a funeral or visiting a sick relative. But each of their journeys is separate from those of everyone else in the building, until an i...

In this short story, Steph Evans is a brilliant computer scientist. For the past several years she has been developing a top secret military project that enables time travel. She finally has a breakthrough and finds success! Everything is wonderful until she decides to use her new discovery to alter history…

In this short story, Jim comes home and tells his wife, Joanie, that he just lost his job. Jim has been depressed and miserable for the past few years and it is now starting to drag his previously bubbly wife down with him. He has refused therapy several times. Joanie has given up. They decide to end it all with a double suicide, but things don't go exactly as planned.

In this short story, the Cold War simmers as the Russians develop a hallucinogenic drug that allows them to hypnotize, train and brainwash a group of assassins They implement a precise plan to murder the President of the United States as the world watches!

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, 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.

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!

This short story begins as Sal DeMarco is eulogizing his twin sister after her suicide.Sal seldom spoke until he was a teenager. It turned out that his silence was his own choice. He preferred to listen. His sharp listening skills developed into deep analytical skills.He had a feeling that something just wasn't right with his sister's death, so he applied his skills to get to the real story!