An Unexpected Twist

                " I know who did it!" I screamed after what seemed like hours of staring at a list of clues and suspects.
        "Who?" asked the chief detective.
        "You'll see!" I said before running out the door to the beach.
    Once there, I quickly told the volunteer in charge of cleaning the beach what happened.  A person was stealing bottles from the "litter" bin near the parking lot, probably to recycle and get money, and I knew how to confirm who.
     All I had to do was get some volunteers to disguise as recycle bins, and when the thief  came to look in them, we would arrest them.
     The thief came, but not in a way I expected....

My Strange Memory

        It has been 10 years since I started my dream job of owning a bookstore.  Even now I remember the strange thing that happened when I started.
       Around the time when I first opened my store and started to order books, I got 3 boxes less than a day after I ordered only 2.  I thought it was a good thing because I could start setting up early.
Deciding to start right then, I opened the first box.   I put my hand in the box and felt a mess of paper. Looking inside, I saw the books I ordered ruined.  The second box was the same, but the third box had a note inside.

The Spot

       It was 5 years ago, and I had finally perfected a time portal that could be used to travel through time, space, and sometimes dreams.  I nicknamed it "the spot" hoping people would think it was a stain remover.  

       Anyways, during one of my tests, I ended up on a strange planet.  Before I could even look around, something charged past me.  I jumped out and tried to see where it went, and found it running towards me. 

       I jumped out of the way, causing the creature to go back into the portal. Immediately, I attempted to close it, but the spot just grew and grew....