“Nifty”

In the dimly lit corridors of the prison, the heavy metal door creaked open, releasing a jailhouse snitch named Nifty  Malone back into a world he thought he had left behind for good. The air outside tasted different, a mix of anticipation and trepidation. Nifty  for his uncanny ability to be present to pick up secrets within the prison walls, was an unlikely candidate for freedom. However, desperate times called for desperate measures.

The city was reeling from the shock of a Cop Killer on the loose, leaving a trail of fear in its wake. Law enforcement, facing a dead-end investigation, turned to an unorthodox solution—striking a deal with Nifty Malone. His rap sheet was as long as the list of secrets he held, but the promise of a reduced sentence and a clean slate lured him into a precarious alliance with justice.

As Nifty stepped into the city’s gritty streets, he became a reluctant pawn in a high-stakes game. The deal hung over him like a shadow, a constant reminder that his newfound freedom was tethered to the information he could extract from the underworld. Grizzled detectives, skeptical of their unconventional informant, watched his every move.

The tension escalated as Nifty navigated the city’s underbelly, his past affiliations threatening to surface at every turn. He danced on the edge of danger, gathering fragments of information that could unmask the elusive cop Killer. Every whispered conversation and clandestine meeting became a breadcrumb leading towards the truth.

The city held its breath as Nifty, the snitch, found himself entangled in a web of deceit, redemption, and the pursuit of justice. Over the next 36 hours His journey would unfold against a backdrop of gritty realism, where alliances shifted like shadows in narrow alleys, and the line between right and wrong blurred in the pursuit of a cop killer who had plunged the city into chaos.

**Excerpt above from a story by Renee Ashley Baker. Copyright 2023 by CP Irrevocable Trust. Proposed for Walt Disney Studios ( 2026).