This was a riot, Terry. Excellent use of Noir, cliches, mythology, and good ol' humor.
And I know just what you mean about muses and their bad ideas. My muse just kicked me in the head a few weeks ago with an idea I don't think I want to write, but the muse is pretty stuck on the notion. I'm also getting no sympathy from the muse when it comes to the fact that I've already got an eight million page long work in progress that really should get finished some time this century.
