Crime SuspenStories #23

In "Standing Room Only," writer and artist unknown, twin siblings Carl and Cynthia once shared a secret life of cross-dressing for laughs—until their bond frayed. Years later, Carl, now posing as his murdered sister, slips into her wealthy new life, but his fragile disguise begins to crack when a misstep at a men’s restroom exposes his lie.

In "Return Blow," Jo and Luke scheme to inherit $250,000 from the wealthy and reclusive Mrs. Sanford by manipulating her will, but their desperate plan takes a deadly turn when a bomb meant to speed things along backfires—literally. The story unfolds with tense, grim precision, as ambition and greed collide in a single, devastating moment.

In "Last Resort," Jerry’s desperation to escape his controlling, unattractive wife Mona leads him to Jane, a young waitress who offers him a fleeting escape. When he kills Mona and dumps her body in the crystal-clear Silver Springs, he doesn’t count on the lake’s glass-bottom boats revealing every detail beneath the surface—where secrets, like a bloated corpse, are impossible to hide.