Had an idea for a story while walking the dog. I was going to abandon it, or at the very least change the narrator’s preposterous name, when I discovered that Agatha Christie wrote over a dozen stories about a man called Quin, Harley Quin and I thought, well I won’t let the stupid name put me off.
I probably should have let the rest of the story being poor put me off, but hey I didn’t. I just wrote this for my own amusement while avoiding writing a novel, and to see where it goes, if anywhere.
Ironically, given the narrator’s views, my original idea for this was as a podcast, or just some audio posted on Mastodon. I might still do that, but it would probably force me to reveal something about the narrator I’d rather leave ambiguous for now.
Download the story as a free PDF here.
Bonus marks will be awarded for spotting any of the popular culture references used in the story.
Merry Spookmas!