In Delhi, stories originating from the fierce Hindu Goddess Chandi are still routinely passed from grandmother to daughter. This is one such tale. A man known as…… Read more “The Queen and the Snakeman”
Category: Crime
English Roulette
The turf war exploded in Stockwell when that famously sweaty London summer of 1977 got underway. By November the violence was out of control. Rundown apartments on grey…… Read more “English Roulette”
The homecoming king
I’m standing at the exact spot where I died, twenty years ago. Those paramedics who revived me would be middle-aged men now, as I am. When I…… Read more “The homecoming king”
I almost murdered, cooked and ate 12 people
My new school was full of killers. Not killers exactly, but belligerent, unruly types. I’d come from an all-boys school and having girls in my class…… Read more “I almost murdered, cooked and ate 12 people”
When a falcon targets a mouse
“Don’t do it!” I repeated the order for effect, to wit no response was offered. “Are you listening to me? Do not do it.”
Peter Abram 