Jocelyn Beauregard, Private Eye (part eleven)

Having completed NaNoWriMo ’10, I’m going to share one section of my story here every Friday until you’ve read the whole thing. Hooray for easy update days! Enjoy.

Jocelyn was sopping up the last smudge of gravy with her last crust of bread as she finished telling her story. The flapjacks in front of her […]

Jocelyn Beauregard, Private Eye (part ten)

Having completed NaNoWriMo ’10, I’m going to share one section of my story here every Friday until you’ve read the whole thing. Hooray for easy update days! Enjoy.

If not for pictures on the covers of the pulps at the newsstand, Jocelyn would not have known what to call a ten gallon hat the first […]

Jocelyn Beauregard, Private Eye (part nine)

Having completed NaNoWriMo ’10, I’m going to share one section of my story here every Friday until you’ve read the whole thing. Hooray for easy update days! Enjoy.

From the outside, the Blackberry Lodge looked like a log cabin. The décor was actually quite jarring, considering there wasn’t a tree around anywhere within eyeshot. Stepping […]

Jocelyn Beauregard, Private Eye (part eight)

Having completed NaNoWriMo ’10, I’m going to share one section of my story here every Friday until you’ve read the whole thing. Hooray for easy update days! Enjoy.

Ken made Jocelyn wish she was a better conversationalist. As he drove he talked about all sorts of things, from airplanes to talkies to pastrami sandwiches on […]

Jocelyn Beauregard, Private Eye (part seven)

Having completed NaNoWriMo ’10, I’m going to share one section of my story here every Friday until you’ve read the whole thing. Hooray for easy update days! Enjoy.

It was pouring by the time Jocelyn reached the precinct. As she stepped through the door, dripping wet, the receptionist stood up in disbelief. “Geez, lady. Don’t […]

Jocelyn Beauregard, Private Eye (part six)

Having completed NaNoWriMo ’10, I’m going to share one section of my story here every Friday until you’ve read the whole thing. Hooray for easy update days! Enjoy.

“Mrs. Keltzschlinger, thank you so much. I really appreciate this!”

It was a windy morning, and Jocelyn was standing outside her office with her next door neighbor, […]

Jocelyn Beauregard, Private Eye (part five)

Having completed NaNoWriMo ’10, I’m going to share one section of my story here every Friday until you’ve read the whole thing. Hooray for easy update days! Enjoy.

The details of Ted Holdren’s office were much more complicated than usual. For one, there was a giant safe laying face-down in the center of the room, […]

Jocelyn Beauregard, Private Eye (part four)

Having completed NaNoWriMo ’10, I’m going to share one section of my story here every Friday until you’ve read the whole thing. Hooray for easy update days! Enjoy.

Danny didn’t want to be around when the police showed up. He hadn’t wanted to call it in at all, but […]

Jocelyn Beauregard, Private Eye (part three)

Having completed NaNoWriMo ’10, I’m going to share one section of my story here every Friday until you’ve read the whole thing. Hooray for easy update days! Enjoy.

The front windows of Ted Holdren’s office bore two signs. The first was his name and profession, in giant white typeface: “Theodore Holdren, Private Detective”. It was […]