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There’s something comforting about strangers in a train.
You can talk to them for hours, share your deepest secrets and still not know their names.
I dozed off, remembering our chats over tea and food.
I woke up in unfamiliar surroundings with a searing pain as my fingers traced the sabre slice across my abdomen.
My theme for this year’s Blogging from A to Z April Challenge is Crime Stories in 55 Words.
Today’s story, O is for Organ Trafficking…
You can check out my A-Z posts thus far by clicking on a highlighted letter!
34 Responses
Yikes. That definitely bring an OMG reaction for sure. Can’t become that familiar with strangers, no. Trust means squat to many when we might think it means the world to them.
I like this and I think the picture really adds something!
Oh Oh Oh! ‘Orrible … only, very well portrayed in few words ..
Oh! That’s awful…well done with this one! Did not see that ending coming
Have often read of robbery incidents on train where the passengers were given biscuits and they fell unconscious… Gone are the days of friendly train camaraderie and trust… But this was worse 😀
Oh my god sums this one up perfectly! Strangers of this kind are the slimiest.
Oh no! That’s so scary. Strangers in a train 🙁
Dangerous world.
Ah yes… once more, a lot closer to reality than people in India think.
So, talking to strangers is not always comforting!
I think that calls for a little more than an OMG reaction! =O
Oh my God! This is really scary. Imagining the betrayal and terror and guilt a victim of organ trafficking would feel sends shivers down my spine!
How terrible but this is a reality in our country. I take extreme care when I travel alone.
Once upon a time
Truly OMG. Horrifying if any of the stories I’ve heard about organ trafficking are true…
That’s another unsetling one. I like how you paired something very familiar (talking to strangers on a train) with something so upsetting.
Woaaa… How do you do it? That ending is just so brilliant
This is truly, really, very, very scary.
Urgggh! That’s scary but a known story. How many times have we been warned not to take food from strangers in our travels!
Oh ! Heart wrenching! I will never again talk to a stranger in train.
This is truly an OMG. That ending was totally unexpected. Good one.
Having conversation with strangers in our country is not new. We just connect and start whether we are travelling or in a Q .. the image and the twist in the end is giving fears and anxiety….
OMG ..exactly! You are bringing in real stories in few words. Amazing.
OMG ! How can one think of such accidents and mishaps when simply socializing with people? It’s scary, but true.
Good one!
Oh Crap! This is scary!! Brilliant, Shilpa!
This is just so scary, Shilpa!
This was a shocker!
Simply nailed it with the calm and composed narration to make one leap with pain. It was superb, Shilpa.
No, no, no! This was so scary!
Organ trafficking is such a rampant issue.
OMG!!! To get that reaction from readers in 55 words…that’s an achievement. Spine-chilling story.
OMG! truly as scary as it can be…I will be scared of dozing off in trains now!! 🙁
Oh! I’ve heard countless tales of organ-trafficking in India, but that train twist was an added “ouch” factor! How did you come up with that, Shilpa!
Btw, I just published my O post @ A to Z of Happiness: Optimism.
Do visit it.
Happy AtoZing!
That was scary! But again, it does happen.