Month: July 2025

by Don Bruns      Give a fiction writer a topic, any topic, and they’ll come up with a story. Give a murder mystery writer a topic, any topic, and they’ll find a way to kill […]

Janice Hallett explains how trivia nights and murder mysteries belong together What is the largest desert in the world? Around half the teams at a recent trivia night answered ‘The Sahara’ to the question above, […]

 Laura Shepherd-Robinson The goddess of gambling, Fortuna, presided over 18th century London. Widely acknowledged to be a blight and a curse on the nation, gambling was nonetheless embraced by rich and poor alike, uniting a […]

By Jo Morey Suspense novels invariably play on the reader’s senses. The dreadful blackness of night. The metallic taste of blood. The pungent scent of fear. It all heightens the tension. So, when I set […]

Inside the Conspiracies and Truths Behind The Twilight Town By Terrence McCauley A popular element of the modern thriller novel is that you’re not paranoid if someone’s actually watching you. History shows us that yesterday’s conspiracy […]

by Tess Sharpe Women exist in a world of violence. From a young age, we’re told to anticipate it. To be on guard against an evil world and the bogeyman who exists just around the […]

by David Gordon Most of my life, and most of my novels, have taken place in New York, but I spent a key chunk of time in Los Angeles, and it definitely left its mark […]

by Dick Lochte The history of mystery fiction is filled with nearly as many sidekicks as there are sleuths. Some are clever, some dull. Some are foolish, some substantial. But only one type offers unconditional […]

Excelling as a journalist for over 15 years, C.M. Kushins decided to start sharing his passion for writing through new forms of media. Kushins is the author of “Nothing’s Bad Luck”, the Warren Zevon biography, […]

by J.T. Ellison It’s hard not to romanticize the idea of a small town. We see it again and again in movies, TV shows, and books—the charm, the sweetness, the community. The escape from the […]