Flashes in the Dark

A link to the 300-word short, edited by Lori Titus:

After School Special - Published February 2010

AFTER SCHOOL SPECIAL: By Mark Robinson                                                                         ●     Search for:                   “Give it to me straight, doc.  How long do I have left?” ●     “Three-hundred words.”  He checked his watch.  “Sorry, two-hundred and seventy-eight.” “That’s it?  Just like that?  Don’t I get a second opinion?”    The doctor shook his head.  “You really want to waste your remaining time talking to doctors?”                    ❍    Closing the file and reaching across his desk to buzz in the next patient.  Before he could do so the desk was  upturned and doctor lifted off his feet  and against the wall by his throat.                                                                                                                                                                            ❍   “I want a second opinion!” ❍             Choking against his patient’s grip, the doctor showed him his watch; the numbers counting down.  “You’re wasting ❍                  them…”                                                                                                                                                     MINION OF THIEVES:           Three more words.                                                                                                                                       By Lori Titus                                                                                                                                                                                 ❍  Massengill Taking the stethoscope in his free hand, he looped it around the doctor’s neck until all resistance had gone before ❍     FEEL: By Larry Green putting his head through the X-ray light box.  Within the commotion a tiny voice at the door asked if everything ❍     SUNDAY SPECIAL: was alright.  Medical file in hand, he lifted a scalpel from the nearest tray and pointed it at the receptionist.  Addergoole “We’re going to the roof; I want a second opinion.” ❍     SO, ARE YOU READY FOR                                                                                                                                                                                 VALENTINE’S DAY ? : By Hostage under his arm and scalpel to her throat, he bundled her into the lift and told her to hit the button for the roof.   Once there, wind in their hair, she dialled the specialist and told him to hurry. ❍        On the ground below a litter of flashing sirens spiralled blue and orange lights.  Amongst them a man with a                 ❍     PIG FAT: By Matthew Dexter loudspeaker told him to stay calm; that everything would be alright. ❍     THEY COME WITH                                                                                                                                                                                    Watching his life tick away with every detail; everything wasn’t alright, he was running out of words.            ❍ SOUL MATES: By Joshua