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Detective Story 1

I was lighting a cigarette off a pile of its dead brethren when the lights went out quick as a fella at sunrise. When they came back on there was a guy in opera clothes standing across from my desk.

I said, "If you're looking for Detective Morgan, you found her."

"Such a beautiful voman in such a filt'y business."

"It pays the rent," I said. "You sound Russian."

"Romanian. I vant to hire you."

"Try Jones at the Windsor building. He's a commie. Seems more your type."

"I neet a voman detective," he said

Saturday Film Series

There are repeat performances in Evil Editor's Shorts all week; if you all come at the same time it'll be chaos.




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New Beginning 633

If Ana had seen how I got my nickname we could have been friends. She might have thought I did the wrong thing, but she would have understood why I did it. Or maybe if Ana had been there she would have stopped Bruce with her eyes and her voice, the way I tried to and couldn’t, and I wouldn’t have gotten that name.

Of course, if I had minded my own business and left Bruce alone I wouldn’t have gotten that name either. But if I had been that kind of person I wouldn’t have cared about being Ana’s fr

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Caption: Clarkkers

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Auction Underway

The Brenda Novak Auction, which raises money for diabetes research is now underway and will run throughout the month of May. There are numerous opportunities to get your manuscript in front of specific agents or editors, to meet authors, to buy vacations, jewelry, autographed books, and lots more. All for a good cause. You can view all the stuff up for auction by clicking here and then on the categories on the left of the page.

Today is your chance to bid on Evil Editor's items without the fear o

Book Chat

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Face-Lift 627

Guess the Plot

Dark Visions

1. Teenager Brenda Nockworth discovers a pair of shades on a shelf in the bus station bathroom and puts them on to complete her swank rebel look. She soon realizes they reveal the unseen -- dozens of ghosts and ghouls among the weary travelers.

2. Mariana's family are fortune-tellers by trade, but all she sees in the crystal ball are visions of disaster... And the latest one is about her own future! Also, a talking fruitbat.

3. John knew he shouldn't have bought those cur

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Caption: Wendy

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Feedback Request

Below is a revised version of Face-Lift 566. The comment trail there was so long (it includes requests from several minions to post a revised version) that I've put the new version here so you don't have to scroll down a mile to find it. The title is new, but though I did put the title in the query queue, it didn't generate five fake plots, so no Guess the Plot.


Dear Evil Editor,

I am seeking representation for my book, Traitor, a 130,000 word epic fantasy.

Khirsha is a young warrior of eighteen wh

Writing Exercise

The Third Annual Detective Story Writing Exercise.

You'll find the 2nd on May 4, 2008 and the first 0n May 14, 17 and 18, 2007. Actually, there were a couple others as well, so maybe this is the fifth semi-annual Detective Story Writing Exercise.

The task: write a 1st-person scene in which you are a hard-boiled detective in the Philip Marlowe/Sam Spade vein. A new client enters your office to hire you. The client must be a vampire or Evil Editor.

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