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Time to write over Easter? You have 10 days to go before the Flashbang, crime flash fiction competition closes on April 15.
PRIZES:
1st prize is two weekend passes to CrimeFest 2012 (access to all interviews, panels and receptions, Thursday through Sunday, excluding accommodation, dinner & travel).
2nd prize is a boxed set of seasons 1 and 2 of The Killing plus a signed copy of David Hewson’s new novelisation.
3rd prize is a selection of four books from Hersilia Press who (in agreement with the authors) will publish appropriate stories on their site.
Five runners up will each receive a copy of MO: Crimes of Practice published by Comma Press on behalf of the CWA.
Easter Tip: you can eat chocolate eggs and write at the same time. But keep the creamy variety away from your keyboard.
My muse won´t cooperate, but you can have my best effort for free
Killing Arty Mugworth
“Are you ready for the first question?”
Plonk. Arty Mugworth´s face landed slap-bang right in the middle of his shepherd´s pie, and his pint of Old Peculiar spattered across the table.
“Come on, let´s have it,” a jittery woman hissed.
“Shouldn´t we just check if Arty´s okay first?” Peaty Gotright tried.
“Nope. Let´s get on with it.” All the concentrated pub guests shook their heads, some quite vehemently.
“What was the name of Philip Marlowe´s first girlfriend?” Gotright asked.
At the table next to Arty´s, Vera Stronghope shrugged a few drops of Old Peculiar off her crumpled mac.
“Finally a fair chance to win this year´s pub quiz, pet” she whispered to Charlie Fox next to her.
Excellent!
I´m glad you like it, but as you can see, it is more of an in-joke than an independent story.