Today’s crime flash fiction is perhaps striking the limits of how complex a story you can adequately tell in exactly 100 words. Wish I had maybe ten more, but nevertheless, it works.
One Jump Ahead of the Police
“Finally got a collar on that car theft ring?”
“Think so, lieutenant. Suspect’s in interrogation.”
“How’d you nab him, Burnside?”
“We staked out a stolen Porsche. Thieves took it but parked it two miles away. They do that when they think a car might have a LoJack tracking device.”
“They let it sit to see if we show up,” the lieutenant said , “then pick it up when they think it’s clear.”
Burnside nodded. “Smart, but we’re smarter.”
“Bad news,” said another detective entering Burnside’s office. “Guy we arrested was homeless. Got paid fifty bucks to drive it to another location.”
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