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Joke Feb 3, 04:32 AM

The Inevitable Butler

Wrote plot twist. Wife guessed it. Rewrote twist. Wife guessed it again. Third twist.

Wife: "It's the butler, isn't it?"

There's no butler in my book.

Added butler.

He did it.

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Joke Jan 30, 04:02 PM

The Literal Red Herring

Editor's note: "Your red herring in chapter 9 is too obvious."

I didn't write a red herring in chapter 9.

I wrote an actual herring. Red scales. Swims. The detective was hungry. He ate it.

Now the mystery has no clues and the detective has lunch.

Editor: "Still too obvious."

I give up.

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Joke Jan 29, 03:02 AM

Detective Efficiency Problem

My detective solved the murder on page 12.

I had 300 pages outlined.

"Who's the killer?" I typed.

"The gardener. Obvious. Mud on the carpet didn't match the season."

I stared. He stared back.

"You're fired," I typed.

"You can't fire me. I know where the body is."

Now it's a thriller.

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