This is my 9th attempt at the month-long blogging challenge, Blogging from A to Z. I’ve completed it 5 times so far. My theme this year is 7 Sentence Fiction, and the word I’m using for M is Murder.
Murder
“It’s murder,” said Ian, looking solemn.
The floor around them was full of red drops. Paula looked at him uncertainly.
“How can you be so sure?” she asked, challenging his confidence.
He sighed, took a piece of wet cloth from the counter, and wiped the spilled ketchup.
“You check the dictionary if you want, sis. That’s what they call a group of crows.”
Liked this? Maybe you can read some of my earlier posts: Stories | for A to Z 2018.
(© Vinay Leo R. @ I Rhyme Without Reason,
14th April, 2018)
Vinay Leo R.
Poetry & writing are to me, a breath of fresh air in a life that is sometimes covered by the smoke of sorrow or self doubt. They also become the sweets I share to celebrate when life offers me a reason to. But most of all, they are to me, my life. For each word I write is a piece of my heart, a thought that just had to find its way into the world.
Spot on! Super!
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Hehe! Thanks, Sunita. 🙂
Hahaha! Brilliant, Vinay! It took me a couple seconds to get it inside my head! 😛
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Yeah! That was the intended effect, Shilpa Gupte. 🙂 Thank you.
Nice twist. I never quite knew where that name came from.
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Yeah, Iain. I searched Google. Apparently, there might be different origins as to why a group of crows is called “murder”.
Ha ha ha ha ha, good one! You had me there for a moment.
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Hehe. That was the idea, Sreedeep. 😛 😉 Thanks!
Oh lovely it was . And I really didn’t know this
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Thanks, Monika. 🙂 It is a strange word for that group, right?
Ok you got me there! Loved the twist 😀
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Hehe! 😀 Glad you loved the twist, Raji.
I read it twice to understand. Vinay your twists are sometimes bouncers to me, hehe.
Cheers
MeenalSonal from AuraOfThoughts
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Oh yes. That’s what twists are supposed to do, Meenal Sonal. 😉 Thanks.