A good friend of mine challenged me to write a 221B story. If I remember correctly, the goal was to write a Holmes story containing 221 words and ending the whole thing with the letter B.

I FAILED that challenge bc I couldn't stop writing. Below is the story I wrote. Forgive any non-Holmesian characteristics. (From my archives)

 Not going to lie. This story is not new. It's maybe less than you deserve but my writing time is being taken up by a bigger project. This was a piece written in college, so you can compare how much or little my writing has changed. 

At the end will be a BADLY Word created 'cover'. Back in college, I used to really believe creating covers made my work more legitimate. Unfortunately, I had little skill and fewer tools to make them!

I promised you a story, didn't I? I'm delivering...though I have to admit it is NOT the story I was planning on writing. That story is being INCREDIBLY difficult and you deserve better. Well, not MUCH better since you're reading my stuff, but still you should still get a COMPLETE story.

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This isn't exactly a fiction story. It's more of a thought that flitted through my head and asked to be written.

I was thinking about stories as the word applies to buildings and was reminded of what I used to believe. I decided to finally look the word up and see how it related to the stories we tell. Below the break line you will see where that took me.