By Jon Clay
‘Hop in.’
‘Thanks awfully for stopping. Thought I’d no hope. What a spiffing car!’
‘Too kind. Mind if we keep the top down, old chum?’
‘No, by all means. Isn’t this a Crossley Sports?’
‘Yes, the two litre.’
‘Not so many about now in these austere times.’
‘No…true. But I have found it difficult to give up this indulgence.’
‘It certainly has an impressive turn of speed. This reminds me—’
‘Yes?’
‘Wasn’t there a fatal collision involving one of these on this stretch about a year ago?’
‘I believe so.’
‘Absolute tragedy. Both occupants killed.”
‘Yes, awful, particularly for me.’
Spooky! I liked it. Good job!
Thanks, Firdaus. Glad you liked it.
You caught completely off guard–good job
Thanks, James.
Accomplished everything with dialogue. Not a word of exposition. Impressive. And yes, quite spooky!
Thanks. 101 words is great anti-exposition discipline!
This just hooked me from the beginning…not knowing the end had more.
Great job.
Glad I had you hooked. Thanks for the comment.
Oooh, creepy! Great story. Captivated me John.
Thanks for the kind comment.
Like this one a lot!
Thanks Tony, that’s really appreciated.