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 Last Wordle
The professor lay slumped on his desk, dead. One hand hung down; a finger hooking an empty coffee mug. His other arm pointed to his MacBook laptop. Before the man of letters drew his last breath he had been engaged in a game of WORDLE. His final game guesses:
BIKER
BITER
BOWER
BAYER
FUDGE
Detective Jeanette Fowler noted the last clue seemed strange. She understood BAKER as the next guess, but FUDGE? She grabbed pen and pad. Rearranging the letters, she looked at suspect Doug Fletcher, the chemistry professor. “I know you poisoned him. I guess your feud is over.”