Kittybats
Kittybats t1_j5jviy1 wrote
Reply to comment by Writteninsanity in [WP] A bar called “The Alibi” that’s notorious for being just that.. an alibi. Often packed with ex-cons, the customers of The Alibi adhere to a silent, but strict, code: If they say they were here, we saw them. They’ll always back an alibi, no questions asked. by JelloStaplerr
This is really good! I loved the little world building details--the scarred bar top, the phone "ringing off the hook" (clever!) in the detective's pocket--and the characterization was top-notch; just a thumbnail sketch but also so much more.
It made me say the 4 words that mean the story is a good story...
"and then what happened?"
Kittybats t1_j5jwl0v wrote
Reply to comment by MechisX in [WP] A bar called “The Alibi” that’s notorious for being just that.. an alibi. Often packed with ex-cons, the customers of The Alibi adhere to a silent, but strict, code: If they say they were here, we saw them. They’ll always back an alibi, no questions asked. by JelloStaplerr
Well, the "outside of time and space" kinda sounds like "The Restaurant at the End of the Universe" from the Hitchhiker's Guide series, but it's not really a series on its own.
There's "Callahan's Crosstime Saloon," by Spider Robinson, but the tone of CCS is way different, and no 13 corners. That sounds like something from Richard Kadrey's "Sandman Slim" series.