Simply Shorts
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A compilation of original short stories that take the reader on a journey through a murder in a small Washinton town, and onboard an alien spacecraft where an escaped prisoner is transformed into a creature capable of sucking the life out of all earthly beings.
This is just a sampling of the journey on which the stories will take you. Sit back and enjoy the ride.
Marvin Perkins
I am retired from the U.S. Navy since 2003, currently work as a merchant seaman. I write in all types of media,from songs, to poetry, novels as well as short stories.
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Simply Shorts - Marvin Perkins
Simply Shorts
by
Marvin K. Perkins
Smashwords Edition
Published by Smashwords
Copyright 2012 by Marvin K. Perkins
The Strange Case of Abigail Smithson
It was an unusually hot night in October, Doug Peters was out walking his Labrador mix, she was straining at the leash, sniffing in the bushes for a suitable place to take care of her business. Come on girl, I don't have all night. Please,
he urged the dog but she didn't listen and continued sniffing and dragging him down the street. Doug passed another dog walker heading in the opposite direction, he was wearing dark clothes and sunglasses, which struck Doug as strange but to each his own was all he thought at the time. The stranger was walking a little terrier, the dog barked and growled as they walked by, Doug wanted to smack the little annoying mutt. He hated little yapping dogs, what good were they, what kind of man would own a dog like that. Doug was a dog man, he loved his dogs and felt the kind of dog a person owned said a lot about their owner.
The man in the dark glasses walked on down the street and disappeared from view, Doug didn't give him a second thought, but went back to the business of walking his own dog.
Police cars crowded around a little house on the corner down the street from Doug Peters' house the next morning, lights flashing, a group of neighbors stood outside murmuring among themselves. Doug just drove on by, he was in a hurry but extremely curious as to what had happened nonetheless. He pondered about it on the way to his office, quite excited, nothing of any interest ever happened in his little neighborhood, probably just some old lady died of a heart attack or something equally mundane.
Two men from the coroner's office carried a body covered by a sheet out of the little house and loaded it into a waiting wagon, the crowd really got animated then, everyone with their own theory as to what had happened. The police pushed everyone back to the street, taping off the area with the yellow tape they always used to section off a crime scene. The word quickly spread the lady the coroners had brought out had been murdered or that was the rumor anyway. Why else would so many police cars be there and why would they be taping off the scene if a murder had not been committed? That was the question everyone was asking that morning, as fear gripped the little neighborhood that realized a murderer was loose in their community.
The victim of the atrocity's name was Abigail Smithson, a recently divorced lady who lived alone, a stranger to most of the residents in this tight knit little neighborhood. She and her husband had lived in the area for two years but kept pretty much to themselves. Abigail had lived in the house alone for a few months after her husband Ron had left.
The night before Ron had been seen at the house involved in a loud and heated argument with his estranged wife, ending with him leaving the house in a rage and driving off in a hurry in a late model Honda Civic. All signs seemed to point to the husband as the last one who had seen the victim alive. So quite naturally he was the suspect, person of interest and the one the cops very much wanted to talk to about the death of the young attractive lady.
According to the coroner's office the cause of death had been strangulation, she had not put up a fight, it seemed someone had caught her unaware and choked her to death from behind, probably someone she knew, but it could have been an intruder. There were no fingerprints found at the scene with the exception of the victim and her estranged husband. The crime scene investigators found no forensic evidence, no DNA, no fibers or hairs on the body or fingerprints on the victim's neck, the killer seemingly wore gloves. The only two items they had to work with was a cigarette butt found on the sidewalk in front of the house and a small pile of dog feces found on the front lawn.
The hunt was on for Ron Smithson, he was back at home in a small town not far away, unaware that his ex-wife was dead. He had gone out that night to have a nice meal and bottle of wine in an attempt to calm himself after the argument he had had earlier with his ex. He dined at little Italian place near his house, the lasagna, bread and the house red wine had been excellent. He bought a five dollar cigar which he would smoke later with a nice cup of coffee made with imported beans he ground himself. He was feeling better already, the hell with Abigail, she's the one who wanted the divorce, so why should he be so miserable, she was the one who had cheated, not he.
Ron was awakened the next morning by a loud pounding at his door. Who the hell could that be, waking me up on my day off?
He said out loud as he headed to the door to find out. He looked through the peep hole, but did not recognize the individual standing on his front porch. Who is it? What the hell do you want? Whatever you're selling I don't want any.
Monroe police sir, open up,
a voice said, shocking the hell out of Ron .
He slowly opened the door to see two men standing on his porch, two squad cars parked in front of his house, lights flashing.
Mr. Smithson?
Said a big red neck looking character flashing a detective's