The intruder alarm had been turned off, the cameras were disabled and the entire place was trashed.
The burglars had managed to escape after cleaning out the cash registers and the cashier was nowhere to be found.
After hours of searching, his body was found… buried under the newly arrived batch of yellow pencil stoppers.
© 2017 Shweta Suresh. All rights reserved.
Written in response to the weekly prompt Three Line Tales. Thanks to Sonya for hosting this challenge. If you are interested in participating in this challenge, please click here for instructions and other guidelines!
Image courtesy: Carson Arias via Unsplash
Author’s Note:
This is my very first attempt at writing a tale of crime and by a lucky coincidence, it turned out to be a drabble in 55 words – popularly known as 55 fiction!
Have you seen this video where the cashier redefined “chill reaction”? He was utterly unfazed by the armed robber! Click here to watch the video.
That’d be a lot of pencil stoppers!
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Ohh yes. Loads of it! Thanks for reading, Patricia. 😊
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Looks like the shop’s idea of hoarding pencil stoppers turned fatal.
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It did cause terrible consequences! Thanks for reading, dear.
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My pleasure my favorite short story teller
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Ohhh I’m so honoured and happy to hear that! Thanks a lot, my dear. 😍😘❤😊
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woooooooah! what a morbid twist on the prompt! well done
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That’s exactly how I described it too – a morbid twist! Thank you so much, Rosema!
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yeaaa! you’re welcome, Shweta!
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❤😊
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Interesting
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Glad to know that! Thank you. 😊
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Horrible indeed. A good one as always…
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Thank you so much!
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Wow, an interesting twist, Shweta! Well done.
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