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The pen is mightier...

“He’s done it again!” Seth’s agent bellowed over the phone. Seth could imagine his hot booty of an agent gripping the phone and holding her hands to the sky as if presenting Seth’s genius to the ether.

“Well I try,” Seth smiled. He was excited. It’s his first book idea he’s had in about a year and a half and he was happy to tell Gloria. “Now, I have just the outline, but I can get this to you in a month, two months tops.”

“Don’t care ‘bout time Seth, you always pull through. You know Scott at Crown is going to piss his pants when he hears you’ve got another Times seller in ya.”

“Don’t count chickens Gloria,” Seth laughed.

“I’m clairvoyant can’t you tell?” Gloria asks playfully. “Tell me the idea again!”

“Well it starts with a body—”

“Wait! Changed my mind, I’m too giddy! Email the outline, I’ll read it in the tub.” Gloria hung up.

Seth smiled. “Another best seller?” Seth thought, “Maybe, first let’s clean this up.”

Seth pulled off his latex gloves and looked down at his fresh corpse.

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