Guilty


"To the charge of murder, how do you plead?"

He was innocent.  But they would never let him go: Someone had to be punished.


“Guilty!”

He raised his gun and made it so.



This post was written in response to this week's Trifecta Writing Challenge: This weekend's challenge is to give us a story or snippet of a story which includes, in exactly 33 words, a justified exclamation point.  Make us believe that your exclamation point simply needs to be in your story.  The writer with the most believable exclamation wins.

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Writing in the Margins, Bursting at the Seams: Guilty

Saturday, March 10, 2012

Guilty


"To the charge of murder, how do you plead?"

He was innocent.  But they would never let him go: Someone had to be punished.


“Guilty!”

He raised his gun and made it so.



This post was written in response to this week's Trifecta Writing Challenge: This weekend's challenge is to give us a story or snippet of a story which includes, in exactly 33 words, a justified exclamation point.  Make us believe that your exclamation point simply needs to be in your story.  The writer with the most believable exclamation wins.

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28 Comments:

At March 10, 2012 at 10:07 AM , Anonymous Mel @ According To Mags said...

Oh my goodness. This is an intense one!

 
At March 10, 2012 at 10:16 AM , Anonymous The Gal Herself said...

Gulp! (Did you notice my use of exclamation point?) You certainly packed a lot of intensity into just 33 words.

 
At March 10, 2012 at 10:54 AM , Anonymous barbara said...

Make it so! :) Love this. Just the right amount of angst.

 
At March 10, 2012 at 1:13 PM , Anonymous Booguloo said...

That's a bit scary.

 
At March 10, 2012 at 4:28 PM , Anonymous Sightsnbytes said...

Neat one!

 
At March 10, 2012 at 5:17 PM , Anonymous kgwaite said...

I know! I couldn't come up with a gentle use for an exclamation point!

 
At March 10, 2012 at 5:17 PM , Anonymous kgwaite said...

Yes, I noticed. Thanks for reading! There, now I've put one in.

 
At March 10, 2012 at 5:17 PM , Anonymous kgwaite said...

Thanks, Barbara.

 
At March 10, 2012 at 5:18 PM , Anonymous kgwaite said...

I know! I wanted something gentler, but just couldn't come up with anything.

 
At March 10, 2012 at 5:18 PM , Anonymous kgwaite said...

Thanks for reading!

 
At March 10, 2012 at 5:32 PM , Anonymous Jill Khoury said...

Ooooh, the last line makes it. Well done.

 
At March 10, 2012 at 6:01 PM , Anonymous Sandra said...

Chilling! And well-deserved exclamation point for it!

 
At March 10, 2012 at 6:34 PM , Anonymous Mommy said...

Tragic - in more ways than one.

 
At March 10, 2012 at 7:01 PM , Anonymous Jessie Powell said...

That's on fire! "If I'm to be condemned for murder, then I may as well commit the crime."

 
At March 11, 2012 at 4:36 AM , Anonymous jaum said...

So good... a 33 word story with a kicker last line!

 
At March 11, 2012 at 5:06 AM , Anonymous Anna Smith said...

Ooh that's chilling :)

 
At March 11, 2012 at 6:06 AM , Anonymous John said...

Oh my! Well done!

 
At March 11, 2012 at 6:39 AM , Anonymous Leslicollins said...

A veritable BANG for an ending - well done!

 
At March 11, 2012 at 6:42 AM , Anonymous kgwaite said...

Thanks!

 
At March 11, 2012 at 6:42 AM , Anonymous kgwaite said...

Thanks for reading, Anna.

 
At March 11, 2012 at 6:42 AM , Anonymous kgwaite said...

Too depressing.

 
At March 11, 2012 at 6:43 AM , Anonymous kgwaite said...

Thanks! I really wanted to go for something a bit gentler.

 
At March 11, 2012 at 6:43 AM , Anonymous kgwaite said...

Thanks for reading!

 
At March 11, 2012 at 6:43 AM , Anonymous kgwaite said...

Thanks for reading, Sandra. This wasn't my favorite thing to write.

 
At March 11, 2012 at 6:44 AM , Anonymous kgwaite said...

Thanks, Jill.

 
At March 11, 2012 at 6:46 AM , Anonymous kgwaite said...

Thanks - I'm done with exclamation points. Too dramatic.

 
At March 11, 2012 at 8:09 PM , Anonymous Trifectawritingchallenge said...

Wow. I liked your last line a lot. You've managed to give us quite a story here in a very short space. Thanks for linking up. Hope to see you again on Monday.

 
At March 12, 2012 at 1:11 AM , Anonymous Evelyn said...

ooooh. Nasty. Sharp. Well done. Evelyn

 

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