100 word fiction: The wax figures..

The wax figures

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A wax museum in the sleepy town of Troddle had risen to prominence courtesy George, one of it’s residents. His museum had figures of famous people from around the town and the cities nearby.

His work was so good that almost all the wax figures actually seemed like real people.

But no one ever knew the secret of his work until the death of his fiancee opened a can of worms.

The police who were already on the search for a number of abductions found that George killed people for money and then turned their dead bodies into wax figures.

Playing with fire – #FiveSentenceFiction

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He was a star in the field of investigative journalism exposing the corrupt practices of various politicians and personalities through his articles. Though his friends had warned him regarding the dangers in this field, he was quite nonchalant about it. The written word was his weapon and he knew that it secured the future of the country for a better tomorrow. But one fine day, he was sacked from his organization probably due to pressure from the higher-ups. His written word kept him alive but he couldn’t keep his job after all.

Written for Five Sentence Fiction Prompt: Secure

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