As regular readers of my blog will know, many of my flash fiction and regular short stories have karma and retribution themes to them. Another author who also writes some of the best revenge/retribution you could ever hope to read is multi-genre writer/author, Tom Benson.
Tom’s first book of such short stories, Smoke & Mirrors, is a real classic of the retribution genre … At around the 750-word mark, Killer in the Mist falls into the longer end of the Flash Fiction category, but like all good flash fiction, it packs in way more entertainment and content than it’s relatively short length would suggest.
Am delighted to say, Killer in the Mist will be appearing as a ‘guest’ story in my Flashbulb Moments F/fiction collection later in the year
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A Killer in the Mist
The evening fog was getting heavier, so Philip flicked his headlights down to dipped beam. Unknown, unlit countryside and the earlier incident had been bad enough.
“You agree, don’t you?” Philip glanced at his passenger. “We couldn’t have done anything else.”
“Whatever ….” Lauren said, not looking at her married lover.
“What do you mean, whatever? If I’d stopped, there would have been questions, and names would be required.”
“I’ve got nothing to hide.” The teenager peered into the illuminated grey mass ahead.
