Deconstruction

A short story...

Gentlemen! I have the most unbelievable story to tell you.

The above words can be visualized as follows: A Victorian house with heavily-mustached men sitting around a fire while one tall, lean, clean-shaven man stands in front of the fireplace and addresses the gathering - probably talking about his escapades when with the British Raj in India. Or, it could be a much travel-worn sergeant just escaped from the jungles of Vietnam, sitting at his debriefing session and recounting his experience at Phnom Penh. Or, it could be the broke-private eye, talking to his clients about his cracking of the case. Please note that the murderer could be in the crowd of listeners as well.

Gentlemen! I have the most unbelievable story to tell you...

Well, I did have a story tell you and it was on this blog for a while. But stories, like humans, not only write themselves but also erase themselves. This one did too. Mainly because I found it to be too abstract for public consumption. Every writer must do stuff like these to fill up the 'trivia' section on him in Wikipedia. So, here's one for the books!