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Essentially, springing from the opening scenes from A Murder is Announced, there is going to be a chance every single month to collaborate on a "new" Christie murder; each month a chapter will be chosen by the panel of judges as the next installment in this new novel. The funny thing is, this novel will end up being a pieced-together affair with chapters written by different people all over the world, yet because of how to contest is set up, it will be cohesive and brilliant! For the successive chapters, you will need to read all the chapters written and "published" so far on the site to keep up with the proper clues and mystery. One winner (one chapter) will be chosen each month, and the winners will be invited to a special dinner at the end of the ten-month contest with the judges, among whom is Agatha Christie's grandson!
The deadline for the first chapter is tonight at midnight.
Ha.
Rum thing...I might actually try out. Remember there's a chance every month to win! :D
If you are interested in this fascinating little contest, you may check out the rules and registration here. If you want to read the opening scenes on which Chapter One must be based, please head here.
And if you're stuck there thinking, "Well heavens, THIS is a stupid idea," then I will just inform you different with this little paragraph:
In 1931, in a literary game of Consequences, Agatha Christie and thirteen other members of the Detection Club contributed a chapter (and a proposed solution) to a collaborative detective novel
ultimately called The Floating Admiral.
So there and humph.
Entry costs nothing, so will you dare and take the chance with me by midnight? ;)
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Whoop, I really have always wanted to read that novel by the Detection Club. I think Belloc helped with it; so did Ronald Knox; and of course GK Chesterton was the president of the club so he helped. It was rather jolly.
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