Last Roll of the Dice by Trevor Nelson

Danny Nolan drummed his fingers on the motel balcony railing and stared at the crumbling Minneapolis neighborhood below. Mustafa al’Absi stood next to him, scratching the crown of his narrow head. Inside the motel room, a sitcom laugh track roared from a TV turned up loud enough to muffle screams. “I’m surprised the kid ain’t […]

Stupid Sonofabitch by Trevor Nelson

“What do we got?” Detective Reid Pierce asked the rookie guarding the corral of yellow crime scene tape. A bloodless moon hung low in the gluey August night. “The boyfriend stopped over after the bars closed. He found her.” “Okay,” Pierce said. He dug in his pocket for a notepad and pen. His spare keys […]