The BIG PICTURE - A Camera, A Young Woman, An Uncompromising Ethic

Literature & Fiction

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Synopsis

Freyja is a young. ambitious photographer. By chance she takes pictures of demonstration that turns deadly. Powerful people, try to to suppress her photos with threats and bribes but she perseveres. People close to her are compromised. Freyja is not. The pictures influence the outcome of an election but things don’t change. Freyja leaves the country on assignment to photograph the Mexican drug war. Her lover is murdered by the cartels. She discovers that the cartels have a connection back home. Freyja returns home to expose the corruption. Again her camera plays a significant role. She succeeds with the help of friends she’d previously written off. Freyja realizes not everything is black and white, and how you view the big picture depends entirely on your perspective.

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Author Biography

Rod Raglin is a journalist, photographer and keen environmentalist living on the west coast of Canada. He’s the author of thirteen self-published novels, a collection of short stories and two plays. To read excerpts of his work visit his Amazon author page at https://www.amazon.com/-/e/B003DS6LEU
His short fiction and poetry frequently appear in online publications. For links to short stories and poems accepted and published individually or in an anthology most of which are free to read, visit https://revuecommunitynews.com/rod-raglin-author
He blogs about ‘Writing – the experience’ at http://rodraglin.wordpress.com/
Follow him on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/rodraglin and on Facebook at: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100013287676486

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Author Insight

The end of the gravy train

Ever notice how doing the right thing often makes life harder? Should be just the opposite, right? There should be some reward for moral rectitude. Freyja' will go on searching for justice, but story is ending here. She's moving on but the narrative isn't. A good ending should seem inevitable. You might not have seen it coming but you're satisfied. Even I didn't see this one coming, but am I satisfied? No,I'm never satisfied with my stories, but I hope that doesn't mean you won't be.

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The BIG PICTURE - A Camera, A Young Woman, An Uncompromising Ethic

“Did Gunnar give Tony that much work?” Freyja said. Gunnar’s accounts had been frozen and his assets seized under the Proceeds from Crime law that made it illegal to be benefit from businesses funded by criminal activity. The caregiver had stopped coming when the Gunnar’s cheques to the agency that employed her started bouncing, the Loki had been shut down and Arni, as well as being unemployed, was being investigated for being involved in a money laundering operation, and Tony was hustling business out of the union hall as Gunnar predicted.

“Not that much, but he paid way over scale,” Georgie said.

“Like a bribe.”

Georgie shrugged. “How’s Marty?”

“Fine, why do you ask?”

“He’s high up in the government now, maybe you could talk to him about getting some home care for Poppa now that we can’t afford a private agency.”

“Absolutely not.”

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Rod Raglin

The BIG PICTURE - A Camera, A Young Woman, An Uncompromising Ethic

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Author Biography

Author Insight

The end of the gravy train

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The BIG PICTURE - A Camera, A Young Woman, An Uncompromising Ethic

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