Leave it to my cousin James over at Parkway Rest Stop. The guy is way above average in the creativity department. Now he's written the inaugural chapter of a "blog noir" project, in which a group of bloggers are each penning one chapter to create a dark detective novel.

If you've ever read Jim's adventures of Sgt. Jack Steele, you know he can really do this sort of thing. And man, he does it again with Max Robichaux.

You'll need some time and the right frame of mind, but if you've got both, you owe it to yourself to head over and check it out.