Stories tagged “judge”

  • Court Room Dialogue

    “You said on August the 5th, you were out by the park drinking a half empty bottle of rum.” “Which you received from a party, where you last saw the women am I correct?” “Well yes that is what I have told the detectives th...

  • Unholy Love

    Our love is as foul as the water that flows beneath our feet. Our love is no more then a problem in our town. “How could a white girl marry a black slave.” my mother expressed. My father is out in the fields, in the dire times of war, not knowing h...

  • Innocent

    It wasn’t me. I didn’t do it. I’m innocent. It was him. But how could they know that? I had never told anyone about him. As the lawyers went back and forth, spouting half-truths meant to blind and prejudice the jury, I retreated into ...

    • Author: Charlie K
    • Posted over 2 years ago.
    • 4 out of 5

  • An Invisible Noose

    “It’s about time I caught up to you. I’m surprised you didn’t try to hop back home.” The handsome man smiled but his eyes were cold and had an odd stillness about them. Charles looked around helplessly. Even now the crowd ...

  • Mapping Truth to Fiction

    “It was a long time ago, when both us were undergoing similar, yet distinct changes. Your kind calls it the Tempest, we thought it was damnation. We didn’t know each other then, but as like stretches out toward like, we met in a grove outsi...

  • Essence Tripping

    The scenery began to change. First the colors muted becoming pale echoes of their former vibrancy. The world took on a shadowy, ghost-like appearance, or were they the ones becoming ghosts themselves? The stars fell from the sky in thin lucent beams wi...

  • Try Again Tomorrow

    “Juarez”. The CO called out for a second time. “It’s time for court Juarez, come on or you’re staying the night” Juarez didn’t move, he was sleeping on the steel benches next to the toilet. His clothes covered ...

  • The Following Ficly Takes Place Between 6:00 AM and 7:00 AM

    06:11:48 AM Judge Ashton Bruce paced his library. He wasn’t stupid. He had allowed his trophy wife some dalliances in the past. After all, he’d had some major ones himself. But she’d always arrived home in time for breakfast. Where th...

  • Casting Stones

    The game was complete. He’d been working on it for so long. He would create the first character before the game even went on the market. He created a priest. Finally he would have the capability of judging the people who needed it. In the game he wou...

  • Open Court

    “What’s the charge?” My lawyer pounds the table. There’s no way this could be a real court. Nobody would arrest a twelve-year-old, let alone bring them to trial. The judge reads the paper that is in front of him. “The defe...