Draft Scribe – The tip-off By Ellis Witte, aspiring mystery novelist Hi there, I’m Ellis Witte. Aspiring mystery novelist. Please enjoy my humble attempt at storytelling. This is a story about betrayal, danger, and… well, so…

The tip-off

“Detective,” said the voice, low and urgent, the kind that always whispered secrets and sometimes made you think the informant might be on the verge of spontaneously combusting.

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Draft Scribe – The boss By Ellis Witte, aspiring mystery novelist Hello, dear reader! My name is Ellis Witte, and I write mysteries. I like to call them “mysteries” even when the plot is obvious and full of clichés. This …

The boss

Tony “The Table” Terranova owned half the city. Everyone said so. Some even said he owned the other half, but I can neither confirm nor deny that.

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Draft Scribe – Detective Booze By Ellis Witte, aspiring mystery novelist Hello dear reader, my name is Ellis Witte. I am an aspiring mystery novelist, and this story is about a detective who drinks too much but somehow manages t…

Detective Booze

Detective Max Barrel was a man of many talents. Well, maybe not many.

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Lester Dent, born 121 years ago today on October 12, 1904. Author of nearly 160 Doc Savage pulp novels between 1933 and 1949. To say he invented the concept of the superhero would be an overstatement, but he certainly helped define the parameters.
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Draft Scribe – Trouble in the Badge Intro from the Author:Hello, dear reader. My name is Ellis Witte. I am an aspiring mystery novelist. I like to write stories that are mysterious. Some people say my writing is… “unique.” And they’r…

Trouble in the Badge

Hello, dear reader. My name is Ellis Witte. I am an aspiring mystery novelist. I like to write stories that are mysterious.

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