free story! something fun and different...

Happy Thursday!

Would you like a present? Would you like a free short story of mine?

"Staircases and Stories" is up for free over on the RoMMantic Reads 'zine today, as the final story in our summer photo prompt challenge!

I'd already written something for the sand sculpture prompt, but I wanted to do the staircase as well, because, well - this prompt photo was my photo, taken at a local historic hotel that dates to 1876.

I don't know why this one wanted to be a 1920s period piece, but it did! So...have a meet-cute (with, er, speculation about good locations for murder and possible crime?) in which a mystery writer and a lawman meet atop a vertiginous staircase in a historic hotel..

Also, all the names are sneaky references to classic mystery and crime writers, just for fun. Enjoy!