Patience

This week's story is called: Patience (2015 words)

This is the fourth in my Death series (conversations between the Grim Reaper and a person about to die), following on from Higher Ground, A Moment's Peace & In Convalescence. 

Again it's short, just a character study really. I found this one quite difficult- I had the idea that firstly not everyone is going to be going to heaven, some people will be bad people, and also that some people might not appreciate Death analyzing them no matter how familiar he appears. I decided to go with a gangster type but then found it hard to make it sound realistic, or believable.

I initially wanted to go with an American gangster but knew I would struggle to pull it off and worried that it would sound too pulpy. Having said that, even after I started I realised I was writing him like he was American and had to go back through and change the dialogue. I took Brighton Rock as my main influence, mixed with a bit of Kray lore (courtesy of Wikipedia of course!) and knocked it out in a couple of days.

As I was writing it I realised there were similarities between this and The Wolf Of Whitechapel which is unintentional- I think i'm just getting a bit creatively drained...

Give it a read if you've got any free time and drop me a line about what you think!

B A Jones 29/06/2014