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by (shelved 16 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.03 — 139,556 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 13 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.29 — 18,917 ratings — published 1993

by (shelved 11 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.31 — 10,619 ratings — published 1986

by (shelved 10 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.29 — 190,424 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 10 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.06 — 18,073 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 10 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.19 — 9,032 ratings — published 1996

by (shelved 9 times as sniper)
avg rating 3.99 — 82,374 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 9 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.29 — 6,000 ratings — published 2007

by (shelved 9 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.13 — 9,016 ratings — published 2009

by (shelved 8 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.26 — 3,208 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 8 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,867 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 8 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.29 — 11,432 ratings — published 1998

by (shelved 7 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.01 — 4,928 ratings — published 2005

by (shelved 7 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,035 ratings — published 1991

by (shelved 6 times as sniper)
avg rating 3.79 — 3,250 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 6 times as sniper)
avg rating 3.89 — 2,556 ratings — published 1980

by (shelved 6 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.12 — 6,383 ratings — published 2010

by (shelved 6 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.07 — 3,587 ratings — published 2007

by (shelved 5 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.31 — 1,457 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 5 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.19 — 3,845 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 5 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,806 ratings — published 1990

by (shelved 5 times as sniper)
avg rating 3.92 — 6,005 ratings — published 2007

by (shelved 5 times as sniper)
avg rating 3.92 — 4,776 ratings — published 2008

by (shelved 4 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.19 — 970 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 4 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,408 ratings — published 2009

by (shelved 4 times as sniper)
avg rating 3.88 — 4,796 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 4 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.24 — 5,098 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 4 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.13 — 2,694 ratings — published 1999

by (shelved 4 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.00 — 43,628 ratings — published 2008

by (shelved 3 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.08 — 252,888 ratings — published 2022

by (shelved 3 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.04 — 1,176 ratings — published 2023

by (shelved 3 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.24 — 965 ratings — published

by (shelved 3 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.18 — 186,614 ratings — published 2021

by (shelved 3 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.28 — 25 ratings — published

by (shelved 3 times as sniper)
avg rating 3.88 — 1,045 ratings — published 2018

by (shelved 3 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.12 — 2,976 ratings — published 2017

by (shelved 3 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.24 — 124,293 ratings — published 2005

by (shelved 3 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.24 — 829 ratings — published 2016

by (shelved 3 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,042 ratings — published 2015

by (shelved 3 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.23 — 1,217 ratings — published 2013

by (shelved 3 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.25 — 1,192 ratings — published 2014

by (shelved 3 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,410 ratings — published 2012

by (shelved 3 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.24 — 1,665 ratings — published 2011

by (shelved 3 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.17 — 2,109 ratings — published 2010

by (shelved 3 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.22 — 3,540 ratings — published 2000

by (shelved 3 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.28 — 1,265 ratings — published 1999

by (shelved 3 times as sniper)
avg rating 3.72 — 1,423 ratings — published 1982

by (shelved 3 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.18 — 1,013 ratings — published 2000

by (shelved 3 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.09 — 15,838 ratings — published 2008

by (shelved 2 times as sniper)
avg rating 4.16 — 425 ratings — published

“The Sniper Bird by Stewart Stafford
"Look out!" the crowd shouted to me,
"There's a Sniper Bird in those trees!"
A whooshing sound shot past my ears,
Making me duck down to my knees.
He must have gone rogue, I reckoned,
Someone cheated him over birdseed,
Then he took a squirrel as his hostage,
Get a negotiator quickly up those trees.
He threw up his wings and surrendered,
They brought him down in a gilded cage,
Never again sniping at innocent people,
He studies elocution with a parrot sage.
© Stewart Stafford, 2022. All rights reserved.”
―
"Look out!" the crowd shouted to me,
"There's a Sniper Bird in those trees!"
A whooshing sound shot past my ears,
Making me duck down to my knees.
He must have gone rogue, I reckoned,
Someone cheated him over birdseed,
Then he took a squirrel as his hostage,
Get a negotiator quickly up those trees.
He threw up his wings and surrendered,
They brought him down in a gilded cage,
Never again sniping at innocent people,
He studies elocution with a parrot sage.
© Stewart Stafford, 2022. All rights reserved.”
―

“Just inside the doorway he puts down the bags, motions her to stand by them a minute. He saunters out ahead, carefully casual. Peers up one way, down the other. Nothing. The street's dead to the world.
Then suddenly, from nowhere, ping! Something flicks off the wall just behind him, flops at his feet like a dead bug. He doesn't bend down to look closer, he can tell what kind of a bug it is all right. He's seen that kind of bug before, plenty of times. No flash, no report, to show which direction it came from. Silencer, of course.
He hasn't moved. Fsssh! and a bee or wasp in a hurry strokes by his cheek, tingles, draws a drop of slow blood. Another pokk! from the wall, another bug rolling over. The insect-world seems very streamlined, very self-destructive, tonight. ("Jane Brown's Body")”
― The Fantastic Stories of Cornell Woolrich
Then suddenly, from nowhere, ping! Something flicks off the wall just behind him, flops at his feet like a dead bug. He doesn't bend down to look closer, he can tell what kind of a bug it is all right. He's seen that kind of bug before, plenty of times. No flash, no report, to show which direction it came from. Silencer, of course.
He hasn't moved. Fsssh! and a bee or wasp in a hurry strokes by his cheek, tingles, draws a drop of slow blood. Another pokk! from the wall, another bug rolling over. The insect-world seems very streamlined, very self-destructive, tonight. ("Jane Brown's Body")”
― The Fantastic Stories of Cornell Woolrich