“Ahem , I would volunteer” , said I. “Do you? Do you Sir?” , someone near the bar stood up. I recognized from the voice as Thomas , who was the son of a wealthy businessman from South Africa. He gave me the impression of a man who just just left the shell of his…
Month: December 2019
Writers’ Journal #50 – Murder on the island resort – Part 6
The silence echoed throughout the corridor. It was deafening. Mrs Smith stared at the envelope as if she was expecting it to burst into flames. Mrs Jamie simply fainted right on the spot. We were too stunned to see the name on the paper that nobody caught her falling on the floor till a few moments later.
Writers’ Journal #49 – Murder on the island resort – Part 5
After 2nd night of the disappearance , an emergency meeting was held among the remaining guests. Major Sholto , a man with stellar military experience , was unanimously designated to be the chief investigator of the incidents. His first task was to find out the source of the envelopes and he immediately went about interviewing the butler. The butler admitted nothing except that each evening when he went to the jetty to collect the letters from the boat , he would find that there was already an envelope in the box.
Writers’ Journal #48 – Murder on the island resort – Part 4
Just as I was half-way out of the room , I accidentally bumped into Mrs Jamie , family lawyer from Australia. She was holding an empty glass in one hand and a Chinese paper fan in the other. Without need to guess , she was coming to fill up her cup in the dining room. She seemed like an amiable and trusting lady from the first glance , so I softly tugged her hand as she was entering the room.
Writers’ Journal #47 – Murder on the island resort – Part 3
I was then left standing by myself on the staircase with the envelope. My first thought was to ran after Mrs Smith and asked for for the explanation but I decided against it immediately. It seemed to me that she was clearly frightened out of her mind by the envelope I was holding. So I came back down to the lobby and then to the dining room to inquire whether any of my fellow guests could shed any lights on the matter.
Writers’ Journal #46 – Murder on the island resort – Part 2
The dinner started after the last of the guests had been seated. It was almost 30 min after I first stepped into the dining room and by then I was in full conversation with some of the guests who had arrived earlier. In total , there were 15 guests as I was told there were a few of them who left for the mainland that evening for personal issues and would be returning the next morning.
Writers’ Journal #45 – Murder on the island resort – Part 1
I arrived at the resort fully an hour after touching down at the airport. The shuttle-bus from the resort was waiting at the airport with the signboard of my name in the big red letters. After a few pleasantries , we exited the airport and towards the ferry where I understood the boat was waiting for me. The resort was entirely situated on a small island , totally cut-off from the main island. It made it very exclusive in any sense of the word.
Writers’ Journal #44 – Deep Dive
“3..2..1…Dive!” , a shout boomed throughout the ship like a cannon. Soon , another boom was heard slamming the metal hull of mini-sub against the blue Pacific ocean.
Writers’ Journal #43 – Learning Machine
It was only 50 years after that humanity had realized it had surrendered to the machines. By then , there was no stopping them. They had pervaded into every decision making process that had been designed by human. In the greatest of ironies , those systems were designed by human to control other human. But…