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Death and the Detective Series – 20th Installment

October 27, 2010 By Cathy Miller Leave a Comment

I started the Death and the Detective series from the writing prompts challenges at Creative Copy Challenge. The words in bold are the writing prompts from the challenge. ====== Challenge #85 Brett retrieved the newspaper from the bushes in front of his beach bungalow, cussing another errant toss by the paper boy. “Kid better forget […]

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Death and the Detective Series – 19th Installment

October 11, 2010 By Cathy Miller Leave a Comment

I started the Death and the Detective series from the writing prompts challenges at Creative Copy Challenge. The words in bold are the writing prompts from the challenge. ====== Challenge #79 The killer began to wash the sticky traces of blood from his hands. Staring at the imagined stain, he washed again and again, uttering […]

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Death and the Detective Series – 18th Installment

September 27, 2010 By Cathy Miller Leave a Comment

I started the Death and the Detective series from the writing prompts challenges at Creative Copy Challenge. The words in bold are the writing prompts from the challenge. ====== Challenge #71 Wasn’t it sweet irony how alive he felt? A soft wind stirred the dust surrounding the lifeless body into a dreary cloud of gloom. […]

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