Nikki Crutchley is the author of To the Sea (HarperCollins, 2021). Prior to this, she self-published three police procedurals set in NZ, and was a finalist in the Ngaio Marsh Awards for her first two books. She has been published in Flash Frontier, Mayhem Literary Journal, Flash Fiction Magazine and in Fresh Ink anthology (published by Cloud Ink Press). She was long-listed and regional winner at National Flash Fiction Day in 2016, and at the 2017 National Flash Fiction Day she had two stories short-listed and was regional winner.
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SHE LOOKED UP AND AWAY FROM HIS FACE, AND TOOK IN THE CLEAR SPRING NIGHT FULL OF STARS. HER LAST THOUGHTS WERE OF HER MOTHER. WOULD SHE FINALLY CARE, WHEN ONE DAY THEY FOUND HER BODY, AND A POLICEMAN CAME KNOCKING AT HER DOOR? Nothing bad ever happens in ... SEE MORE