Dead.
“To us!” He smiles and then frowns. His eyes reflect horror.
The waitress puts the glasses.
“…a mistake! Shouldn’t have died! Did what you wanted right?” The man smiles and orders Beer.
“Meet me at Thugs, I want to thank you”, the phone says. He believes it…
[Entry for a 55 word story writing competition. The topic was "cheating". And I quote the Forgotten Wise; GO FIGURE!! :D ]
26 comments:
Whoooooooooo!!!
NEVER NEVER NEVER EVER in my life have I read a narrative and then been stumped by the realization that I am supposed to be reading it from the end. Its like starting from the last page and going to the first.
These are concepts that leave you staring at the monitor with a smile of resignation on your face at the expert handling of a narration. Then they make you want to stand up and applaud.
I only wish you didn’t have the word limit. That would have been a total challenge, na…?
And you seem to be on a roll these days with some really unique experiments that are producing some cool alloys and elements. Maybe I should break into your lab and steal your formulae!!!
Extremely well written!!! :D
PS: Go ahead and make me proud again and again....all the world's an empty book and you are the one with the pen!!!
oops, sorry...couldn't figure it out...tried reading it from the end too..
Its beautiful, though I'm inclined to believe that not too many people will get it! :D
Darn it!! read it twice before figuring it out!!! Mithu u have ur way for sure...
sheesh!!! no wonder u r d Master!!
heyyyy...I really liked ur writing style...took me a minute to figure out that its actually read backwards...hehehe
Preeti: I am running out of ways to thank you! :D
Ganga: Arre its simple na! guy falls for other, goes to the bar, gets poisoned and dies! simple da!
Anindita:you have terrifyingly true inclinations I am afraid! :[
Rat: Thank you so much! :D
Shikha: Hey!! Long time! How have you been?
omg i had the read the first comment to figure out that i should read it stsrting by the end, that was brilliant. Good luck for the competition
C.
PS: i keep listening to the music in ur blog call mere yaar, do u know the singer of that song, i m trying to find it but i can t :( and i looooove that song. Thanks
hmmmmmm...i had to read preeti's comment to get it! *makes a sheepish expression* ;P
Gosh!!
Just one word..'AMAZING'!!!
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oh my god oh my god oh my gaaaawd!!! you're a mega-superb-ultra-brillainto-genius. phew! that was awesome!
hey...thanks for the explanation :)
btw, love the song on your blog...i pop in just to hear it over and over again :)))
hmmm..sometimes the comments r quite helpful in figuring out the post!!
great read weaved from a very tiny bag of words:):)
i'm glad u visited me..i lost ur link when i migrated to this new system:) so, thank u:)
i write crap though!
phiguring.
read preeti's comment and phigured ...
Bloody AWESOME !!
*bowled over*
.... man... this is amazing !!! :D :D
heyy...me doin gud...am very much here..:-) wrote an article for IIT magazine...link is on my blog...:P
such a big fool i am..after reading preeti's comment i could figure it out what actually it was..aahhh
from where do you come up with these ideas..you have an exceptional talent..
n those heavy words wnt bother you or anyone anymore,as i am planning to go back inside my shell.
so njoi! n good day.
awesome.. a story in reverse.. never read one before..
Like many others had to read Preetz's comment to figure out...*coughs* But seriously, great job, you certainly do have a brilliant way with words! Keep 'em flowing! :)
I feel i'm not worthy enough to comment. But honestly your thought process in completely out of this world. The best part is you are influenced by the things around U but in a good way:). dont you dare stop writing.
Dammit. Thats brilliant stuff.
How on earth did you ever come up with it?!
Thanks for that hint. And right now I feel so inadequate/...
Only because i cannot de-scribe (:P) how I feel about the post as aptly as Preeti did.
"These are concepts that leave you staring at the monitor with a smile of resignation on your face at the expert handling of a narration. Then they make you want to stand up and applaud."
I believe thats the closest one can get... Way to go!
Cheers.
ZLAEK
TADA!!! Count me in.. Thanks to Preeti, otherwise i would have spent the first half of the morning deciphering what each word meant and how they could be connected to make sense...
And Then.... !!!!
Il have to develop some cryptographic skills now man! Heh! Stunned stunned stunned!!!
Still Stunned,
Ashen
Writing within a word limit and making your reach clear, is the toughest job. Bows and applause to you.
When you do you just love it. It takes a while to understand this..Hi Scribblers Inc,
Amazzzzing!
and a lot many thanks to your readers who'd already solved the mystery for me by telling others to read it bottoms-up...
and yes... do lemme know how many din't get it after 4-5 tries, I'd like to believe there are others as or more dumb than me!
aaaahhhh....
*speechless*
you inspire...as always...
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