The Ten Word Detective Pulp Thread - Join up

[MrScorpio]

Okay, amateur detective writers, let's write a story.
Your post can only be between one and ten words

Let's see where this story will go.

I'll start.

It was dark and rainy, dogs and cats were falling.

[mwdem]

1. Somewhere a yak was barking...

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

2. "as the dark haired beauty fell from the window."

[MrScorpio]

4. She had more dangerous curves than Mulholland Drive

[MrScorpio]

3. I checked my gat for bullets.

[mwdem]

5. I couldn't help noticing a shadowy figure by the body...

[MrScorpio]

6. I let off a couple of rounds. No dice.

[RetroLounge]

8. THen I heard the Sirens.

RL

[MrScorpio]

10. Someone must have called the coppers.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

11. Thats when I knew I'd been double-crossed!

[MrScorpio]

12. The cops were coming after me, for sure.

[CrownPrinceBandar]

13. Then I remembered the fat guy....................

[mwdem]

14. I was breathless on my return to my office...

[MrScorpio]

17. Remembering how I first got into this mess

[mwdem]

19. Her weirdly beautiful face kept coming back to me.

[MrScorpio]

22. I knew she was married, from the rock she wore.

[mwdem]

24. I knew she was married to the fat guy.

[MrScorpio]

26. From their pictures in all the society pages

[mwdem]

27. He always took up all the space.

[MrScorpio]

29. Her, a beautiful babe. Him, a fat pig.

[mwdem]

31. Suddenly, the bitch gets up off the street , walking over.

[MrScorpio]

33. She looked prettier when she was dead.

[mwdem]

34. I asked, how you doin?

[MrScorpio]

35. She said, "My heart is broken." I was touched.

[mwdem]

36. Of course, her neck looked a little broken, too.

[MrScorpio]

37. It was nothing old Doc Johnson couldn't fix.

[mwdem]

38. Then I remembered Doc was killed at the "Roadhouse" yesterday

[MrScorpio]

39. That's when the coppers busted in.

[mwdem]

42. Took one look at her, and it was all over.

[MrScorpio]

45. Me, a gun and beat up rich broad.

[mwdem]

46. It doen't get any better than that, does it?

[MrScorpio]

49. I dropped the gat and put up my hands.

[mwdem]

51. They took one look at me, and arrested the broad.

[MrScorpio]

54. "Mrs. Smythe, you're under arrest for murder", said the cop.

[mwdem]

56. "I didn't do it!", she sobbed. "I didn't kill...

[MrScorpio]

57. I said, "Let her go. She's not the killer".

[mwdem]

59. I don't know how I knew, I just knew she

[MrScorpio]

60. ..She didn't kill her fat pig of a husband.

[mwdem]

61. Did I do it? I can't remember anything since my..

[MrScorpio]

62. My head wash bashed in, in that alley.

[mwdem]

63. Meanwhile, back at my office, my secretary, Maude screams.

[MrScorpio]

64. We rush into her office.

[mwdem]

65. There, in all his glory, clown smile & all, was...

[MrScorpio]

66. That thug Mickey Murphy all dripping wet.

[mwdem]

68. "Shit!" she shouted."We all thought you were dead!"

[MrScorpio]

69. "They didn't get me. I know who the killer is."

[mwdem]

70. Why were they all suddently looking at me? What the!!!!

[MrScorpio]

71. "I'm no killer", I said. "Why would I do it?"

[mwdem]

73. It was then I remembered the blonde with the big

[MrScorpio]

74. "Bosom, that I met at Folsom's bar."

[mwdem]

75. She also had big blue eyes, but that's another story.

[MrScorpio]

76. She slipped me a mickey. That bitch.

[mwdem]

78. And that's when all my troubles started with the

[MrScorpio]

79. Case. I thought it be a simple missing persons.

[mwdem]

80. But who would have thought it to involve a chinchilla?

[MrScorpio]

81. And a bottle of cheap whiskey

[mwdem]

82. Damn that Turkish camel!!!!!

[MrScorpio]

83. Smokes, booze and broads. Who could know my weaknesses?

[mwdem]

84. I had to get hold of my partner, Ned, the

[MrScorpio]

85. Brother of Mickey Murphy. I could always depend on him.

[mwdem]

86. Even though he was in Amsterdam, I could reach him.

[MrScorpio]

88. I told him I needed his help. I'm in trouble

[mwdem]

89. He said he'd send Mrs. Smythe..Oh! Wait!!!!

[MrScorpio]

90. Just watch out for her fat husband.

[mwdem]

91. Now he tells me, the little turd. I look at Maude.

[MrScorpio]

92. Then I realize, it was Maude. Her and Mickey together.

[mwdem]

93. Suddenly, the blonde bursts in, guns blazing.

[MrScorpio]

94. Three shots hit Maude. I dive for my gat.

[mwdem]

95. Mickey goes down, the coppers run, and Mwdem has 1,000 posts!!!!

[MrScorpio]

96. It's a tough town. That's why I love it.

[mwdem]

98. Tell me about it. Thanks!!!

[MrScorpio]

100. The Bitter End.

[Big Kahuna]

7. I have 2 magnums in my desk. I keep one loaded, the other keeps me loaded

[MrScorpio]

9. Editor's note: Sorry ten words only. Make it shorter

See first post

[acmavm]

15. That's when I saw him.

.

[mwdem]

16. The fat guy, wearing the red fedora..

[CrownPrinceBandar]

18. Holding a Colt .45 and wearing a purple satin suit.................

[mwdem]

20. ..and always the clown smile, always the clown smile.

[acmavm]

21. He turned around and looked at me and said "

.

[mwdem]

23. How YOU doin'?

[salvorhardin]

25. "Better than you will be," I said.

[mwdem]

28. Once again, I checked my gat for bullets.

[AngryAmish]

30. I hit him in the Adam's Apple. Fell down hard.

[mwdem]

32. Made a farting sound as he went down.

[Texasgal]

40. Then I noticed that SMELL!

[mwdem]

41. He was a goner, for sure, hell we all were.

[Texasgal]

43. I noticed that I had a gas mask handy......

[mwdem]

44. I knew that at least I would make it.

[Arkana]

47. After all, if I could listen to Rush Limbaugh, then I certainly

could withstand some fart gas.

[Texasgal]

48. I stumbled outside, only to find....

[mwdem]

50. me, and about 50 coppers, all with guns drawn.

[Texasgal]

52. I said to myself.....

OH SHIT! Then I proceeded to....

[mwdem]

53. wet my pants, subtle-like, no one noticed.

[Texasgal]

55. Then I decided it was time

for an alcholic beverage...I was too emabarrassed.

[FizzFuzz]

58. Yeah, my life in a nutshell. Unnoticed. Like that dame.

[Texasgal]

67. But I think I love that dame...DAMN!

[FizzFuzz]

72. Coulda been a wonderful life; but for that damned dame.

[Politicub]

77. And then I realized

[Corgigal]

87. I was being played as a sucker

[Texasgal]

97. Until I grabbed her closely and said....

[Politicub]

99. I can't wait to taste

[NNadir]

101. fried Kenyan termites

[Texasgal]

102. They remind me of my time in......Kenya? Or....

[Politicub]

103. was it Texas? I can never

[Texasgal]

104. tell the two apart... all I know.. is that I love you....

[Politicub]

105. "and I can't wait to let you know..."

[Texasgal]

107. That I have had a sex change in Mexico in 1990......

[acmavm]

106. And once we get our hands on the Falcon

.

[Politicub]

108. I will finally be America's top model.