Colin 101 - Newton Abbot library 2016

FLASH FICTION - COLIN 101

Please take a minute to read Colin's piece of flash fiction. The rules of the exercise are: write 101 words in ten minutes. I think you'll really enjoy it. It's a great achievement. Thanks Colin.

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"We're running out of time, Jake!"

Jake looked up at the old clock, clunking away the seconds. Meanwhile tumblers clicked softly in his earpiece. Jake's brow was wet.


"Stop jumping around, Debs, you're makin' me nervous!" Then he smiled, turning the iron handle.

"He'll be back any moment..."

The safe creaked open. There it was. Thick and bulging, the manila file was clearly marked "Sebastian Brodski". Jake grabbed it. His eyes caught the glint of a gun. Should I?

"Bloody hell, Jake - wadda we want that for? Don't you think we got enough trouble?"

The office door swung open. 

Brodski laughed.