Notes (Informal) on a Homicide
Note from the Author: Triptychs are a great way to practice the craft in a low-stakes kind of way. Sometimes the game produces a really fine story, and at other times it doesn't quite come together. Triptychs are good for experimenting with form, style, plot, genre, etc. This piece is a good example of that. I wanted to see if I could craft a piece in a more objective voice, a piece that sticks to a list of details that suggest a story without ever actually narrating that event. There are a few good moments, but overall the piece is a bit flat. Means The murder weapon is a marble paperweight, green and cream, in the shape of a bull. Three pounds and seven ounces; seven inches long and four high. Right foreleg broken off; blood, hair, and skin on its horns. Found lying on the table in the breakfast nook next to the body of the victim; specifically, just beside the ruined crater that was the victim’s skull. From the first interview with Bradley Martinson, husband,...
