Truth be told...

Over the past few weeks I've been re- viewing the TV series 'Brideshead Revisited' by Evelyn Waugh. It has prompted me to revisit some of my earlier writings...





This little fictional short I penned and released circa August 2004:



THE TRUTH BE TOLD by Stafford Samuel



IT WAS AS IF THE WORLD HAD SUDDENLY STOPPED TURNING. A SICK FEELING WELLED UP FROM HIS STOMACH. HIS BREATHING CONSTRICTED AS THE TASTE OF BILE HIT HIS TASTEBUDS. HE REGRETTED HAVING SKIPPED LUNCH EARLIER. THE NAUSEATING SIGHT, THE CAUSE OF HIS ANGUISH, WAS SO TREACHEROUS THAT HIS VISION BEGAN TO BLUR. ALTHOUGH INCAPABLE OF CONSCIOUS THOUGHT, SOME REMAINING POCKET OF MENTAL INSTINCT IMPRESSED UPON HIM THE AWESOME MAGNITUDE AND CONSEQUENCE OF THE BETRAYAL.

TALK, IN BED AFTER THEIR LOVEMAKING, HAD OFTEN BREACHED CONFIDENCES, EXPOSED SECRETS AND GENERALLY, HE NOW REALISED, COMPROMISED SECURITY. HE CLOSED HIS EYES AND GENTLY, YET RESOLUTELY, PULLED THE TRIGGER.

Truth is stranger than fiction ~ SB