Justice: An In The Cards Short Story

Welcome to In The Cards, a twenty-two author collection of standalone thriller and horror short stories. In this series, you'll find stories inspired by the meaning of a specific Tarot Card, thoughtfully written with that thread woven through. Whether you're a Tarot Card lover or not, you'll find thrillers and horrors that will creep under your skin and into your thoughts. *Knowledge of Tarot Cards is not necessary to read or enjoy these stories.*

When a high-profile domestic abuse trial ends in a unanimous not guilty verdict, the courtroom empties... but the consequences do not.

Through the fractured perspectives of a jury member, a weary judge, a conflicted defence lawyer, a relentless reporter, a broken victim, and the woman who walked free, this psychological thriller exposes the thin line between law and justice. Evidence is doubted. Pain is dissected. Truth becomes inconvenient. And a verdict meant to bring closure instead leaves a vacuum.

As the system congratulates itself on procedure, one question lingers in the silence it leaves behind: What happens when justice fails and someone decides to correct it?

Dark, unsettling, and morally complex, this is a story about power, belief, and the dangerous comfort of certainty. Where justice is no longer a matter of the courts, but of conscience.

Make sure you come back and check out the other stories, because you never know what's In The Cards.