Tag: killer
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SNOW DAY FOR A CONTRACT KILLER
The official advice was not to travel unless absolutely necessary. Ordinarily he wasn’t one to listen to official advice, he wouldn’t have much of a career if he followed the rules. But heading out to work today, when no one else had left their houses, when there were no other cars on the road, when…
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LUST FOR LIFE
Waiting for the last rose petal to fall, the end of summer and autumn announced, she could feel the urge rising within her again. Through the latticed window the blood red colour spoke to her. The sun would dip behind the horizon soon. The days were getting shorter. The confinement to her room would soon…
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FRIGHT NIGHT
‘You want to go through the woods? Are you nuts?’ ‘You think because it’s Halloween something bad will happen?’ Sam laughed and walked ahead. Amy followed his torchlight. Clouds drifted across the sky blocking out the moonlight. ‘You never saw the Blair Witch Project?’ she shouted after Sam. ‘I did,’ he called back. ‘Terrible movie.’…
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HUNTING SEASON
White gives way to green. Cold to warmth. Life returns. I feel invigorated. Hibernation is over. Fresh blood runs through veins. Months since anyone came through. It’s been lonely recently. I’m eager to entertain. Soon the tourists will return. The young and adventurous. The healthy and vital. The thrillseekers. I’m happy to oblige. The highway…
Iain Kelly 