Shan's Stygian Shack of Shenanigans (Lair Thread)

Gremlinertia wrote: »

Google first lines of stories, might give you a jump start.

Mangled arms have been turning up all over limerick and the inhabitants are scared. Ten murders in ten weeks, all committed with a gun, and still nobody has a clue who the hunchback killer is.

Detective Mike Miller is a tall and muscular lawyer with a fondness for cats. He doesn't know it yet but he is the only one who can stop the dirty killer.

When his wife, Carolina Fisher, is kidnapped, Detective Miller finds himself thrown into the centre of the investigation. His only clue is a polished piano.

He enlists the help of a handsome painter called Jack Shizzle.

Can Shizzle help Miller overcome his chocolate addiction and find the answers before the creepy killer and his deadly gun strike again?

Bad story wrote:

Early one Tuesday morning. Mike Miller, A Garda detective with over 20 years on the force, is having breakfast at his inner-city home. Scrambled eggs and toast as per usual. It was made by his wife Carolina. The two of them met as teens at a disco and after a few years of being on and off dating have been happily married for the best part of 15 years. They have two dogs together, a pair of huskies named Charles and Xavier. Mike finishes his breakfast and kisses his wife goodbye before heading out the door on his way to work.
He arrives into Henry Street Garda station to be confronted by his Sergeant. He asks Mike for progress on the case he is assigned to, that of the worst serial killer Limerick has ever seen which hasn’t got a catchy nickname unfortunately it’s all over national media. People are being murdered all over the city. They are shot and their arms are cut off before being hung above where the body is buried in a shallow grave.
The case was given to Detective Miller because he is so decorated and has a reputation for being very throughout in his work. Although Mike, Magic Mike to his friends, did have a fun side. And a drinking problem which has led fights between himself and Carolina. She gave him an ultimatum. If he came home drunk again she would leave him.
Anyway back to the station. Mike looks over the evidence they’ve got. Pictures of the bodies and grainy CCTV of a hunchback man shooting one of the victims outside Dunnes Stores. He leans back in his chair. 10 murders in as many weeks and he couldn’t solve them. He spends the rest of the days chasing dead leads and getting nowhere.
Returning home he finds the door slightly ajar. He calls out for Carolina but gets no reply. He walks into the kitchen and sees a polished grand piano and thinks to himself “WTF how did this fit in the door?”. There is a note on the piano which reads: “Play Queen’s Bohemian Rhapsody” so he does just that. Upon completion of the song a door opens up on the bottom of the piano and out drops a finger. It is Carolina’s. He can tell by the wedding ring on it. Immediately a huge police presence sweeps the neighbourhood. Mike canvasses all the houses. He is dismayed to learn that none of the neighbours saw anything and the only good information he got was from his next door neighbour who said he heard people shouting “PIVOT” for about half an hour. A CCTV check of the cameras at Mike’s house give a clear facial image and its actually a friend of Mike’s called Tom Tyger. Police storm Tyger’s apartment but he isn’t there. Mike starts comfort eating a Dairy Milk bar but not just a normal one. It was one of the sharing ones. A man painting a building across the way sees this sad sack of disappointment and goes over. He tells Mike that his name is Jack Shizzle and that he saw nothing and Carolina was never seen from ever again.

Gremlinertia wrote: »

Ahh. Clean office.. Why i've done that today is beyond me, oh well..

Gremlinertia wrote: »

I like the story. You're having no problem getting back into the swing of it..