Short Fiction Experiment in Progress

My exploration of using famous pulp author Lester Dent's "formula" that helped him publish who knows how many short stories to write my own mystery

mature woman with long brown hair and glasses. She's got a white lab coat on and is experimenting. do in classic cartoon style

Here's how the method starts:

1. A DIFFERENT MURDER METHOD FOR VILLAIN TO USE

2. A DIFFERENT THING FOR VILLAIN TO BE SEEKIN

3. A DIFFERENT LOCALE

4. A MENACE WHICH IS TO HANG LIKE A CLOUD OVER HERO

Status

So far, so good…I’m on my third section of the short story…it’s been kind of fun…not sure if I’ll keep using the formula, but we’ll see.

By the way, it’s a murder mystery…I’m getting an inkling of “who doneit”, but that’s it…an inkling. 😁

In the meantime, I wrote another short (maybe even flash, depending on your definition) story you’ll find it on Wordplay. Hope you enjoy it.

How is it in your world?

See you next week!

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