I've figured out a couple of things that were puzzling me (as I talked about in the last entry). So, to celebrate my birthday, two new mystery stories begin today. One is called The Church Murder Case, and it starts here.
The other mystery story is starting, too, but that one requires some explanation.
This is something of a deleted scene, since it was removed from The Vampire Murder Case. It's not just a scene, though, it's a whole separate mystery, happening at the same time as that one. It was removed because the idea of the mystery stories is that they should stand alone, and this one really requires that you've already read the novel U-town.
If you have read U-town, though, I think you'll enjoy it. Here's the first part (which takes place after this scene).
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the other vampire murder case (part one)
When we got back to the hotel, I insisted we should get some food before finding out what else was going on. So, we went to the cafeteria, and as we were eating, Mona came up and said hello.
"I was surprised we didn't see you guys at the hospital this morning," she said as Jan motioned for her to sit with us.
I quickly reviewed my mental calendar. It didn't seem possible that it was Monday, my usual day to work at the hospital, but life in u-town made it easy to lose track of details like that.
"I'm thinking it's Thursday," I said slowly, "or maybe Wednesday. Not Monday."
Jan laughed. "She clearly isn't talking about that. She referred to both of us, and I never do hospital work on Mondays. Which is why you do, of course." She laughed and turned to Mona. "Do tell."
"A murder, in a fourth floor apartment, and both the murderer and the weapon vanished. Or flew out the window."
"At about what time of day did the crime occur?"
"Apparently around midnight."
My employer pulled out her pocket watch and flipped it open. She snapped it closed and turned to me. "You should get going to your assignation with Christy. I'll look forward to your report late tonight."
She turned back to Mona. Having been dismissed, I left.
