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You like mystery and dramadey.
You want to give these genres a try.
You want a short book that doesn't take long to read. (It's 44 pages. One chapter a day plus the sneak peek is eight days.)
You want a mystery but don't want to solve it.
You want to read an attempt at narrating in the British dialect.
Link to its page on Amazon (Note: We would give this book an MPA rating of PG-13.)
From chapter one. Terrance calls 9-1-1 to report a dead body belonging to his roommate Jacqueline. If you like what you read, go to the book's profile below. And before you ask, nothing happened.
I would like to joke that waking up next to a dead body is the best hangover cure ever.
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Dispatcher: “9-1-1, what’s the address of your emergency?”
“There’s a dead girl on my bed!” But it’s her room, stupid.
Dispatcher: “What’s her name?”
“Jacqueline. Luna.”
Dispatcher: “What does she look like?”
“Brown hair, really really pale- “your voice cracks- “but-but she has a big cut on her neck and-and blood on her pillow! That wasn’t there before!” It keeps cracking, but tears aren’t falling.
Dispatcher: “I need you to calm down. Take a deep breath.” You do.
Dispatcher: “Do you see any weapons?”
“No.”
Dispatcher: “I’m going to send an officer to check on the situation. But first, I need to know your name and address.”
You give your name then leave the bedroom and run down the stairs, worsening your headache. You go to a coffee table in the sitting room. There is an envelope from yesterday’s mail. It has your townhouse’s address and door number, so you read it aloud.
Dispatcher: “Okay, the officer is on their way and will arrive as soon as possible. Now, tell me exactly what happened.”
“Well, I was drunk, and Jacqueline took me back here. She was alive when I passed out, but when I woke up, she was dead!”
Dispatcher: “That will be all. You can hang up now.” You hang up. Then, the realization clicks.
Title: The Murder After (links to Amazon) Series: Terrance's Story #1 Genre: mystery, dramadey, psychological fiction Year self-published: 2024 (through KDP)
Copyright status: CC BY-SA 4.0. (Do what you want as long as you give credit and use the same license.)
Blurb: Terrance is one person to a body and lives in Lakewood, Colorado. One morning, he woke up next to a dead body. Now, he wants to know what happened one night because he became a suspect in an investigation. Do you want to know what happened too?
Format: chapbook Page count: 52 (fifty-two)
MPA rating: PG-13 Reasons: some language, violent death (off screen), drama, suicidality
Price: $5.95 Note: This is specifically SL's story.
SL: I should point out that I tried narrating in the British dialect. Our official story is that I was challenging myself. Then, I learned the second person is Terrance's natural perspective, but I was too lazy to change anything. So if I sound like an American trying to sound British, that's why. (Please don't get mad at me for saying "closet" instead of "wardrobe.") [T: I roll my eyes and go with it.]