5MinuteFiction
What is 5MinuteFiction, you say? It’s an adrenaline-fueled, instant-gratification sort of writing contest. Sound fun? Great! It happens every Tuesday at 12:30 Eastern time on this blog, so simply drop by and get in there and get dirty!
The Rules
* You get five minutes to write a piece of prose or poetry in any style or genre
* You must directly reference the prompt: posted at 12:30 Eastern each Tuesday
* Post your entry as a comment to the day’s post.
The contest closes at 12:45. That gives you 5 minutes to write and ten to accommodate the vagaries of relative time, technology, and the fickle internets. If you are confused or just want to whine, feel free to email me.
Check out past 5MinuteFiction posts and see what you’re missing:
And make sure you also check out our past finalists and winners. You’ll find them round and about by the badges on their sites.
Or there’s a list of them here.
So when are we adding you?
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“You sure you want to do that, chief?”
“Yes that bastard thinks he can get away with murder.”
“But he’s the Mayor.” I protest
“So does that give him carte blanche to take out a rival?” Carl Higgins the chief of police states to me.
“We don’t have enough proof to take this to a judge to get the warrant.” I complain
“If I thought we didn’t we wouldn’t be seeking a warrant besides the judge I’m sending you to Sherry Hastings she owes me a favour or two and she hates Mayor Georgia Cantell.” He explains but I’m still unsure.
This is the Mayor of our city the political fallout alone if we he can prove our case scares me. I’m torn seek the warrant to get the proof or pretend I did and didn’t get the warrant.no I needed to do my job. I pick up the phone at my desk then decide there could be moles I needed to make a personal appearance on this one.
As I enter the office a few minutes later I am hopeful this will all be over soon.
“Madame I’m here to….”I begin before I am interrupted
“I know why you’re here.” she states
“Really?” I reply hopefully
“So how are you covering my ass?” she asks
“That’s why I’m here Madame Mayor we are about to toss you r office your house and your car. Make sure they can find no proof we killed Terrence Whitby.” I command
“Robert what would do without you?” She asks almost purring
I open the door and go out listening at the door for what I know will be her reply.
“So the hit is on. Despense Robert Salas tonight!” I hear through the door
I take off my mike telling them it’s done. We have her. We can nail her to the wall. My chief is happy and I have a get out of jail free card life is good.
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