(Drabble–a short work of fiction exactly one hundred words in length. Written by @UniversalMonk)

The Beetle

Jimmy Dalten was dead. Not all that surprising really. He was poor hobo.

He lived a life of thievery and debauchery. He was also about as mean as a man could be.

His friends say that after he found a rock, shaped like a beetle, he started going on and on about finding the “Door to the Afterlife.”

He claimed it might be in a trash bin behind a Denny’s in North Carolina.

No, it’s not surprising that Dalten was dead. It was a bit of a shock that his body was found inside a sealed pyramid in Egypt though.

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