Historias de Hardboiled

In 1915 an unsuspecting passenger ship sails through treacherous waters toward a doom that was ordered from the highest authorities. For Jacob Blankfield, a thirteen-year-old boy dependent on leg braces and crutches, coming of age will come early, aboard a ship on its final voyage across the Atlantic, amidst explosions and torpedoes, battling forces unleashed by Great Powers in a Great War. After witnessing a murder, Jacob is thrust into the center of a conspiracy that threatens his own life and that of two thousand passengers. Forming alliances with friends and enemies, he digs to uncover the expansive details of a plot and the coconspirators before it is too late, standing in the way of secret plans and nefarious men, ultimately pushed to overcome his fear and handicaps to take matters into his own hands. As the ship approaches its destiny, Jacob closes in on a final duel of arms against an experienced and sinister opponent, learning that even his friends can be enemies. An introduction to arms, action and courage that promise to change his life forever and permanently forge his character, for better or for worse.

Criminals drop down one by one... And an young high-schooled seems to be captivated by this... A series of incidents filled with illusions and magic... In order to find the responsible 'saviour'... And bring him down to JUSTICE... HISTORY REPEATS ITSELF FOR A SECOND TIME... Following the footsteps of a hidden detective and hidden murderer, ARISES POSTERITY...

A short story based on 1940s noir detective mysteries. Following Doc Marlowe, an uptight detective and witty outgoing Octavia Rodes.

This was an exercise to write something in the 'violent beauty' mold of Cormac McCarthy and Faulkner and Joyce. Did I succeed? I'm not sure myself but these five hundred words (I believe) are strong and evocative and I may return and build upon this at a later date.

The Case of Mrs. Weldon follows Siren through a case she thought we would be straight forward – follow a man’s wife and prove she is cheating on him. But Siren soon finds out that all is far from simple and straightforward. Nicolette Mace is a private investigator out of necessity, not choice. With her family dead and nowhere else to turn she had to learn to stand on her own two feet and live the only way her father ever taught her to. Life as a private investigator isn't all big cases, excitement and arch enemies. Filling the Afterlife from the Underworld follows the day to day musings and activities of Nicolette Mace: The Raven Siren, taken from her online blog. "My name is Nicolette Mace, but you might know me as the Raven Siren. I'm a Private Investigator living the 1930s romantic dream in this new and exciting modern age. I keep records of everything that happens; everything I have seen and done. Why? There are more things in heaven and earth, Horatio, than are dreamed of in your philosophies."

This public domain work by mastermind Dashiell Hammett was first published in 1930. After the death of his partner, private investigator, Sam Spade, gets mixed up with a crowd chasing a statue of a golden bird encrusted with jewels, an artifact that is practically priceless, but the only thing Spade wants to know is, who killed his partner."

Crime, mystery, adventure? Taking a spitball in the eye? It all starts with the type of dame you want to hold hands with... everything spirals out and down from there.

It is the year 2163. Earth has expanded its boundaries to the domed city of Hale on Mars. Hale was the first successful colony city on the red planet, and is now home to massive corporations, manufacturing centers, small and large independently owned businesses, and a thriving entertainment industry. The people of Hale were drawn from all corners of the Earth. The criminal element is as diverse as the people are. The justice system is managed by the privately owned Central Police. We find Felix Rook, transgendered man, formerly the top inspector for the Hale Central Police, on suspension and pending termination for an incident on his most recent case that left eight civilians dead. He’s three days from being shipped back to Earth when his former boss shows up at his door to ask a favor. A young son of a powerful executive has been kidnapped and the powers that be have decided to call in all officers, suspended or not, to assist in the investigation. With the help of the boy's android nanny, Felix is determined to use his final three days on Mars to find the kidnappers and safely recover the boy.

"Late Antiquitiy noir" ✺ A brief story about a hotshot chariot racer who gets caught up in the intrigue of Byzantine power struggles ✺ Recommended if you like: historical crime fiction, The Fast and the Furious but with chariot races, Assassin's Creed

Lars Lässig besucht ein Volksfest - und dreht durch.

Jonah Graves has seen enough of the city's underbelly to know when a crime scene is a lie. Jack Flynn-a washed-up accountant with bad habits-was found dead in an alley, staged to look like a mugging gone wrong. The cops barely care. Jonah should leave it alone. But an old instinct kicks in, and he walks away with something he shouldn't have: a ledger filled with names, numbers, and trouble. Now, the wrong people are asking questions. Detectives are sniffing around, his old partner's widow has come knocking, and a ghost from the past is tugging at the edges of the case. The deeper Jonah digs, the less this looks like a simple murder. Flynn was tied to something bigger-something powerful. And if Jonah isn't careful, he'll be next. A hardboiled noir mystery about the lies we tell, the debts we owe, and the dead who refuse to be forgotten.

Chapter one is the story of a Paranoid Schizophrenic that goes off of his medication and decides to kill his ex wife. He drives from Wyoming and breaks into her home.

One more job and they'd let us go away, be together in some remote place, resume whatever made us feel close enough to having a normal life. No pending debts this time. No obligations. Just us and the ocean, somewhere along the Lost Coast. That was the dream. I should have known that's all it was; a lacuna in my reasoning the size of a sinkhole. In retrospect, I was begging to be duped. In Retrospect City, everyone's got 20/20 vision. |posts on hiatus|

In the shadow of the Appalachian Mountains lies Still Hollow, a forgotten mining town where thick fog clings to the streets and an ancient, unseen force lurks beneath the earth. When Simon Van Hadley arrives, drawn by whispers of a reopened coal mine and the sudden disappearance of locals, he soon discovers the mine holds far more than just coal. Something old and malevolent stirs deep within... Something that feeds on sorrow and despair.

Little snips of Olma Tiig's life. Basically an attempt to get feedback and get me moving by using my daily writing.

Ditzy dames and classy broads were always P.I. Mac Jordan's weakness. When a damsel in distress asks for his help he finds himself up against a psychopathic society doctor, crooked cops and a masochistic wise-guy whose weapon of choice is a baseball bat covered in barbed wire. If he wants to survive, never mind crack the case, he has to confront the demons of his past and the ghosts of his future.