Here is my story for Friday Fictioneers, the 100 word challenge hosted by Rochelle. This week’s photo comes from Björn Rudberg.

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Copyright Björn Rudberg

Chris “Fingers” O’Flaherty shot an evil grin at the hapless shop keeper.

“Not gonna pay up, huh? Time ta die!” He held out his hand and his cohort, Nigel “No Brains” Bingwit, handed him a violin case. Fingers opened it and extracted the contents.

“Eat lead!”

Twang.

“Ha!” scoffed the shop keeper, suddenly feeling brave. “What ya gonna do, batter me to death with the string section?”

Fingers stared at the violin in his hands. “Bingwit, you moron. You picked up the wrong cases!”

Meanwhile, across town at the weekly rehearsal of the Little Brimptom String Orchestra, it was carnage!