TROUBLE FROM TOP
By Neel Anil Panicker
The view from the hill top hotel window was spectacular: a sea of blue and cutting through it, several high speed fibre glass boats choc-a-bloc with cheerful men, women and children__the flash of cameras adding an extra zing to the luminosity of the high beamed mercury vapour lamps that ricocheted off the rocks that walled all around.
Watching the panorama unfold through the periscope of his Nikon DSLR DS700, (a last minute requisition that the department had okayed, albeit a tad reluctantly), the merry unbuckling of human spirits; the rambunctious squeals and full throated laughters of the city dwellers who had converged this far, temporarily escaping from the hustle and bustle of everyday madness that was the bane of urban living, Senior Crime Branch Inspector Sharma momentarily forgot the real purpose of his visit as his senses soaked in the carnival atmosphere that permeated the azure skies.
A movement in the ground below caught his eye. His eyes narrowed and soon framed the figure: first just the silhouette___a vision in floating saffron, bare torso, large hairy arms___, and on closer examination, the tell tale hexagonal shaped fiery tongued dragon tattoo.
It’s him, the wily cop muttered. His quarry, the infamous ‘Butcher of Gorakhpur’, had arrived.
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FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER- 2018: WEEK #12
FLASH FICTION FOR THE PURPOSEFUL PRACTITIONER- 2018
WEEK #12
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Senior Crime Branch Inspector Sharma is now hot on the trail. I am not sure if the Inspector is up to the task of capturing The Butcher? Thanks for participating this week.
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Never underestimate when it comes to Inspector Sharma. Thanks Roger.
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