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Nov. 20th, 2006

The resounding note echoed in the empty hallway a long time after the director had hurled his inkwell at the window. It lasted long enough, in fact, for everybody to turn around and stare and notice that, instead of an inkwell-shaped hole in the glass, there was a much larger-shaped hole in the glass and a spattering of ink surrounding the jagged edges of the glass. "I know you hate paperwork, boss," one of the detectives said dryly, "but did you have to break the window in the dead of winter?" He shivered theatrically. "i just happened to be signing a final form," the director answered. "The inkwell was closest to hand in terms of what charged items--"

Inspiration: "One" by Lamb
Story Potential: Ah--sort of high potential, but mostly just again more evidence to support my apparent longing to write a supernatural detective story.
Notes: In this case, I think it even has a bit of a Western tinge. Too bad the market's hitting saturation. Might write it anyway, just 'cause. And I've had a few other story ideas like this a while back. Undecided as to whether the Western angle is Great or Awful.

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