2024 NATIONAL MEDAL
for Museum and Library Service Finalist

The Interrogation

The Interrogation by Shikhar Dixit (a Short Story Contest entry) 

 

Detective Rappaport decided Gordon Tho's guilt the day they met. A weird man with difficulties socializing, Tho brought down Rappaport's wrath. The detective "interviewed" Tho in a small, tight and hot room after Tho admitted he was on antipsychotic medication that overheated him.

The detective took a break every hour. Tho sweated through his fleece shirt within one hour. Requests for water were ignored.

After seven hours, Rappaport had a confession.