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All Crime Short Stories

25 Most Recent Crime Short Stories

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Eighth Grade - by: Linda Law by Linda Law
This is the last of three short stories on child abuse that I will post on AD.. It is important that I get feedback about this subject because I am writing a book on this child, and I am determined that it be compelling, truth to the bone, and that it will give others courage to be Victorious; while..
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Everybody Loved Polly by Randall Barfield
Raoul could see the bloody corpses scattered grotesquely all over the grounds of the open-air restaurant. ..
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False Positive by BJ Bourg
A husband begins to question his wife's fidelity...
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View Photo of Fast Buck Read excerpt from Fast Buck Fast Buck by Carter Swart
A mechanic's helper, and ex-con, is hired by the mob to drive a hit person to a remote location, where a double murder is to take place. The hitter is an attractive young female, with eyes like chipped glass and a pistol in her purse. She has only one thing in common with our hapless gre..
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Fatally Shot: A Cumberland Island Mystery by Niki Collins-Queen
Ard Eulenfeld's investigation into the 1980 fatal shooting of his boyhood friend Louis McKee, a respected surveyor from north Florida. ..
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Read excerpt from Father's Footsteps Father's Footsteps by Tony Cheatham
Prologue September, 1975 James “Bianco” Thompson took a long drag off the Salems brand cigarette that lay between his thumb and forefinger. He leaned against the plush padding of the creme leather couch, blew a line of smoke through his thick lips. Scoped the ..
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Finding Star Parts Three and Four, Rewritten and Revised by Michelle Kidwell Power In The Pen
“Star you do not have to hold everything in.” “I do not wish to talk about the things that happened to me before.”..
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Flowers off the Wall by Richard Kallao
insanity can be the unsung crime of our time ,original idea and story..
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For a Woman in Bed!! by Srian Good
How I lost an old bet ....
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Free Of Worry by Randall Barfield
It was an old man's body. Between the ages of 68 and 72.....
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Go for Cover by Lee Gaylord
shootings..
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Good Woman, A by Alan Cook
John Webster doesn't think he's a stalker. He's just in love. But after he appears in court, strange things start to happen...
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Green Murder by Janice Scott
A body is found in the local churchyard. But why is it there, and who is responsible?..
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Hater. by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A teenage boy terrorizes a boy who happens to be gay and he won't stop at nothing to bring harm to him. This is their story...
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Hello, my name is BrytEyz... And I was raped! by Bryt Eyz
Just a note: The names have been changed to protect the guilty. I will tell you this… I went to Elgin High School in Elgin, IL. Last I heard, he still lived there. However, he’s not the only one there, nor is Elgin the only city in which this problem exists. Rape is a violent crime and..
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Helping Hand by Randall Barfield
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Home-made Pie & Sausage by Kathleen Valentine
This story first appeared in "Windchill: Crime Stories by New England Writers" published by Level Best Books...
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Hospital Room by Randall Barfield
Crime scene, they call it. We remember William for the wonderful and friendly.....
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How I'd Fix The World by Tom Hyland
CAUTION: if you are "faint of heart" or a "Bleeding Heart Liberal" or can't handle any blood, guts, and gore - then, DON'T READ THIS - OK? "To be fore-warned is to be fore-armed!" While it was written almost ten years ago, I have not changed my stance regarding Capital Punishment. In fact, ..
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I am alive by Nduka Onwuegbute
Jo wakes up after so many weeks in a coma...
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I Could Have Died The Victim of a School Bully Speaks Out Part Three by Michelle Kidwell Power In The Pen
No one deserves to be bullied to death, and I mean litterally bullied to death...
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I hate strange phone calls at night.I never know why they are calling since by Everett Beal
When I get a phone call at night and have no idea who or why they call,I always wonder what they are up to? Maybe they want to learn where I live.Maybe they want to get rid of me because I am trying to fight drug pushing.There is a lot for me to think about looking closely in the shadows while I wal..
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I’m NOT stuck on STUPID by Mary Lynn Plaisance
They can't say that they didn't know! I will stay STUCK ON THIS until everything is fixed~! I’m NOT stuck on STUPID. ..
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In Broad Daylight Part Two by Michelle Kidwell Power In The Pen
"I don't blame you for this Mom." I said...
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In The Hands of the Law by Linda Alexander
Prologue to an as-yet unpublished true-crime faction . . . faction is a true story with names and certain facts changed for a variety of reason. Copyright 1999, Linda Alexander, no reprints or use without author's permission NOTE: Some profanity implied . . . taken from actual transcripts..
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In the Shadows by William Dalrymple
Killing by proxy..
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Indigo Chapter 1 by Emmanuel Ajibola
Cody Brian,and his girlfriend Willa Roberts were bored that night. so they called some friends.There friends told them that they were about to go somewere.But they couldn`t tell them were yet but Willa,and Cody said they would come.they were to meet in one hour.so they started to get ready.T..
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Inferno by Koyel Mitra
Do dreams come true? ..
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Internet Knight by Flying Fox Ted L Glines
This is a true story. Details have not been altered to protect the predator. ..
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Invisible Danger; Prologue (Cyberstalking) by Michelle Kidwell Power In The Pen
A Cyberstalker seeks to terrorize a fifteen year old girl...
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IQ of 145 but a stupid criminal... POLICE CAPTURE PRIME SUSPECT IN MURDER by Diana Harrington
Excerpt from SURVIVING THE DEATH PENALTY............Evansville woke to front-page news in the Courier, "POLICE CAPTURE "PRIME SUSPECT" IN MURDER OF YOUNG FAMILY OF 4". County police had arrested Donald Ray Wallace Jr. at 11:30 PM following an intensive manhunt. A local basketball coach, ..
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Irreparable Harm: A Child's Story. (Part One) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A mother purposely poisons her child, just so she can get attention. This is not the first time she has tried to harm her son. This is their story. Image of storm (c) 2007, by Karla Dorman...
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Irreparable Harm: A Child's Story. (Part Two) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
Herbie, now age 7, is back in the hospital, much to the dismay of the medical staff tending to him...
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IT WAS AVOIDABLE !!! by Tom Hyland
SEE MY BLOG OF TODAY - 01-08-09..
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It's all in the Plotting by Graham whittaker
IT’S ALL IN THE PLOTTING… by Dora Graham Why don’t you try plotting it first? Yeah that’s right. You’ve tried the other approach. The “just start writing” method. The “let the story write itself” theory. And what do you end up with EVERY time? A garbled tangle of bullshit. Going ..
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It's not the Color of the Gun It's Who's Holding It by Richard Kallao
true original,in honor of Martin Luther King and two of the greatest Presidents that lived Licoln and John F.Kennedy..
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Italian Dreams by Lily Fordham-Hall
More like script/ entertainment, not really artistic. Started this when I was 16. Please help with ideas for future events/ possible endings. I will not end it now, but have a bit of writer's block...
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Its All Fair In The End Game by Paul Mc Cann
Two hard men find a meaning to their lives and decide to take everything from life that they can . ..
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Jack the Ripper I Am by Laura Petersen
Jack the Ripper I Am..
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Jason’s Gifts by Cheryl Kaye Tardif
Warning: This is TRUE crime, not fiction! Tomorrow, August 23, 2006, it will be seven months since the brutal murder of my younger brother Jason. He was left in an alley to die alone while somewhere out there, a murderer walks free. Yet when I think of Jason now, all I can think of are his ..
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Jimmy’s Junkyard Dog by Paul Mc Cann
Innocently a boy stumbles into the scene of a crime ...
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Joyride by S Cardin
Two LAPD Police Officers find themselves in trouble for doing the right thing. Based on a true life incident. ********..
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Justice For Jacob Part One by Michelle Kidwell Power In The Pen
Last night as I lay down this story came to me, and so here it is... Jacob would not walk again, but he was alive, we were grateful for that, but it doesn't seem fair that after three years this man walks free. ..
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Keep Your Enemies Close by Hope Clarke
Keep Your Enemies Close By Hope Clarke I’ve heard people say that you should keep your friends close and your enemies closer, but I think it should be the other way around. It was the later part of Summer, you know just about that time when you feel you’ve really gotten t..
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Keep Your Enemies Close by Hope Clarke
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Kenna Beth: Her Story ... : Special Needs Parenting 101. (Part One) by Karen Lynn Vidra, The Texas Tornado
A special little girl is the victim of a horrible crime: shaken baby syndrome. Because of it, she is never to be the same again...
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La rabia by Abdul Machi
This Short tale talk about the human nature; how the people can do any thing to continue with bad life and pathology thinking..
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Ladies And Gentlemen: The Mayor & Governor of New Orleans by Jeremy Vaeni
I see by my page stats that my short stories get the most hits. Please, everyone with speakers....HIT THIS ONE ______________________________________..
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Lady in Red by Wayne Smith
This is the beginning of a short story and I need feedback...
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Lassiters Reef by Jim Potts
Harold Lassiter..
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