Crime Suspenstories #26

In "The Fixer," a young boy in a struggling family tries to make sense of the hostility surrounding his new home—until neighbors begin dying under mysterious circumstances. As suspicion falls on his father, the boy’s quiet desperation grows, leading to a tragic chain of events that forces the truth to surface. The story unfolds with quiet dread, revealing how far a child might go to protect the ones they love.

In "Dead Center," a man's growing suspicion of his wife's infidelity leads him to a desperate act of surveillance—buying front-row tickets to her weekly wrestling outings, only to watch the match on TV, hoping to catch her with her friend. When he sees their seats empty, he's convinced of her betrayal and acts in a moment of rage. But the truth, chilling and ironic, lies in the broadcast he trusted: the match he watched wasn't even the local one.

In "The Firebug," a relentless arson investigator and the city’s fire chief team up to stop a series of mysterious fires tearing through town—only to uncover a chilling truth buried in plain sight. As the trail leads deeper into the flames, the line between hunter and prey begins to blur in ways no one could have foreseen.

In "Comeback," a man returns to America after years in hiding, only to learn the devastating truth: the woman he loved, Joyce, was executed for a murder he committed. Years earlier, he’d fled with her name as his alibi—until the evidence tied her to the very weapon he used. Now, haunted by the past and the weight of her fate, he must face a future where guilt and memory collide.