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Murder on the 5th

On 17 Jul 2009 at 1:44pm Would be novelist wrote:

The air was heavy with the smell of smoke and paraffin. An iridescent fiery glow hung over the town. A figure stood in the dark recess of the old flint wall watching and waiting. The huge effigy was slowly wheeled to its final destination besides the towering bonfire. Soon, very soon it would be blown to pieces, a seemingly harmless act. But the watcher knew better, he knew what was inside...

More ? or give up now and go back to my day job?

On 17 Jul 2009 at 2:14pm Commuter wrote:

Sounds like a episode of Bones - something similar happened (was a little grim!)

On 17 Jul 2009 at 2:19pm would be novelist wrote:

B0ll0cks!....actually I've never seen Bones..

On 17 Jul 2009 at 2:26pm Bated breath wrote:

Tell me more..........

On 17 Jul 2009 at 3:28pm Hotman wrote:

Get an agent; get a deal; then write the book.

On 17 Jul 2009 at 3:44pm Sam Spam wrote:

somewhere in Sussex, a woman was waiting for a man to come home, he was late and she assumed that the Bonfire Night traffic around Lewes was the cause. He had kissed her before leaving for work; unusual she thought at the time but it did send a chill through her now when she reflected on the look in his eyes and the moisture on his brow as he closed the door.........

On 17 Jul 2009 at 4:01pm Annette Curtin-Twitcher wrote:

The bonfire boys stood round the dying fire, swigging from cans and hip flasks and throwing rookscarers into the embers. Someone pointed out that part of the charred debris made the shape of a ribcage. Another firework went off, scattering ash and cinders so that all could see that the ribcage was attached to a spine, and a skull......

On 17 Jul 2009 at 4:10pm Hotman wrote:

Chapte 3: Bll put even more chairs and tables on the pavement outside his shop. I walked into one of the chairs, fell, broke an arm and leg, sued him and won enough to stop work and start writing books. The End.