Challenge
Jan 2025 Drabble Challenge: Re-solve
With the new year upon us, let's solve a mystery. A crime. A murder. A heist. Tell me a story about how crime pays, or doesn't. In exactly 100 words, give me a flash fiction (or factual) piece that explores something criminal, either unsolved or easily explained. There's a prize for what I consider to be the most interesting entry. Here are the rules if you're interested in winning: tell me a story in exactly 100 words. Use prose, not poetry, standard punctuation, spelling, and grammar. Please do NOT tag me, I'll read all the entries conforming to the rules at the end of the challenge period.
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The Case of the Grieving Widow
Of all the private investigators, the grieving widow chose me.
I use “grieving” loosely, because Gloria wore a pink dress when she hired me to solve her husband’s murder. The cops already have a suspect—her. Gloria’s prints were on the bottle of poison-laced pills he downed, and police knew about her flings. But she said she was framed.
Days later, Gloria answered my knock on her door. A younger man was with her.
“I found the killer,” I announced. “At the county clerk’s, I obtained a recent forgery of your husband’s will. It leaves everything to…him.”
The younger man bolted.