Frankie Neutron is Dead
My cousin, Frankie Neutron, is dead. I’d suspected as much, of course. The letter he wrote me that started ‘Hi Johnny, if you read this, I am most probably dead...’ was one clue.
The other was when I was arrested for his murder. While frequent Fentanyl and Absinthe neural injections did make my memory a little hazy at the best of times, I was almost 100% sure it wasn’t me.
After all, he died on Tuesday and it was an old Wishbone family tradition not to kill people on a Tuesday. Frankie knew this. Ergo I couldn’t have killed him.
- Category: Science Fiction
- Tags: cyberpunk, detective, future, johnny wishbone, sf, futuristic, city
7 comments add one below
-
Jim M over 9 years ago
Ha ha, great- I love the casual application of logic and the bewildered coolness in this one
more please Johnny -
Richard Charles Davidson over 9 years ago
Love the style.
-
Rodindeadpan over 9 years ago
Johnny is too cool.
-
Johnny Wishbone over 9 years ago
Aw. Shucks. I try.
-
Amphituber over 9 years ago
I love matter-of-fact sense of humor you have.
-
Johnny Wishbone over 9 years ago
Thank you, Amphituber and everyone who has said generous things. You are all going to heaven. Or Devon. Whichever is nearest.
-
Michael D. Brooks over 9 years ago
Very clean and straightforward. Nice.
