Death Dive

Written for Esther’s “Can You Tell A Story In” –
exactly 85 words using the eight prompt words
shown below. In exactly 85 words, here’s my flash.

shark – conga – luxury – bus
four – towel – umpire – soundtrack

The luxury charter bus pulled into Miami’s Dive Aquarium early that morning. At closing time, the body of the driver was found behind the shark enclosure, a damp towel knotted around his neck.

Detectives Crockett and Tubbs surveyed the scene, eyeing four suspects: the conga dancer, the umpire, the recording engineer, and the shark trainer.

“The soundtrack was looped,” Crockett drawled, “and nobody noticed … until the computer malfunctioned.”

He turned to the recording engineer. “You shoulda read the user’s manual, pal! Cuff him, Rico.”

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85 Words

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