Friday Fictioneers – 4th September 2015
30 Minute Warning (100 words)
He’s gonna kill again,” she sobbed. “Hurry, there’s not much time!”
Detective Markovitz rubbed his grizzled jaw and reached for his notebook. “OK, when and where?” he growled, shaking the fog of sleep from his weary mind.
* * *
“Look, there’s a light on the sixth floor.” Detective Pierce pointed with two stained fingers, cigarette pinched between them. Markovitz’ gaze followed the amber glow to where light streamed from an opening to be swallowed by the night. A silhouette swept across the window and something large fell silently to the street.
The Oracle had been right, once again they were too late.
jwdwrites 
Another death! Well written.
DJ
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Thankyou 🙂
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They need a faster car. I could see those nicotine stained fingers.
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Yuk! I saw someone like that the other day and it just stuck in my mind waiting to jump out. 🙂
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Dear JWD,
Well written descriptions. They should be quicker to listen.
Shalom,
Rochelle
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Scary stuff.
Good piece.
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Thanks for stopping by 🙂
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Great, imaginative take on the prompt.It must be frustrating to know about things to happen and not be able to prevent them.
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or it might be useful for some things such as the lottery… 🙂
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Very dark. I liked the descriptions of the detectives. This could be part of a longer story for sure.
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Ha ha, I’m not sure I could keep up the cheese long enough for a full blown detective story! 🙂
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Love the oracle. The cops need to stay with her.
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Totally agree 🙂
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At least they had 30 minutes. In football, you only get two (at least in American football.)
janet
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Neat piece of noir.
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They need to listen to the Oracle, great imagery I could see the nicotine stained fingers – yuk!
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I had many, many directions I wanted to go with this photo prompt. I chose a police story because it tends to be a favorite for most readers. This story is wonderfully written for that as it crosses over to all of those readers who enjoy this genre. Well done, from beginning to end.
Isadora 😎
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