Category 52 S | Prompt 31 | Week 31: Manipulated
Prompt 31 | Week 31: Manipulated
Deadline: 4 August 2021
Word count: 1200 – 1500 words
Please do not post before the deadline.
Sham City (31/52) by Lionel Mullally
Aisling sat in her car and tried to calm herself. The meeting with Superintendent Reilly had been worse than anticipated. He had called several of the sergeants and representatives from the crime units to a conference meeting. ‘I want to…...
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Etáin awoke in a cold sweat, breathing heavily as her eyes struggled to adjust to the darkness around her. Outside the wind howled, swirling angrily around the settlement. Sheets of rain were flung against the mud walls of her circular…...
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Augustine looked at Val feeling the anger build as she continued to caress Reva, his finger still on the trigger. She moved nervously and ran a hand through her hair. She brought her hands together and rubbed them nervously. “I…...
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Brigid has no idea how long she has been lying on the bed with his blanket tucked under her cheek. She closes her eyes as she turns to bury her face in his faint lingering smell. In the few minutes…...
Captor’s walk by Casey S.
Talia bumped and rocked on the back of the large furry wolf-like creature. Her head pounded, and the ropes around her wrists and ankles dug into her as she pulled against them. She felt the fur of the large animal…...
031 Police Officer, Murphy’s Movie Night by Carolyn Bell
Tessa settled into the back office of the video store, and surveyed the mess. She had not sat at this desk in almost 2 months. So much had happened this year, and it all seemed to start with her grandmother.…...