Dave was saying today that he has to write a murder mystery story for his writers club and that it has to be a maximum of 1000 words. The plot he came up with was more like 10,000. LOL
I suggested he submit a drabble and our whole office started discussing whether it would be possible to write a murder mystery in 100 words. Here is my attempt:
The demise of the amateur detective was sudden and unexpected, his surprised eyes staring upward as he lay supine on the drawing room floor. The murder at Rudloe Hall was no longer a mystery as Lady Fennyworth had revealed herself by shooting the detective before he could expose her for murdering her husband.
The ensuing panic and chaos had given her plenty of time to make her escape and she had to laugh at the idiocy of the man, who had insisted on doing it all by the book.
He should have just called the police and had her arrested.