Crime Stories

A story in the Beyond the Wall of Sleep Universe
Part of Gothic Horror Challenge
Danny had killed ten times. On reflection, was that bad?

Petite, charming, and desperate, Vanessa leaves everything behind for the gold-strewn wilderness of the Klondike. With little skill but plenty of cunning, she uses her wits—and her wiles—to survive in a land where every step can be fatal.

Following a deadly accident, the lives of a young couple are corrupted at the hands of their blackmailers and others.

Living in a bad neighborhood, you never know what will happen. This story chronicles a summer in which a mother and her son are held captives by a local gang. The gang uses the mother as a sexual play toy, forces her to prostitute herself for them, and even makes her have sex with her son and his friends for their amusement.

This story is a dark satire on the reaction to a cheating wife tale published on another erotic fiction site that over the past 2 years has spawned literally dozens of alternate takes and endings (and continues to) and has generated a ton of comments, some of them quite angry and virulent. It does not contain sex and does contain descriptions of some violence.

A hotel burglar gets lucky.

INCLUDES TITLE ILLUSTRATION Dr Clare Keller has a certain way with the dead. She knows their secrets. Useful insight for a Medical Examiner who is no stranger to violent death. But Clare fails to heed a dire warning from beyond. A mistake with humiliating consequences.

In the unforgiving frontier town of Dustwater Creek, life is harsh and danger waits around every corner. Young and clever, Lysandra Bale must navigate a world ruled by strength, cunning, and courage. Fierce-willed and unyielding, she faces the trials of the West with intelligence and determination, shaping the people around her and turning even the most difficult circumstances into opportunities to survive and thrive.

Jennifer Lee deals with a shakedown at her new club