Tag: murder
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A IS FOR ANT
Anders Sand sat on the bench and looked at the graves of Henrik Ibsen and Edvard Munch, situated only metres apart. There was a steady trickle of tourists wandering past, pausing to show respect or at least recognition, and then moving on. A strange thing to do on holiday, Sand thought, to visit death. Our…
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THE ENTERTAINER
The press and public were behind the fence that circled the property, far enough away to prevent them seeing inside the old house. Horowitz looked out at the growing crowd. News had spread fast. He had got the call as he was about to end his shift. A dead body, suicide. He recognised the address. Now he looked at…
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OBSESSION
I watch the fire fading in the chiminea, poking at the dying embers with a stick. Three in the morning and the party was winding down. Everyone else had gone inside half an hour ago. Beth had gone inside, with Daniel’s arm draped round her shoulders. I wish it could have been me in Daniel’s…
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WAR CRIME
Snowflakes glistened, falling through the electric light. A blanket of innocence covering sin. The same as that night in Kabul. The funeral had been mercifully brief. Another of the unit was gone, only I remained. Still no one suspected me. The Military Court said we were innocent. I knew differently. I still see her pleading…
Iain Kelly 