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To Catch A Thief

Barry Stout

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Eric looked over his shoulder again. He could not believe his brother JJ had talked him into looting from his friend Marie. They had known each other since they were kids but times has got tough for Eric in recent years and she had managed to prosper. She ran a successful furniture store while he had his fourth job in the past three years. It seemed like failure was inescapable for Eric and Marie ...

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Grave Mistake

anteros17

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The forest was inescapable. It was dark, stormy, fierce. Jack was afraid of the darkness that consumed the land, but he would never be able to escape.

The oak trees sighed as the wind blew, leaves flew from their branches and fluttered gracefully to the dirt floor. Jack didn’t see it that way; he saw the flutter of a leaf and thought, ‘what a large insect come to eat me!’ When he heard the tree ...

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KillerRue

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My nightmare felt unescapable. I was running and running and running. I couldn't stop now. Not yet, I need to find him.

Which is why it felt like a slap in the face when I found him crying over another girl.

Guess that's who he was. A murderer, sleeping with other women and looting there money when they were dead. She was killed by her rival company. She was just so happened not to h...

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Will someone die today?

Destiny

1 min read

I wake up in the morning and I put on the local news.Living in New York City, violence is always happening. I listen to the news and I get depressed.I shake my head, saying oh my god!

How could people be so cruel!

Mothers throwing their children out the window !

Fathers beating their children to death!

Crazies with guns, shooting people at random!

You’re on the subway, people arguing, fightin...

Crime

The Traitor

J.R. Watson

2 min read

The Queen took her seat in the courtroom. From where she sat she could see everyone and everyone could see her but she was higher up so that no prisoners who tried to run could get to her. The rest of the courtroom stood at her arrival and with a wave of her hand they sat back down.

“Bring in the accused!” Her voice boomed through the large room, echoing off the stone walls.

The Queen watched ...

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Crime

Him Vs. Me

Sera

1 min read

I was created for one sole purpose: death. Causing death, more specifically. It was for that reason I was put through trials in order to prepare for each mission. My target’s favorite color? No idea. But his darkest secrets? Those I knew well. Those I lived through. It’s cruel — in a way, as I did to him what _they_ did to me. It’s cruel. But it had to be done.

Because only one of us can suffer m...

Crime

Not Who I Thought It Was

Jayjay

1 min read

I’ve been following him for weeks, hoping to catch him in the act. I know he’s the guy the police are after, I just need the proof before I call him in.

I’ve learnt so much about him, seen him do some disturbing stuff. Favourite colour? No idea. But his darkest secrets? Those I know well, oh, so well!

I’ve seen him litter, cuss out waiters, be just a generally horrible person. But I know there’...

Crime

“Shades of Silence”

Bianca Koslowski

1 min read

‘Favourite colour? No idea. But his darkest secrets? Those I knew well...’

I'd rehearsed that line in my head for hours, ever since Peter moved in. Nosy, loud, and insufferably chirpy—he was the human equivalent of a broken alarm clock, always going off when you least expected.

The flat used to have quiet corners. Now, even silence had to shout.

It was strange how quickly he wanted to know abou...

Crime

A Confession

Samuel Moniker

1 min read

I don’t know a thing about him. Nope, nothing at all. You expect me to be saying something. I’m not saying anything.

Still here? Nope. Nada. I refuse. Unless you’re here for a good time? Are you here to laugh? Are you here to cry? Do you believe you have the right guy? You have the wrong guy, but I might know something—or I could be lying. You might never know.

He’s about yay tall and has black ...

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Let’s Play A Game

Paige Turner

6 min read

Foreword: this is really creepy. I never write stuff this creepy. We are traveling and it is late. Im running on a few hours of sleep. I’ve read way to much crime recently. I probably need therapy. Enjoy the product of my tired twisted brain.

The restaurants lights flickered back up. You and four others are standing in the midst of four dead bodies.

The four living people (other than your...

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