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# Number Five.
- URL: https://www.writingintheshadows.com/number-five/
- Published: 2024-01-11T00:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-05T11:41:35.000Z
- Author: Ken Preston
- Tags: Flash Fiction

*Flash Fiction.*

Her eyes tempt him. He imagines those eyes gazing at him as he slips his hands around her throat. Will they cloud over with confusion, before widening with fear? He’ll squeeze until those eyes die.

He adjusts the focus on the camera.

‘Hold quite still,’ he says. ‘I’m almost ready.’