Short Question - Short Answer

This Short Question is from a reader interested to know more about my Super Secret project. She asks: "I know you can't say much, but is it fantasy? Or are you trying a new genre, like science fiction or, for heaven's sake, mystery?"

Well, I do hope you readers won't be disappointed to learn that the Super Secret project is still fantasy. I truly enjoy reading both science fiction and mysteries (recently went on a binge-read of Georgette Heyer's mystery novels and loved them all). But I don't think my brain works that way. I seem to be wired for dragons.


Detective Smart: "I have Discovered the Murderer!"

Sergent Silly: "Really, Detective Smart? Who could possibly have done it?"

Detective Smart: "It was . . . the butler!!!!"

Sergent Silly: "But . . . but Detective Smart, what about all the blackened and charred remains of the house?"

Detective Smart: "The butler . . . with a match!!!"

Sergent Silly: "But . . . but Detective Smart, what about the distinct odor of dragon fumes?"

Detective Smart: "The butler . . . with an expired deodorant!!!"

Sergent Silly: "But . . . but Detective Smart, what about the hoard we found in the nearby cave in which all the household jewels were hidden?"

Detective Smart: "Circumstantial!!!"

Sergent Silly: "What about the dragon scales littering the yard?"

Detective Smart: "Red herrings!!!"

Sergent Silly: "I don't know, Detective Smart. I really think the murderer might have been the drago--"

Detective Smart: "Sergent! Which of us is the brilliant detective?"

Sergent Silly: "You are, Detective Smart."

Detective Smart: "So who committed the murder?"

Sergent Silly: "The butler did, Detective Smart."

Detective Smart: "Right you are, my good lad. Never forget your proper Role in the Story!"

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Okay, so now you see why I don't write mysteries. As for science fiction . . . Yeah, I'm not even going to try that one.