Dick and Perry weren’t like normal kids. Normal kids didn’t spend hot summer afternoons locked away in their folk’s garage. Normal kids hung out at the store, went skinny dipping down by Sawyers mill, went on first dates to MacAfee’s malt shop on Reinbold St. Dick and Perry did none of these things.
All kids shoot birds. All kids pull rabbits apart. It’s just them being inquisitive their parents said. Leave them be.
In 59 when Dick and Perry drove a grey Chevy into Holcomb, Kansas, society had deemed them safe; Deemed then Normal.
On her farm, Nancy Clutter finished baking a cherry pie.
These words form this my entry into this week’s Friday Fictioneers photo prompt challenge.
I’m currently reading Truman Capote’s true crime classic, In Cold Blood. My story is a fictional response to what I’ve read so far, in particular, to the two perps, Dick and Perry.
I recognised the In Cold Blood element. Brave to take on such a classic and well known story – enjoy reading the rest of it, it is fantastic.
I agree I’ve got a bit of a brass neck trying to base my scribbles on a classic. But it was something which has been in my head since beginning to read the book. Dick and Perry are portrayed as normal people but in such a way as to make it clear they are anything but normal.
Nicely done. You hint and let the reader fill in the story
Cheers, Neil. Haven’t done much FF lately (was getting a bit fatigued after 3 years) but Capote’s book inspired this piece.
I had to Google her name and of course, I came up with Truman Capote’s “In Cold Blood” which was based on real events.
It’s a horrific tale.
Guess I should read “In Cold Blood” to get the references…
I believe there is also a film. However, I’d read the book. The way it’s written has you hooked from the start.
Yes, there is. With the wonderful late Philip Seymore Hoffman playing Capote himself. Oh wait. That’s the story of Capote and not the “In True Blood” story itself! But you’re right, there is one.
Love the subtlety of bad things to come. The torture of small animals is normally a bad sign. I wonder who will eat that cherry pie
So much foreboding in this. My heart broke with the last line for I could image what happened next.
This is a little jewel of writing. Had to read it twice to make sure I got it all.
Superb, Paul. I read the book years ago, even decades ago, and it has never left me.
Sounds a lot like the start to a story about Charles Starkweather. Well done for bringing out the creepy killer vibe.
Who know what lurks? I think most of us know here! Great Job!
Mine: https://kindredspirit23.wordpress.com/2017/10/12/birds-of-a-feather-flock-me/
Scott
So well done. I am suitably scared for Nancy Clutter and those normal boys approaching fast.
Definitely want to read on!
Oh man, what a scary story. I wanted to scream to the woman to leave her pie and run!