Knotty Affairs #AtoZChallenge @AprilA2Z
Every day, he walks the same route.
He leaves his home precisely at 6.30 am.
By 6.45 am, he reaches the kiosk to buy cigarettes.
He takes the deserted by-lane as a shortcut to the park at 6.55 am.
That’s where we’ll jump him and throw him in the waiting car. It won’t be easy!
My theme for this year’s Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is Crime Stories in 55 Words.
Today’s story, K is for Kidnapping…
You can check out my A-Z posts thus far by clicking on a highlighted letter!
April 13, 2017 12:47 am|
Another great story!!!
April 13, 2017 2:29 am|
Very true. When I worked in a particular foreign country, the standard procedure was to take a different route to and from office.
April 13, 2017 6:58 am|
Oh no! That’s a plan set to kidnap. Scary.
April 13, 2017 7:52 am|
Neat plot!
April 13, 2017 8:08 am|
Tracking movements! That’s why they say you shouldn’t be too predictable with you’re mocements; you never know who may be tracking them!
April 13, 2017 8:15 am|
Wohhhh that took a sudden turn… Great one..
April 13, 2017 9:56 am|
Hehe.. liked how the style of narration doesn’t allow you to guess till the last line – I figured it was a voiceover styled narrative rather than a kidnapping plan.
April 13, 2017 10:00 am|
Interesting way of telling this story- left me wondering till the end what is it all about !
Theme: Peregrination Chronicles (travel)
K is for Kathakali in Kerala #atozchallenge
April 13, 2017 10:27 am|
Oops, that’s going to be a shock for him! You really twist the plot so beautifully in the end.
April 13, 2017 11:46 am|
My uncle once faced the kidnappers! They mistook him as the person and he was held hostage! That was quite an incident in our family!
April 13, 2017 1:17 pm|
I could not guess where your post was leading, till I saw K for kidnapping 🙂 a few months ago a child was killed by the uncle for property issues.. so very sad.. you have mastered the art of story telling shilpa:) great !! keep it up
April 13, 2017 1:45 pm|
Changing your routine regularly is not a silly idea. A well crafted knotty affair 🙂
April 13, 2017 1:46 pm|
This is why they constantly tell you to change your route frequently. Most of us (myself included) don’t. So scary.
April 13, 2017 3:57 pm|
I love the twists at the end of your short fiction stories Shilpa 🙂
April 13, 2017 4:12 pm|
That’s neat! Brilliant story 🙂
April 13, 2017 5:20 pm|
That’s the last time I take that route! Another great little yarn Shilpa.
K day in Amble Bay!
April 13, 2017 6:26 pm|
That was chilling! I never saw that coming and was just admiring the languid, mundane routine you sketched out.
April 13, 2017 6:45 pm|
such a criminal mind, all so simple…
have a lovely day.
April 13, 2017 8:02 pm|
Oh dear! I hope he takes a different schedule today!
Shubhangi @ The Little Princess
April 13, 2017 9:12 pm|
Maybe we shouldn’t take the same route everyday then. Right?
DO comment on my J post also na :P… was late in posting yesterday!
April 13, 2017 10:49 pm|
Like they say, a routine always has many watchers.
April 13, 2017 11:02 pm|
A routine could be dangerous, eh? Loved the narration and the story. 🙂
April 14, 2017 12:36 am|
Changing routine is always necessary. I am taking an ayurvedic treatment, it is meant for a month, after a week the doctor said , we break, we cant follow a routine so that it gets used to it. Nothing has to get into a routine.
Launching SIM Organics This April
*Menaka Bharathi *
*SimpleIndianMom*
April 14, 2017 9:33 am|
Routine is dangerous! Awesome twist, Shilpa! 🙂
April 15, 2017 6:06 pm|
You took me by surprise in the end! Clever twist!