I managed to figure it out. Erica wanted me to get myself off in the stands while watching her play in the third round of the Gingersnap Open tennis tournament. I had puzzled over how to make this happen for many hours before I came up with the solution. Luckily I had resolved the problem just before I had to leave to go to the match. I got some very baggy...
This is a Valentine's Day contest story. Please vote. * An older man dies happy with a smile on his face on Valentine's Day. "You knew the deceased?" Detective Walter Martin watched her every facial expression and body movement. Looking for lies with an experienced, albeit jaundiced eye, a slight pause, an eye blink, a nervous twitch, and/or change in bo...
"I'm not doing this." "Why??" Dt. Amy Santiago exclaimed, her voice rising a full octave as her exasperation mounted: "As the only two female detectives on the squad, both of us have to prove we conduct ourselves accordingly during the average frisk!" The brunette pointed to her precious binder, left aside on the interrogation table. Dt. Rosa Diaz rolle...
Niklas slammed his hand down on his alarm clock, silencing the piercing noise that invaded his sleep. Rubbing his eyes, he lifted himself up on his elbows and yawned. "Another fine day," he grumbled, tearing the covers off and flinging his legs over the side of the bed. Stretching his arms he stood up and sleepily walked into the bathroom. After relieving hi...
It had been a long week and I was looking forward to relaxing at home with a cold beer and maybe a pizza. I put my suitcase by the door and wandered into the kitchen for my first brew. The house seemed unusually quiet to me as I popped the top on a Bud Lite. That's when I realized that the damn dog wasn't around. That was pretty unusual. Normally she would...
Detective Bradley had seen plenty of bodies during his twenty year career, but the sight of this one still sickened him. He struggled to think of the still warm and bleeding carcass that was laying in the parking lot behind the M & M Lounge in down town Gresham as just an anonymous, adult, caucasian male. Detective Bradley hadn't needed to check the wallet t...
In addition to creating realistic characters, in realistic (if not fantastic) situations, I've included a few exercises to help build those literary muscles. At the end of this piece, there should be some interesting situations Once you believe you have your cast of characters in full dimension, it is up to you to test these characters to insure they are n...
Shannon awakened early to get her family ready for their daily lives. She slipped into her old worn and tattered terry cloth robe that once was a brilliant blue, today. It was just a badly faded blue shade. She slipped her house shoes onto her feet and stumbled to the restroom to wash the sleep from her eyes. "Another day of cooking, cleaning and fighting w...
A masked man jumped out of her closet and tried to overpower her. Getting into a fight in her own bedroom was the last thing she had expected after a late night session at the gym. But it was happening. Her nightmare had come true. The man had a syringe in hand, ready to inject her, but what the attacker didn't know was that Detective Catalina Rios was a le...
Her cell phone rang, and Mary was excited to hear from her Aunt Betsy. Summer was approaching and the freshly turned 18 year old had planned to stay with her aunt and work at the bank Betsy was managing before college began in the fall. Mary wanted that business experience because that was to be her major. An excited Mary answered while bombarding her aunt...