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Printed from https://writing.com/main/books/entry_id/1073777-Sniper
Rated: 18+ · Book · Ghost · #2275621
Entries for the Micro Fiction Challenge 2022 and Drabble Activity 2024.
#1073777 added July 10, 2024 at 9:21am
Restrictions: None
Sniper
Sniper

Arnold could see the enemy, heavily camouflaged, creeping through the bushes towards his position. The nervous, surreptitious movement of foliage gave the guy away. Arnold barked out a challenge.

“Halt! Who goes there?”

The enemy froze into immediate immobility. Arnold aimed his rifle carefully at the silent shape. He squeezed the trigger.

BANG!

The head jerked but then continued to crawl forwards. “You’re dead,” shouted Arnold indignantly.

“Missed,” came the answer.

“Did not.”

“It’s just a flesh wound.”

Arnold sighed in frustration. “If you’re going to argue every time you get shot, I’ll find someone else to play with, Jimmy.”



Word count: 100
For Drabble Activity 2024, Week 10
Prompt: Write a drabble that is a story (so it has a beginning, middle and end, and a conflict) and a work of fiction (so not a memoir or true tale).

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