{"id":3150,"date":"2017-05-19T02:48:18","date_gmt":"2017-05-19T02:48:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/shortstories\/?p=3150"},"modified":"2024-05-06T01:49:57","modified_gmt":"2024-05-06T01:49:57","slug":"quick-twist-patrick-hanford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.everywritersresource.com\/shortstories\/quick-twist-patrick-hanford\/","title":{"rendered":"A Quick Twist by Patrick Hanford"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"A<\/h2>\n

A Quick Twist<\/h2>\n

by Patrick Hanford<\/p>\n

I’m sitting in a bar, sipping a beer, wondering if she’s going with me
\ntonight.
\nThe door bangs open, a man with a gun.
\n\u201cYou bitch,\u201d he yells.
\nThe last thing I see, a barrel pointed at me.
\nI waken with a bright light in my face.
\n\u201cTurn it off,\u201d I say.
\nHe has a blade, it glimmers from the light above. He shoves it in the
\nside of my chest.
\n\u201cWish you could feel this, you bastard.\u201d
\n\u201cI can, asshole.\u201d
\n\u201cA quick twist should do it.\u201d
\nThe girl behind him asks, \u201cDoctor, ready for the chest tube?\u201d<\/p>\n

###<\/p>\n

Patrick Hanford is a short story author and has been published in Heater\u00a0Magazine and Elite Critiques Magazine. He is a member of Caprock\u00a0Writer’s Association and has published on their website. As a physician,\u00a0he uses his medical background developing his characters and casting a\u00a0story from them. He has been published in medical issues as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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