Shred of Evidence

Joseph Ortiz crept from the Central Park tree line near the Angel of the Waters. He ducked his spidery body behind a park waste basket, peering over the top to where the Tunnel Bombers huddled in front of the fountain. Wind whipped across the giant pool of water, tiny waves spilling over the side and splashing at their feet.

He aimed a .38 at the leader, Dreadhead, inching closer for a clean shot to the back of the Rastafarian’s head. The angelic centerpiece in the fountain cast its shadow over Joseph and he looked up. With the sun directly behind it, Dreadhead’s body blocking out the glare, the features of the statue became black, the silhouette outlined in day-glo yellow.

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I’m an ex-gangmember-turned-writer living in Phoenix, Arizona. I’ve been published in 3AM Magazine, Suspect Thoughts, Outsider Ink, Muse Apprentice Guild, The Murder Hole, and Plots With Guns. My screenplays have earned a special mention in the 2002 American Gem Short Script Contest and placed as a finalist in the 2003 Anything But Hollywood Contest. Although I’m currently busy finishing up a B.A. in Communications, I still make time to write crime fiction as well as edit a recently revived crime mag called HOODZ© Magazine.