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.
Boss-Detective and the Case of Morbid Obesity
"Okay." I laugh humorlessly, spinning back to my co-workers, jabbing my sausage-y finger at them. (The middle one). "Who the fuck took my pudding."
The people at the office look up from their cubicles at me, standing on my wheelie chair.
Angelina, the secretary looks nervous. "Do you need your meds?"
"Are you talking back to me, slave?!" I screech.
"T'was I!" Paul says from the back. I snap my gaze to him before realizing that he's just attention-grabbing again.
"Shut the fuck up Paul." I yell. "Whoever took the pudding better confess in ten seconds or you're all FIRED!"