Fiction / Drabble / Challenge
Officer Willis Walks to the Corner Drug Store One Night
He wonders why the lights are still on
The random word for the day is special.
The genre for today is mystery.
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Officer Willis noticed the light was still on at the corner drugstore. He opened the door and the bell jingled. Charley was at the counter with his hands up. The drugged-up hippie dressed in squalor had a gun in his hand, now pointed directly at Officer Willis.
“You don’t really want to pull that trigger. Just drop your weapon and let me get you some medical help.”
The gunman dropped his Saturday Night Special. Charley dropped his hands and said “Whew!”
Officer Willis took a few extra breaths, too.
His little boy did not lose his daddy that night.
Let’s hear the opening 32 seconds of my favorite TV police detective series of the 50s and 60s. Surely, you remember Jack Webb declaring “My name’s Friday. I’m a cop.”
Here is Nancy Oglesby’s prompt for Day 183 of the Random Word Drabble Challenge on Fiction Shorts:
Ludiane de Brocéliande stepped out of her magical forest for a while to write this excellent drabble for yesterday’s mystery challenge (Day # 182).
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