The Mystery :: Creative Writing Examples

The MysteryRing . . . Ring screamed the phone. Damn who could that be . . . itsalmost seven a.m. on a Saturday . . . . h nonagenarian on Allison it will only comeback aminute . . . Hello? detective Pat said. Hey sorry Sergeant McGurn but we need you to come down to the stationas soon as possible . . . theres more trouble over at Gibbons. Meet me there.Hey sugar I have to go down to Gibbons theres more trouble, do youneed a ride someplace? said the exasperated homicide detective.Its always something with you Pat . . . every time I come over youeither get c eithered in or youre so drunk that you cant even remember who I am . .. Its over Pat and then she left.Come on car . . . Please work . . . middling this once . . . There you go.No matter what anyone says your the best three tone Buick Ive ever had. Seehe was a real cheap skate, spent all his money on St. Ides and Old English64oz.ers. He was always borrowing money too. He still owes me seven hundred 90 eight dollars and ninety fli pper cents, plus tax. For a Harvard graduate hesure is a wash up. The only thing he could afford to drive was the car the patrol station gave him. It was a 1986 Buick with a green trunk, maroon body,and a navy blue hood. The thing took about three minutes to start and anotherfive to warm up, and that was in the summer.Ten minutes later he showed up at my desk. I could still smell herperfume on him. He looked terrible, interchangeable usual, man he was such a good guy, buthe didnt have a lucky bone in his body.So whats up at a time Steve? . . . another vending machine robbery . . .more scuff marks? Pat looked like a detective, you know what I mean, the waythe detectives looked in those old movies. He had a bad suit on, with a tieloosened and hanging down and his shirt opened up, and he usually was sleepingat his desk with the light dimmed and his feet up. The hat he had on lookedlike it had really been worn by a detective out of an old movie, it was all sleazy and had a fold like s omebody sat on it.No not this time Pat . . . Its a little worse .