Stories tagged “mugging”

  • Violent Interlude

    If they had only asked for my wallet. But, no. The three knife-wielding punks surrounding us say they’re taking Jennifer, too. No way. I move as if to hand one my wallet, and drop it. As his eyes reflexively follow it, I jump up, grabbing the bac...

  • Falling Down

    The alleyway was longer than I’d remembered. Darker, too. The last light was fifteen feet behind me, now. The flickering lamp casting a weak puddle of light, illuminating the putrid bins of some nameless take out store. I pressed on. Keeping my p...

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

  • Entering the World

    Was it the Denai family name, or he, Kelius, who was worth nothing? Kelius came to slowly. I must still have my glasses on, he thought as he took in the blurriness of his surroundings. The light was dim – perhaps it is night and there is torchlig...

  • Egopathetic

    Perhaps it was only his assumption that others in Kethadria felt the same as he. Kelius, son of two immigrants from Mesopotamia, was destined to continue in his parent’s footsteps – a laborer for his entire life. Were it not for the favorab...

  • Stranger in a Strange Predicament

    The walk back to the Denai residence was unbearable. Keli’s feet tripped him up at every loose stone. His eyes refused to focus, even though he had removed his goggles. And the only thoughts that ran through his mind were of his stolen crystal &#...

  • What If I Was Clockwork?

    “I don’t know about you, but I haven’t seen any crystal thefts. Ever. And his story checks out – Penelus was mighty angry when we roused him.” Kelius drifted in his thoughts, but snippets of the lieutenant and patrolman...

  • Dancing in the Rain

    Steven pulls his collar higher around his neck and tries to hide his smile sheepishly. A couple of men huddle underneath a nearby awning, passing a cigarette around. As Steven passes, oblivious in the pouring rain, one of them swings his head toward St...