Tag: assault
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LOCAL HERO
‘Always was a wayward child, that one.’ ‘This is a little something more than wayward.’ ‘I remember him growing up around here. Always in trouble, stealing sweets, ringing doorbells.’ ‘I’m not sure that childhood pranks would lead to this.’ ‘You gotta stop ’em when their young. Learn ’em early to respect people.’ ‘I wonder how […]
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VIGILANTE
The body had been found a mile away. The blood stains on the park bench, and the ground surrounding it, corresponded to the mutilation seen on the victim. His death had been violent and tortuous. A uniformed officer finished putting up the crime scene tape. A crowd of onlookers had already gathered. Samson scanned the […]
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TIDAL WAVES
Hands in her pockets, Elizabeth looked down from the top of the cliffs. The tide had receded gradually over the afternoon, revealing the seaweed-covered rocks, sand and pebbles of the seabed. The memory of the place was burned into her mind after ten years of constantly returning. The erosion of the waves hadn’t changed the […]
Iain Kelly 