Blog Fiction - Story No. 6
THIS IS THE LAST THING YOU ARE GOING TO READ
Take your time.
Savour every word.
Try to enjoy reading this.
Because this is going to be the last thing you ever read.
Yes, you’re not going to read anything else after you finish reading this.
Let me tell you why.
You read right.
It doesn't matter.
You’re so nice and healthy.
That is why I have no compunctions, no guilt feelings.
After you finish reading this, just sit back and relax.
But don't turn around and look behind you.
That's right - DO NOT LOOK BEHIND YOU
I know you can find excuses to hang around your house, or your office, or wherever you are reading this.
Death is very near you.
Maybe death is just behind you.
I am dead serious.
Your death is just lurking behind your back.
Do not look behind you.
Come on, Dear Friend.
Tell me: Where are you reading this...?
In your office on your PC or on your notebook screen...?
It just does not matter.
Do not look behind you.
Don’t look, dear friend.
Don't turn, don't look.
Please do not turn around and look.
Just keep reading.
Just focus your eyes on this page and keep on reading this.
Please do not turn and look behind you.
You will be happier if you don’t know – if you don’t see the needle coming.
So please do not look behind you.
But wherever you are reading this, rest assured that I am near you, I am very near you, very very near you, watching and waiting for you to finish reading this.
And then I will silently slither right behind you.
And from the right pocket of my trousers I’ll carefully take out the lethal syringe.
Don’t be scared.
You won’t feel a thing.
Maybe just a wee little scratch, a teeny weenie prick of a tiny microscopic needle.
And you will die instantly.
It’s much better killing this way – instantaneous, effortless, clean, clinical, painless.
I like it this way.
When I kill people this way they don’t even come to know.
Unless they turn around and look.
So don’t look behind you!
I am warning you.
Just don’t turn around and look behind you.
You don’t believe in the macabre, do you?
You think my imagination is running wild and this is just my amateurish attempt at writing a short story, don’t you?
Go on, smile to yourself, thinking this is just a joke, a fib, a yarn.
But let me assure you that this is no joke.
Don’t look behind you.
Did you like reading this story?
THIS IS THE LAST THING YOU ARE GOING TO READ
Fiction Short Story
By
VIKRAM KARVE
By
VIKRAM KARVE
From my Creative Writing Archives:
One of my earliest fiction short stories - short and sweet...!!!
Read this slowly and carefully.
Take your time.
Savour every word.
Try to enjoy reading this.
Because this is going to be the last thing you ever read.
Yes, you’re not going to read anything else after you finish reading this.
Let me tell you why.
Because by the time you finish reading this, I am going to finish you off.
Yes.
Yes.
You read right.
You read bloody right.
I am going to kill you.
I am going to finish you off.
You can take my word for it.
I am going to finish you off once and for all.
Murder you in cold blood.
Till you are dead.
RIP.
Requiescat in pace.
Or is it requiescant in pace?
I am going to finish you off once and for all.
Murder you in cold blood.
Till you are dead.
RIP.
Requiescat in pace.
Or is it requiescant in pace?
It doesn't matter.
It just doesn’t matter how you describe death.
But one thing is sure.
But one thing is sure.
You are going to REST IN PEACE.
That’s right.
That’s right.
You are going to Rest in Peace.
Rest in Peace
Rest in Peace
RIP.
Forever.
You think this is a big joke?
It is not a joke.
Yes, my friend, this is no joke.
I am going to terminate you.
I have been watching you for days.
Forever.
You think this is a big joke?
It is not a joke.
Yes, my friend, this is no joke.
I am going to terminate you.
I have been watching you for days.
You’re so nice and healthy.
That is why I have no compunctions, no guilt feelings.
I firmly believe that my victim ought to be in good health.
I feel that it is barbarous to kill anybody who is weak or of a sickly disposition.
After you finish reading this, just sit back and relax.
But don't turn around and look behind you.
That's right - DO NOT LOOK BEHIND YOU
I know you can find excuses to hang around your house, or your office, or wherever you are reading this.
But sooner or later you’re going to have to get up and go out.
That’s where I’ll be waiting for you.
Or maybe I am closer to you than that.
Maybe I am in this very room where you are sitting.
That’s where I’ll be waiting for you.
Or maybe I am closer to you than that.
Maybe I am in this very room where you are sitting.
You think of death as something far away, something distant, don’t you...?
It is not...!
It is not...!
Death is very near you.
Death is very close to you.
Maybe death is just behind you.
Yes, death may be lurking right behind you.
Right now!
Believe me.
Believe me.
I am dead serious.
Your death is just lurking behind your back.
Do not look behind you.
Come on, Dear Friend.
Tell me: Where are you reading this...?
In your office on your PC or on your notebook screen...?
Or are you reading this at home, late at night, on your laptop or tablet...?
Or are you reading this outdoors, or while travelling, or on a lazy afternoon...?
Or have you taken a printout and are reading this propped up on your pillow in bed late at night?
It doesn’t matter.
Or have you taken a printout and are reading this propped up on your pillow in bed late at night?
It doesn’t matter.
It just does not matter.
Because I am going to come and kill you the moment you finish reading this.
You can take my word for it.
You can take my word for it.
Do not look behind you.
I am standing menacingly right behind you waiting for you to finish reading this story.
I am waiting to pierce you with the deadly needle of the hypodermic syringe filled with lethal venom the moment you finish reading this.
Just sit still and keep reading.
Just sit still and keep reading.
Do not look behind you.
Don’t look, dear friend.
Don't turn, don't look.
Please do not turn around and look.
Just keep reading.
Just focus your eyes on this page and keep on reading this.
Please do not turn and look behind you.
You will be happier if you don’t know – if you don’t see the needle coming.
So please do not look behind you.
But wherever you are reading this, rest assured that I am near you, I am very near you, very very near you, watching and waiting for you to finish reading this.
And then I will silently slither right behind you.
And from the right pocket of my trousers I’ll carefully take out the lethal syringe.
Don’t be scared.
You won’t feel a thing.
Maybe just a wee little scratch, a teeny weenie prick of a tiny microscopic needle.
And you will die instantly.
It’s much better killing this way – instantaneous, effortless, clean, clinical, painless.
I like it this way.
When I kill people this way they don’t even come to know.
Unless they turn around and look.
So don’t look behind you!
I am warning you.
Yes I am warning you.
Just don’t turn around and look behind you.
You don’t believe in the macabre, do you?
You think my imagination is running wild and this is just my amateurish attempt at writing a short story, don’t you?
Go on, smile to yourself, thinking this is just a joke, a fib, a yarn.
But let me assure you that this is no joke.
Don’t look behind you.
Don’t you dare look behind you.
You don't believe me?
Okay, don’t believe me – until you feel the gentle prick of the hypodermic needle penetrating deep into your spine.
You don't believe me?
Okay, don’t believe me – until you feel the gentle prick of the hypodermic needle penetrating deep into your spine.
VIKRAM KARVE
Copyright © Vikram Karve 2013
Vikram Karve has asserted his right under the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 to be identified as the author of this work.
© vikram karve., all rights reserved.
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A creative person with a zest for life, Vikram Karve is a retired Naval Officer turned full time writer and blogger. Educated at IIT Delhi, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, The Lawrence School Lovedale and Bishops School Pune, Vikram has published two books: COCKTAIL a collection of fiction short stories about relationships (2011) and APPETITE FOR A STROLL a book of Foodie Adventures (2008) and is currently working on his novel and a book of vignettes and an anthology of short fiction. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories and creative non-fiction articles on a variety of topics including food, travel, philosophy, academics, technology, management, health, pet parenting, teaching stories and self help in magazines and published a large number of professional and academic research papers in journals and edited in-house journals and magazines for many years, before the advent of blogging. Vikram has taught at a University as a Professor for 15 years and now teaches as a visiting faculty and devotes most of his time to creative writing and blogging. Vikram Karve lives in Pune India with his family and muse - his pet dog Sherry with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts.
Vikram Karve Academic and Creative Writing Journal: http://karvediat.blogspot.com
Professional Profile Vikram Karve: http://www.linkedin.com/in/karve
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Vikram Karve Creative Writing Blog: http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/posts.htm
Email: vikramwamankarve@gmail.com
If your are a Foodie you will like my book of Food Adventures APPETITE FOR A STROLL. Do order a copy from FLIPKART:
http://www.flipkart.com/appetite-stroll-vikram-karve/8190690094-gw23f9
About Vikram Karve
A creative person with a zest for life, Vikram Karve is a retired Naval Officer turned full time writer and blogger. Educated at IIT Delhi, IIT (BHU) Varanasi, The Lawrence School Lovedale and Bishops School Pune, Vikram has published two books: COCKTAIL a collection of fiction short stories about relationships (2011) and APPETITE FOR A STROLL a book of Foodie Adventures (2008) and is currently working on his novel and a book of vignettes and an anthology of short fiction. An avid blogger, he has written a number of fiction short stories and creative non-fiction articles on a variety of topics including food, travel, philosophy, academics, technology, management, health, pet parenting, teaching stories and self help in magazines and published a large number of professional and academic research papers in journals and edited in-house journals and magazines for many years, before the advent of blogging. Vikram has taught at a University as a Professor for 15 years and now teaches as a visiting faculty and devotes most of his time to creative writing and blogging. Vikram Karve lives in Pune India with his family and muse - his pet dog Sherry with whom he takes long walks thinking creative thoughts.
Vikram Karve Academic and Creative Writing Journal: http://karvediat.blogspot.com
Professional Profile Vikram Karve: http://www.linkedin.com/in/karve
Vikram Karve Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/vikramkarve
Vikram Karve Creative Writing Blog: http://vikramkarve.sulekha.com/blog/posts.htm
Email: vikramwamankarve@gmail.com
© vikram karve., all rights reserved.
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