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Night Shift

January 17, 2018 11 Comments

Night Shift

By Scott Dukette

Rob worried about his girlfriend. Maria walked alone every night to and from her job. Rob’s own work schedule prevented him from driving her. Maria was a bit of an innocent and downplayed the danger.

Recently, there’d been a rash of murders around town—all stabbings of young women out alone at night. Rob didn’t want Maria to become one of them.

Rob dialed Maria’s cell phone to check on her. Maria ignored the call. At the time, she was busy wiping blood off her knife, using a gaudy polyester scarf she’d taken from around the neck of her latest victim.

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  1. Rita says

    January 17, 2018 at 7:10 am

    Loved that twist!

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  2. julianasunblog says

    January 17, 2018 at 9:27 am

    You don’t see that many female serial killers. Liked the end.Original

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  3. Roy Dorman says

    January 17, 2018 at 10:13 am

    Good one, Scott!!! I did not see that coming.

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  4. tskraghu says

    January 17, 2018 at 11:43 am

    Nice

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  5. Constanée Malik Hemedi says

    January 17, 2018 at 3:15 pm

    And I thought it was Rob’s alter ego that had been at work.

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  6. Jen HQ says

    January 17, 2018 at 3:37 pm

    Fantastic! I loved this!!!

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  7. Dan says

    January 17, 2018 at 4:29 pm

    Great stuff. Hard to squeeze a bigger plot twist into 101!

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  8. Meghashri says

    January 17, 2018 at 8:40 pm

    Wonderful twist! Loved it!

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  9. rauthor68 says

    January 18, 2018 at 7:23 am

    Terrific story, but in the end, who’s killing who? Terrific job, Scott.

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  10. Vivian Satterwhite says

    January 18, 2018 at 12:24 pm

    Wow! Such a great unexpected ending.

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  11. Paul Beckman says

    January 30, 2018 at 12:38 pm

    Nice!

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