The DP

The DP (from the short story collection titled Things Left In The Dark)

By M. T. Maliha and narrated by Tracy Collier

He doesn't just capture images; he steals them.

As a veteran director of photography, he is a consummate parasite—using everyone around him to get exactly what he wants. He routinely pockets his massive fees, puts in the absolute bare minimum effort, and refuses to take an ounce of responsibility when the projects around him collapse or fail. To him, other people's films are just stepping stones for his own wallet.

But a bad reputation always catches up, and he has just crossed the line for the last time.

The lens is about to be turned back on him, and he is about to figure out the hard way that when the wrong person strikes back, the fallout cannot be edited out.