text: After a brief hiatus, we’re back for more spotlights from our recently concluded cycle of Serial Saturday! It’s been such a treat to watch people develop their stories with us and bring arcs to a close that for some have been with us for quite a while. For a good handful of writers on Serial Saturday, their stories are continuations of stories that started on /r/writingprompts. For those who have participated in WP contests, you may remember some faces of this next tale from /u/Kammerice. Here at we thoroughly enjoyed /u/Kammerice’s story of gritty noir fiction, featuring a mouse on the tail of a murderer with powerful connections and means. There was a reason why Kammerice’s episodes ended up in our fan favorites so much-- the worldbuilding and character work is impeccable, not to mention, the story is immersive and leaves us wanting more. But don't take my word for it! Here's a small teaser: >THE DIPLOMACY OF MURDER > >Dead mice are as common as the cold, but a foreign envoy murdered in a low-rent part of town is strange, even for Elmgrove City. A Marshal is needed to avoid a diplomatic incident and it’s chain-smoking Blueberry Obcas’ bad luck that he gets the call. With Sergeant Zielen of the City Watch, the investigation takes him into the city’s matted underbelly and the world of political conspiracies. Rubbing whiskers with conviving spies and backstabbing civil servants, he uncovers a plot to assassinate the Mayor of Elmgrove City. Will Obcas be able to catch the killer before they strike again? For our first run of Serial Saturday at it was important for us to get author impressions of how their experience went with us, and give readers a peek at the "behind the scenes" of creating a flash fiction serial. Here's Kammerice’s take on that: >Obcas has been with me for a couple of years now, debuting for r/WritingPrompts 6th Birthday competition in 2018 in a piece that has since gone on to be (almost) a novel. Since then, I've written about that cantankerous mouse every chance I've gotten. Last year, I finally started interacting with the WP writing community, I began submitting Obcas pieces for Theme Thursday. When Serial Saturday was announced, I took the opportunity to rewrite the TT pieces into something more coherent with an ending in mind rather than just chasing a new prompt each week. > >Writing for SerSat has been a challenge. I've found myself looking forward to Campfire each week, which has meant writing something that people would want to hear! I've also wanted to forge ahead, explain some aspects in greater detail or bring in new characters, but the word limit always gets in the way. This is has been fantastic and infuriating in equal measures: lines of dialogue and entire minor characters have been sacrificed to keep me on target, but this has meant the story is more focused than anything I've written before. > >Serial Saturday has been the first time I've had live audience feedback, and the difference that's made is unbelievable. I never tailored the story to subvert (or even meet) expectations, but hearing thoughts and theories about the plot, week on week, was uplifting and encouraging. The critiques I've received have been accurate and helpful, friendly but not patronising. I'm looking forward to working on Obcas' next case in SerSat2021! With *The Diplomacy of Murder* at an end (for now) there is only one thing left to do: show off this newly finished story for obligatory bragging rights here on . Let the bragging begin! Without further ado, here's /u/Kammerice’s Table of Contents. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ (not posted to r/shortstories) (not posted to r/shortstories) \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ You can check out more of Kammerice's work by going to their subreddit, /r/The_Obcas_Files. Congrats on finishing your serial, Kammerice, and we can’t wait to see what you do next. <3 from the team at , , and Serial Saturday. \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ *For more information on the Serial Saturday program feel free to check out our* *.* We have members from all around the world and who have all kinds of schedules, so there’s usually someone awake to talk to. We also have scheduled readings, oration critiques, spur-of-the-moment story time, or even just random hangouts over voice chat.