This Week’s Theme: Conspinkey
Detective Moss burned a whole in the note with her stare. What could it mean? She took a deep breath and tried to clear her mind. Recalling all the conversations she'd had with Lilo over the last month, she could not remember any occasion where he'd used the word "conspinkey".
She didn't find it in the dictionary. It wasn't a local bar or business; she'd called information and gotten nowhere. But it meant something, and something important. Lilo risked his life to get it to her and it had likely gotten him killed. She still couldn't believe Homicide had rolled to his apartment this morning. Poor Lilo. He was a con, but a pretty harmless one. She'd liked him more than any other informant thus far.
Wait a minute. "Con", conspinkey...conspinkey? Maybe Lilo was just a bad speller. After all, he must have had only seconds to scrawl something on the back of her business card. It was a longshot, but one the detective could not ignore. Moss immediately left headquarters for County. She had a sudden interest in examining a certain prisoner's pinkie finger.
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5/22/08
Trying a New Meme: Fiction Friday
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short sharp and a great little twist. love it.
Hi Vivienne ... welcome to Fiction Friday.
This was fantastic - and that was one word break up I didn't come up with ... cons pinkey! Classic.
I like the way you had the character figure out what the word could mean to them. I wouldn't have thought of the Con's pinkey either!
Welcome aboard Vivienne, hope to see you around for future prompts too.
Good explanation for "conspinkey" - very noirish feel to this piece.
That's a good take on the prompt. Welcome to Fiction Friday!
Vivienne,
Welcome! I really felt the urgency of your character's search. Well done.
Thanks, everyone, for reading my prompt! I enjoyed this exercise and will be back again next Friday. It's fun to read everyone's different takes.
Hello again,
Thought I'd let you know about the new writing prompt that I'm beginning. Details are here
The linking post will go up on Monday and there is a short dicussion in the comments section about the guidelines. It's the first week out so some issues to iron out - but hopefully people will have fun with it.
Also - really intrigued by the Puppet Masters Project - as ths is a writing concept that a couple of us have been talking about, at length, quite recently. Would love to hear your experiences of it as a writer.
Short and sinister, just the way it should be. I like how it keeps you wanting a little more!
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