Short Fiction by John Scheck
The stories linked below are all 700-word flash fiction crime stories. I find this to be one of the best writing exercises I've come across as you must deliberate over every single word.
I have two stories posted on Shotgun Honey. Before I submitted to this site, I read a ton of their flash pieces finding that the vast majority ended in homicides, like pulling the trigger is the only way to end a flash story. Mine don’t.
While this story doesn't end in a homicide, it could easily have gone another way. It can be found on Mystery Tribune.
OK, no homicide in this story, but a bloodbath takes place off the page. At Close 2 the Bone:
Another 700 word story at Close 2 the Bone:
Those Who Can't, Teach Creative Writing
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Art Theft occurred on March 18, 1990, and has fascinated me ever since.