Below is this week’s 100-word story for Friday Fictioneers.
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What’s in a name?
Something nagged Stanley through the maelstrom of bloodied faces, shattered metal and broken corpses.
He had been certain they had the right man. All intelligence led to Dhern Riger.
Damn it, Riger even spouted foreign incantations while being arrested at the train station.
The explosion came anyway – from a small plane overhead.
When Stanley finally got home he tried to focus. He wrote down the suspect’s name.
His wife looked over his shoulder.
‘Doing a crossword to take your mind off things?” she asked. ‘Only, I’d say that’s an anagram and …’
But Stanley was already rearranging the letters to spell R-E-D H-E-R-R-I-N-G
©Siobhán McNamara
Excellent take Siobhan, loved it.
Thanks Iain
Neat twist, Siobhan
Thank you Neil
I love a good twist. Well done.
Thanks Sandra
Very clever, Siobhán. Very clever indeed. 😉
Shalom,
Rochelle
Thank you Rochelle
… and ZAP! Yes! Love it, Siobhan. Good job!
Thanks Kent
I guess that the hunts on again, 🙂
Indeed, his work in only beginning
if he tried a little harder, it could be derringer.
Good idea!
Ha! A lovely twist at the end. Always look a little deeper.
Thanks Alicia
Woah, this was really clever! Great twist!
Thank you!
Clever. Let’s hope the real intelligence services are on the look out for this kind of thing 🙂
I hope so!
What a clever wife, and clever story. At least he knows that the suspect is involved.
Indeed, at least he has a starting point 🙂
Excellent clever take. Beauty of a writing.
Thank you Neel 🙂
As others have said, very clever take.
Thanks Christine 🙂
Loved it… I’d say that it there are traces that are blind alleys… another day tomorrow.
Thanks Bjorn 🙂
Agreed, clever twist
Thank you Michael 🙂
Creative take on the prompt. I felt his confusion and determination.
Thank you 🙂
Behind every successful man… 😉 Like everyone else said, very clever!
Thank you Dale 🙂
Oooo… a clue! Nice 100 words.
Thanks Dawn 🙂
Neat.
Thank you 🙂
A clever decoy both by this author (you) and the killer.
Thank you 🙂
LOVE this Siobhan! I felt like I was diving right into a thriller… and now I want to read more. The final scene of the wife and Stanley figuring it out, at the same time, is brilliant!
Thank you Dawn 🙂