Fiction elsewhere: Bigfoot Hunting

I just thought I should make an official post for this piece so that people new to my fiction would be able to find it. I'm rather happy with it; it's a supernatural/urban fantasy mystery short story.

Bigfoot Hunting

This isn't hugely important, but I want to note that since posting this story I've changed the name of the unit (since I'm writing a lot more in this world) from Special Crimes Division to Extranormal Crimes Division.

Fiction: One-Eyed Harry's

Title: One-Eyed Harry's
Word count: 1395
Rating: PG
Prompt: ysabetwordsmith's bookstore fest
Notes: Set in the same world as "Bigfoot Hunting," though none of the same characters appear here.


Special Agent Maggie Knight looked up at the occult shop. Even if she hadn’t memorized the address, she would have known she was in the right place the minute she got there. The name was painted across huge plate-glass windows: One-Eyed Harry’s: Books, Furniture, and Curiosities, New, Used, and Rare. Below that, the windows were crowded with faded, leather-bound tomes, divination implements, and likely-worthless junk. And to top it off, there were two dogs lounging on the sidewalk, motionless as statues in the July heat—one pure white, one spotless black.

She went inside and walked straight to the counter, where a tall, lean man was rocked back in a chair, reading. “I’m looking for a book,” she said. “And I’ve been told that you’re the best.”( Read more... )