“Intimidation case.” Hans listened to the man in the red shirt. The man in the red shirt inspected …
Category: Flash fiction
2-page stories (“flash fiction”) about modern espionage, ethics and the challenges facing young professionals.
(The artwork for the flash fiction is from Adobe stock.)
Person lurking by Zone Sierra. Nervous movement, potential improvised explosive device. The automated intelligence analysis flashed on Tessa’s …
They arrived without warning in José’s office. A high court judge, a policewoman from Operational Security, and a …
The professor stared at the words Top Secret on the analysis report. She lifted it and read the …
‘Is he actually proposing a kill order? That we should become involved in an assassination?’ The intelligence researcher’s …
The paranoia was returning. Isabelle’s head throbbed with pain and her eyes were loosing their focus. She had …
The forced confession was in stilted Arabic with words that the suspect never used, and the recording from …
Death or the classroom. Mohammed planned to sit at the back of the room and contemplate the appropriate …
‘She’s a journalist, that makes her guilty,’ the intelligence officer declared. ‘Get me evidence for intrusive surveillance and …
Mikael’s secrecy-first speech was cut short by the minister. ‘Tell me more about this cyber-attack. Are they really …