My Words, My World

First drafts – A few pages in the large wilderness of the world of writing

Archive for the tag “Noir fction”

99-word story: The Stranger – episode 15: the final episode

‘They’ll find you eventually,’ she said.

Headlights flooded the car’s interior.

‘I think you mean now.’

The woman turned. The car behind them accelerated.

‘Floor it, she said. ‘We can still make it.’

The Stranger shook his head.

Another car blocked the road ahead.

‘Or maybe we should stop running,’ he said. “You wanted everything.’

She handed him a gun.

‘After seven years of marriage to you, I deserved everything.’

She lit the envelope and left it on the seat. They stood back-to-back in the street.

‘We’ve never been so close,’ he said.

She smiled, then the shooting started.

The end.

The current image has no alternative text. The file name is: the-stranger-part-15-1.jpg

If you haven’t read the previous episodes, you can find them here:

99-word fiction: The Stranger | My Words, My World

Posted in 99-word fiction, 99-words, dark fiction, noir, Writing and tagged dark fiction, Fiction, finalepisode, Flash Fiction, Noir fction, story

99-word story: The Stranger – episode 14

The lights of the all-night petrol station flashed by.

Her car was no longer following. He thought she’d stopped for gas.

The cops drove on.

His days of collecting for The Mob were over. So were hers. And now she wanted his cut.

He parked outside his apartment, raced in and took the envelope. And the ammunition.

Back outside, he scanned the street. Nothing. Relieved, he slid into the driver’s seat, key in hand. Cold steel touched the back of his head.

The woman’s voice was low.

‘Just take it slowly. Give me the gun, the envelope. And drive.’

If you haven’t read the previous episodes, you can find them here:

99-word fiction: The Stranger | My Words, My World

Posted in 99-word fiction, 99-words, dark fiction, Flash Fiction, noir, words, Writing and tagged dark, fear, Flash Fiction, noir, Noir fction, penultimateepisode, Writing

99-word fiction: The Stranger – part VIII

In the light of the open door, two men shook hands, turned up their collars, and ran for their cars. The rain was unforgiving, but the opportunity wasn’t.

The Stranger waited, then slipped between the two cars, lights off. Now she would have to move.

Brakelights flashed as the first car sounded its horn. Her engine idled, smoke curling from the exhaust.

Then the third car blared — longer, impatient. For the moment, he was hidden.

With a screech of tyres, she reversed back into the car park — just as the three cars peeled away into the dark wet night.

The current image has no alternative text. The file name is: the-stranger-part-viii.jpg

If you haven’t read the previous stories, you can find them here:

99-word fiction: The Stranger – part VII

99-word fiction: The Stranger – part VI

99-word fiction: The stranger – part V

99-word fiction: The stranger – part IV | My Words, My World

99-word fiction: The stranger – part III | My Words, My World

99-word fiction: The stranger – part II | My Words, My World

99-word fiction – The stranger | My Words, My World

Posted in 99-word fiction, 99-words, dark fiction, noir, Non fiction, words, Writing and tagged Danger, Fiction, Flash Fiction, hunted, noir, Noir fction, Writing

99-word fiction: The Stranger – part VI

Raindrops hit the pavement like pennies from heaven. A neon sign shimmered in the puddles. The Stranger pulled up his collar, stepped off the curb, and walked into hell.
Headlights pinned him. He raised a hand to his face. Behind the beams, an engine roared and tyres screeched.
He ducked his head and ran for the row of parked cars but the woman was fast. He dived behind his car just as she tore past, wind rushing over him.
Brake lights flared. The exit was blocked.
He still had half the money. He just needed to get to it.

The current image has no alternative text. The file name is: the-stranger-part-vi.jpg

If you haven’t read the previous stories, you can find them here:

99-word fiction: The stranger – part V

99-word fiction: The stranger – part IV | My Words, My World

99-word fiction: The stranger – part III | My Words, My World

99-word fiction: The stranger – part II | My Words, My World

99-word fiction – The stranger | My Words, My World

Posted in 99-word fiction, 99-words, dark fiction, Flash Fiction, noir, Writing and tagged chase, fear, Flash Fiction, noir, Noir fction, rain, Writing | Leave a comment