Postmortem: 55 Fiction
Contest Entry #35: Postmortem
Amanda was lying on the postmortem table and her body ripped open. The corpse’s foul odour soaked in ethanol was shearing the intestines devastatingly through the nostrils. The doctors were flummoxed on the brutal cold blooded murder case. They couldn’t find the clue.
Joe said, “I found it”
“What??”
“Can’t tell now, 55 words reached.”
The author, Kalyan Varadarajan (Chennai (India)), about himself: I’m an engineering graduate from Electrical and Electronics Engineering discipline, currently working as a Senior Systems Engineer in a software firm. I’ve a great passion for writing and Internet. Music and Internet has been my pass time all these days. I have great interest in cryptography, Web Designing, Poster Designing and Blogging.
Kalyan is blogging at http://kalyanb4u.wordpress.com
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(7 votes, average: 3.57 out of 5)
i am curious now :)…well waiting for the next 55 words :)..
urs..hemu..
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Kally
Thanks Hemu…
Yea I’ll come up with some more of it. You can check my blog to read few…
Kally
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Now that was somekind of ending hehe u left me curious.. Unique way to leave readers in suspense
well narrated.
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Kally
Thanks Rajlakshmi
Yea its one of the kind of 55 Fiction !!!
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Funny! but kinda not a story!
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Kally
Thanks Winnie
but in the end it will leave you in thoughts….!! a contradiction !!
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Wat a twisting Tale!
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Kally
Thanks Muthu !!
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twist in 55 words? i want to know it
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Kally
hehe yea..its a twist in the last line…u wud expect an answer which will unveil the clue. but u wudn’t have expected a “55 words Reached” answer from a doctor !!
Thats a twist !!!
Thanks for your time !!
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Really a good one !
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Kally
Thanks Jaya !!!
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Hii Kalyan .. This is like a spring that ends before it starts .
Waiting to read more of this . Dont make it a Drop release
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Kally
Thanks Sudarshan
I’m glad that u related this to - //This is like a spring that ends before it starts
Sure I’ll make this an ocean !!!
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Cool!! You’ve managed to make something intriguing and with suspense in 55!! Liked it
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Kally
Thanks a lot Kevin
I’m really glad hearing these words from u!!!
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huh !! kinda left me disappointed .. what’s a story without a proper end ?
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Kally
Sorry for disappointing u..but this is how it is to be….if I had given some answer, it wud have been a normal story…thats y…there is a twist at the end !!
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Kally,
That was a great suspense dude… its like our mega serial, with breaks at the most unexpected time!!! Will you break the truth in d next episode??
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Kally
hehe Thanks Kishore !!
//its like our mega serial, with breaks at the most unexpected time!!
yea it is like that !!
Sure I’ll break in another 55 fiction !!
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Suspense again..!!!
That too in just 55 words..!!
Amazing..Well done Kalyan.
Waiting for the next 55..
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Kally
Thanks Sree
Yeasure I’ll post more of such thing in my blog.
Do throw a visit to my blog
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Sounds odd!!!!
when shall we expect the rest??!!!
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Kally
hehe
Yea it sounds odd !! and thats wat it is all about
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I am afraid if the author knows the clue!!! good start
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Kally
Thanks Joseph !!
The author knows the clue and that leaves the story in suspense !!!
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hi!!!!!!!!!!
very good narration with beguiling lexis makes it pretty more anxious.. waiting for the next post……!!!!!!!
thats awesome …… what a great suspense that too in 3 lines
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Kally
Thanks Dinesh !!!
Yea will post more….u cancheck my blog !!
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Can you pls. extend ur 55 words…too curious to wait for next 55…good attempt Kally…
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Kally
Thanks Delphia !!!
I’m afraid I’ll not be able to extend this….coz it has to be in 55…..as per ur wish I’ll come up with more of this kind !!
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Hey Kally..Just awesome! i am not holding any contest.. Let me know how she was murdered!No words to express your writing skills yaar!
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Kally
Thanks a lotttttttttt Sarada
Sure I’ll let you know how she was murdered !!
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This brings me into the suspense world and keep me there until, “the end”. Excellent!
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Kally
Thanks Sundar for your comments !!
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this is great mix of suspense and humor. The last sentence revealed the complete resolution.
I enjoyed this story.
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Kally
hehe
Thanks Gleen. I’m glad that you enjoyed the story !!!!
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Nice work buddy!
A fine start but has left everyone disappointed. let me know when u update it…
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Kally
Thanks Abdul…I’ll update u surely on this one…!!
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So I am curious now I want to know wat is the end of this story. Please mail me the end to my mail ID-madhusetty85@yahoo.com
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Kally
hehe..
I can understand the curiosity !!! I shud think of a different ending for you. Well Madhu I’ll update you..hehe
Thanks !!
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Hey Kally… This is my first comment for any kind of write up i have read!!! and that was because the way u have narrated the short story and left a huge suspense behind it!! jus wondering y did the contest was a 55 Word one… The way u have written, i hpe it shoud have been more than 200 word contest.. please unveil the suspense soon!! cant wait any more~!
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Kally
Thanks Srinath !!
hehe
leaving u ppl in suspense was the intention.
Anyways, I’ll write a big story based on this in detail as u wanted
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Hi Kalyan,
Really it is very suspensive. But I feel that you have wasted the last six words. Because the story stopped immediately after a good start.
Expecting the continuation at the same level of suspense.
Best wishes,
Saravana.
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Kally
Thanks Saravana,
I did not waste it actually. I ended up with creating a suspense in the story !!!!
I’ll continue writing 55 fictions. Check my website
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You have started off well, i was so curious to know what happened.
Alas! u reached the max of words.. ufff
nice tactics
wish the words cud have been 5555 than 55
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Kally
Thanks a lot Karisma !!!
5555 words?? Woooooooow that will become a Novel !!! :O
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Hey,
That was a cool one. i guess 55 fiction is in ur blood, hehe…!
i thought something else wud happen. coz amanda is supposed to be the corpse and she’s not supposed to be thinking anythin. . . so when u started off with amanda as the protagonist, i dint quite expect this sort of an end..
anyways, gud one dude
cheers!
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Kally
Thanks Yeshu
//i guess 55 fiction is in ur blood
woooow…I guess I still have to improve. But Thnx for this one
The end is actually a twist and it is unexpected one as I wanted
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Kalyan,
It was abstract. But it was good. A good way to incite curiosity in all your followers.
Keep it going man.
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Kally
Thanks Arun
Yea I’ll write more !!
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Hey Kalyan
That was a wonderful 55 Fiction.
The climax was quite tricky…..it leaves people in suspense towards the end. You have done it !!!
Again you have shown ur writing skills !!
Keep writing
Thanks
Anusha
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Kally
Thanks Anusha
I guess, you loved my story a lot..!!
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Hey Kalyan
Your piece of writing has always been gud and this 55 Fiction also has turned out to be great. I liked to ending, merging the 55 word limit in the story and the plot, I guess no one has done this before.
Good Job as usual…..
Regards,
Varadu
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Kally
Thanks Varadu
I’m glad that you liked my ending
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Hi Kalyan
I’ve been reading all your stories and articles in ur blog. I liked this one too. I expected the doctor to unveil the secret. But by telling “55 words reached” he kept all the audience in suspense. the end was unexpected. I’ve not tried my hands on 55 fiction yet. But I’ve to learn from you all.
Good Work. Keep writing.
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Kally
Thanks Sumi
I’m really happy that, you read all my stories…All the Best 2 u too. Try ur hands on it and let me know
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Hi Kally
This piece of 55 Fiction is simply superb. You have maintained the thrill and suspense till the end. I did not expect the “55 words Reached” answer from a Doctor. It was funny and thrilling.
You can write more of this kind. I love reading it. Expecting more of 55 fictions from you.
Keep writing !!
Dinesh Kalyan
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Kally
Thanks Dinesh for ur encouraging words
you can check out my blog to read more of my stories
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Hey
That was really awesome. Different than the other 55 fictions you wrote before. This was thrilling and creepy (I shud say creepy??..corpse, post mortem n all…??). Anyways I enjoyed reading it. Keep this going Kalyan. All the best.
Vinoth
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Kally
Thanks Vinoth!!!!
hehe..yea u can’t say creepy n all…mmmm..since it doesn’t involve any ghosts, or paranormal things…anyways I’m happy abt u reading the post
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Hey kally,
“Can’t tell now, 55 words reached.”/That was too cunning abt the ending!;)!
but was a good read… all the best!:)
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Kally
Thanks Mohan
hehe..cunning is it?…:D
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hai kalyan!!!
good try!!!i think u made all the readers wonder wat will b the climax tat 2 in 55 words…it really ur talent 2 write such story..i was never fond of triller story but now i want 2 knw watz the end of this story…u used 2 think like this while sitting alone???great yar keep it up$$$$get company soon 2 write a romatic story next time!!!:)all the best for the upcoming climax
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Kally
Thnx Shobana
//u used 2 think like this while sitting alone???
yea..wrote this after thinking in solitude….
//get company soon 2 write a romantic story next time!
yea sure…..I’ll write one romantic story for sure
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LOL!! Great build up but a nonsensical let down in the end.
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Kally
hehe…Thnx a lot Sangfroid
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obviously we are curious:) Leena if you are hearing please announce another contest with no wordlimits:)
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Kally
Thanks Kunjal for ur words
I guess Leena will be very much happy to conduct another contest as u wished !!!
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they say suspense kills!!!! this one does for sure kalyan!!!
A novel nano-novel i must say!!! good try, keep going
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Kally
Thanks Lakshmi
Yea this much of suspense had killed her
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This is really a twisting tale… We are reading a story and suddenly we find us inside the very story!
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Kally
Thanks Rengarajan
for ur words here !!
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Its really good! I think I need more than 55 words to comment on this story!
The twist in the story is directed towards the readers…
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Kally
Thanks Danny
you can comment in more than 55 words
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A thriller can never start better than this- in a mortuary! Kalyan, Kindly complete this and put it in ur blog!! Thanks.. Really nice..
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Kally
Thanks a lot Raghuram !!!
Yea will write a story based on this and will put it in my blog
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OKKKKKKKK
Now that was so not expected!!! The climax…or more like anti-climax was pure genius…..unique…but this was so not how it should have been….but then again, if you had written the whole story…then it would be just another story….and so many people would not have been forced to comment!!
Is it fair??…umm…..though it was out of the blue…but you still took a risk….and it paid…kind of!!!
umm…not the best ( surely in the top 3) according to me….but the pure genius deserves a kudos !!!
Best Of Lucck!!!!
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Kally
hehe Thanks for dropping in Akshat
and for ur words…yea it is quite a risky one. coz the end was defenitely unexpected
But still I wanted to try something different. So this was my outcome
Anyways, Thnx for the Kudos !!!!
Kally
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i am curious now …… tell wat happens next
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Kally
Sure Jayakumar
I’ll let you know what happened in case I write a atory based on this in my blog. Do check out my blog
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Good suspense…
Is 55 words enought to create curiosity? Yes, Kally does it.
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Kally
Thanks Ashok
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I don’t like this story ,but its ok ,a bit thrilling but not seem to be interesting for 55 words to read those.u need to improve Mr Kalyan
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Kally
Thanks !! I’ll improve upon things !!
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Will you finally tell us what happened after 55 words? You cannot make so many people wait, right?
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Kally
Sure Lena….
I’ve to come up with a some Short story with that and I’ll let you all know !!
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[...] Postmortem: 55 Fiction (86) [...]
Oh!! This wasnt the least expected one!!!! Kally, wat next???
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machaan……..
year 2012:
sujatha wrote sum gud 55 fictions in tamil……..
kalyan wrote sum gud 55 fictions in english……..
unxpected. . .
gud one
xpecting more
keep it up……
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