Deposit (novella)
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| Author | Jeff Bell |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime Fiction, Dark Comedy, Satire |
| Published | United States |
Published in English | April 29, 2012 |
| Pages | 54 |
| Website | [Kindle Edition] |
Deposit is a humor-infused crime and thrill-novella written from a first-person perspective. The story combines elements of dark comedy, hostage negotiation, and workplace satire as it follows an ordinary office worker caught in an absurd sequence of events.
Plot
The story follows Dustin, a self-deprecating office worker at Hicks & Abbott Architectural Firm in the Derelli Towers, whose mundane lunch break turns chaotic when he stumbles into a bank robbery. Held hostage alongside his ex-girlfriend Catherine, Dustin discovers that the shooter, Eugene, is a jealous acquaintance who has been manipulated into orchestrating the heist as a distraction. Through a blend of sarcasm, incompetence, and bizarre coincidences, Dustin navigates the hostage crisis, rival bank robbers, and a frantic climb up a 40-story building.
Characters
New Prairie Universe Info
Timeline
The events of this story take place on July 2, 1995.
Additional Backstory
- Eugene was hired by Steven Haast to rob the bank as a diversion so another individual could break into Hazdon Industries and steal Mitchell Falcone's 626 Formula.