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Friday Fiction #6

MURDER IN THE STY

They found the murder victim in a pigsty, yet the pigs had not eaten him. They attributed this to the good manners and breeding of the swine. The dwarves of Kanwuhrum were all a buzz, and a small crowd gathered.

If all the murmured voices were to form one coherent sentence, it would have been: "Where the bloody hell is the constable?"
As if in answer, a voice slurred, "Clearly, the victim was poish—hic—poisoned, and the pigs had the good sense not to make a meal of him." Read more