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Gayle Beveridge
Assassin’s Lament
Absinthe – Death in the Afternoon
She was in his sights but it wasn’t time yet. It was her inaugural open
air address as president. There was a bonus due him if he assassinated her
during her first sentence.
A shame; she was his
country’s great hope, an honest politician, an end to corruption. His employers
had expected her to lose but the people had voted otherwise.
Hell, he’d voted for
her.
She stepped up to
the podium.
He fired. One shot
to the head. Her first word was only a puff from her lips.
It was as planned,
he was the best of his kind.
About the author
Gayle loves her family, dogs, sunsets
and chocolate. Her stories appear in anthologies, including Award Winning Australian Writing 2009 and
2012, Mosaic, The Umbrella’s Shade
and Vegemite Whiskers. She has placed
in Australian and international competitions and tweets very short stories on
twitter @GayleBeveridge. More about Gayle at: http://www.ficklefiction.com
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