"Beetner Me To A Pulp, Redux"

What was that tagline for "Alien?" Oh yeah, "In space...no one can hear you scream."

Well on the Internet, you can't tell whether I'm joking or not, unless I do my job as a writer. Obviously I didn't.

I mean...


...even she knows that my tongue was in cheek.

And even Clark Kent knows when I'm winking so hard that it looks like I'm having a stroke.

So when I say that I'm hiring Betty White to pull a hit? I hope that you understand that in no way am I being serious, okay? I was using the most absurd thing I could think of...it's what I do...that, and ellipses. Obviously poorly, but it's what I do.

Eric Beetner wrote a terrific story and it's up at A Twist of Noir. It features a bunch of writers that you might know from Powder Burn Flash, A Twist of Noir, Crooked Magazine and so many other crime zines. Go check it out.