Today my new flash fiction, Jake, is at up at Out of the Gutter Online’s Flash Fiction Offensive! If you haven’t already been there, it’s a great site with loads of exciting, brutal and beautifully written pieces of crime fiction. Here’s a little taster of Jake for you, and if you want to find out what’s going to happen next, there’s a handy link to the site at the end…
“It’s all your fault, you know that, don’t you?”
I cast my eyes down quickly, away from his accusing stare. The knife in his fist was still dripping, the blood red, stark and angry against the metal blade. Jake’s face was glowing unnaturally. It looked so unworldly and strange against the darkening desert sky.
The truth, according to Jake, was that these situations were always my fault. And it’s true that I had wanted to stop at the gas station, but I hadn’t even noticed the woman who had spoken to him out of turn. So I knew that this wasn’t related to anything I had said or done. It hadn’t been my idea to follow her in the truck either…Read more
Sonia Kilvington 
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