criminal stories Cris de Borja pick of the month short stories Sunday, March 9, 2014 The One That Got Away by Cris de Borja Cris de Borja's noir flash about a detective hunted down by a widowed femme fatale. Emergency lights painted her dead face in flashing white and amber. She didn't look innocent in death. She didn't look like she was sleeping. Rivulets of polluted salt water dribbled out of her hair. Her name had been a sweetness like brown sugar syrup: Marlena Robles. I had known the flavor of it po… Read more Labels: criminal stories Cris de Borja pick of the month short stories 10 comments: