Murder by Cribbage (Humor)

By Biff Mitchell

Today's noon hour crib game would be plagued by murder most foul as players dropped one after the other in a noon hour rampage of death.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Biff Mitchell
• Release date: Jul 13, 2023
• ISBN: 9798215591291

Biff Mitchell

Biff Mitchell is a speculative fiction writer known mostly for his quirky humor and keen insights into those aspects of life that likely won't be relevant to anything in our lifetimes, but possibly in some future reality. His most recent publication, Blowing Up (from Double Dragon Publishing) unleashes a barrage of mostly humorous short stories guaranteed to confuse and amuse the most contemporary reader. That just might be you. But...before you dive try dipping your literary toes into some free reading at crazymanadventures.com. Be warned though...nothing good can come of any of this.

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Murder by Cribbage

By Biff Mitchell

Copyright 2023 Biff Mitchell

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It was a dark and stormy noon hour over the cribbage table where four hooded figures hunched over an office table with an eerie shape and a horrible secret. As always, it was sunny and bright outside and throughout the rest of the building, but in their room the rain and misery were constants. No one laughed, especially at noon when the board was down and the cards were dealt. There was only the clicking of teeth, the batting of eyes, the screaming of thoughts, the dire presence of hopes and fears and regrets and…

It was a dark and stormy noon hour around the table and the mysterious hooded figures stared suspiciously at the cards they held in their hands, ready to kill any who would cross the line and see their cards in a politically incorrect manner.

The game was cribbage…a game drawing on the ancient belief that games are more fun when you can make people cry by beating them but that