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• The Apartment

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 23 days ago

  The apartment was nice, for its size. A bookcase lined one wall, crammed with hundreds of volumes, files, and notebooks. A fe…

• Sheila Fenson

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 23 days ago

  218, 219 I read the numbers of the doors carefully. After I had been abroad for a while I decided to find an apartment, but…

• Detective Challenge - Winners

  by Quizmaster 28 days ago

  Since finally I was again able to log, here are the prizes. **
  Detective Keen walked around the desk, thinking nervously. The…

• Revelation

  by ChrisWDP about 1 month ago

  He could not mistake that voice. During these past years, it had taunted him. With each body found, that voice would call him…

• Whodunnit? [Golden Silence Challenge]

  by OrangeOreos about 1 month ago

  Pacing in front of the people involved always helps.

  First, I walk by the cook. A rotund lady, well into her fifties. Her br…

• Element of Surprise Encouraged

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) about 1 month ago

  I mumbled something about needing fresh air, and stormed out. She was crazy! A detective agency? Absurd! This was the zanie…

• Detective Keen Solves the Case

  by Mistress Elsha Hawk about 1 month ago

  Detective Keen left the scientist writhing on the floor getting a taste of his own medicine.

  He army crawled to the canister…

• My Cackling Companion

  by White Hat about 1 month ago

  “We’re starting a detective agency!”

  The absurdity of the assertion hit me like a slap in the face. Roughly the same time I …

• Detective Keen Has an Epiphany

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 2 months ago

  “You see Keen,” Dr H continued, “it was no accident the smoke was leaked in that nightclub. My college roommate was all about…

• Detective Keen Shares Philosophies

  by OrangeOreos 2 months ago

  Detective Keen’s brain was buzzing faster than a hive of honey bees at ways to escape the clingy coat rack.

  Unfortunately, h…