Cold
For the A-to-Z Blogging Challenge this year, I’m posting a 100 word piece of flash fiction every day. It might be a self-contained story, or a scene–whatever, it’ll be fiction, and it’ll be over in a flash! Today’s story is…
Cold
Carlton dragged the bag down to the basement. With each ka-thunk on the steps, he remembered.
Ashley White.
Ka-thunk.
Maria Broward.
Ka-thunk.
Colleen Simpson.
Ka-thunk…
Each had skewered his heart with the knife of rejection.
Carlton opened the walk-in freezer and dragged Colleen’s body from the bag. He placed her next to Ashley and Maria. High school was fifteen years ago, but their crimes were not forgotten. Each one skewered in the heart by the knife of justice.
Carlton felt no anger. No resentment. This was simple justice.
As was the final ka-thunk of the freezer door sealing him in.
Check back tomorrow for D…
Ooh that is a cold story! Great use of the prompt 🙂
Thanks, Laura!
So much creepy in so few words!
Creepy and cold! Thanks, Jennifer. 🙂
I had chills just reading it.
Cool! Thanks, Glenda. Interesting how it seems to inspire all these other “C” words: cool, chills, creepy… 🙂
Nice! Will definitely be checking back for more of these!
Thanks, Cath! I hope you enjoy them. 🙂
Great twist – it’s inspiring to see that you really can tell a great story using just a handful of words. Thanks for sharing, and Happy A to Z Challenge!
Thanks, John. It’s a great challenge–a bit like trying to capture the essence of a symphony with a string quartet. 🙂
This one is right up my alley. I love reading serial killer stuff and with 3 victims, he’s a serial killer.
~Patricia Lynne~
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Patricia Lynne, YA Author
He certainly is… or was… 🙂 I’m glad you liked it, Patricia.
Excellent ending. Well done!!
Thanks, Laurel. 🙂
Excellent! I especially loved that last line.
Thanks, Chuck. 🙂
Eeek. Truly creepy.
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Ooooww, this is creepy. Love it. I loved the repetition of ‘ka-thunk’.