It was a dark and stormy night… No that’s stupid. Every damn dumb novel starts that way. It’s gotta be better than that. Suddenly, the lights went out. Great, now I’m starting in the middle of the action. There’s no backstory. It makes no sense. The reader can’t follow it. The opening line is theContinue reading “Rewrite”
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The Solution
Walking always clears my head. Maybe it’s something about the fresh air or the freedom of moving in any direction I want. I love the dense warm summer air as a myriad of sensations hang in the thick atmosphere. The city has its own rhythm. The melody of sounds is deafening and chaotic, but whenContinue reading “The Solution”
Cheating Time
I keep having this reoccurring dream that I’m running down an empty street. It’s darker than a midnight where the dim shadow of a sliver blue moon and the intermittent blink of a couple faulty streetlights cast cruel lonely silhouettes. All I can hear is the haunting echo of my kitten-heeled slingbacks against the pavementContinue reading “Cheating Time”
Innocent?
Rachel felt as though she were living in a sinkhole of absurdity, delving deeper and deeper into the ridiculous with every passing day. The problem was her husband Hal, but really what he morphed into… a giant ogre of idiosyncratic annoyance.Trapped somewhere between the twilight zone and the worst fraternity house on campus, she wasContinue reading “Innocent?”
Pineapple Means Welcome
I was in the bar in the new adult community I recently move to nursing my Jack Daniels and watching the game when I overheard the strangest conversation. “Are you a pineapple?” the man said. “I’m a green pineapple,” the lady smiled. My interest piqued, I couldn’t help but glance in their direction. “Green aye.Continue reading “Pineapple Means Welcome”
The Rule of Three
Author’s Note: This is a continuation of the story last week, Rule 30 from the sequel to Beck’s Rules, When Walls Talk. With ideas of green ink, government paper and presidential profiles swirling in my head, I’m ready to get to work uncovering Carrington’s plot. I rush through the newsroom ignoring the wail of policeContinue reading “The Rule of Three”
Rule 30
Author’s Note: This is a sneak peek of the prequel to the cozy mystery novel Beck’s Rules where we discover the origin of hard-nosed reporter May Beck as she cuts her newspaper teeth and develops her skills on the streets of her urban city. Sometimes being right is an overwhelming burden to bear. But IContinue reading “Rule 30”
The Chump
“You were supposed to be dead,” a bystander screams glaring at my formerly lifeless body resurrect from the ground. “I feel like it,” I mumble, patting my hands over my chest taking stock of my body. I think I’m ok. But how? When someone shoots you in the chest, you’re usually not ok. I lookContinue reading “The Chump”
The Case of the Deadly Dreams
Night 1 There he was laying on the kitchen floor. Next to him was the cast iron frying pan. But what happened? Who could have done this? I was sleeping; did I hear something? Barefooted, I ran toward the front door in my nightgown. It was still locked. Confused, I scurried around the house lookingContinue reading “The Case of the Deadly Dreams”
NEW RELEASE! PUZZLE AT PEACOCK PERCH Secret Senior Sleuths Society Mysteries Book 1
Why have one detective when you can have a whole secret society? This group of seniors is making time amid their bridge and mahjong tournaments, bingo games, arts and crafts, and tennis and pickle ball matches to solve mysteries together in their community. They put all the knowledge from their former occupations to work togetherContinue reading “NEW RELEASE! PUZZLE AT PEACOCK PERCH Secret Senior Sleuths Society Mysteries Book 1”
SUZANNE RUDD HAMILTON 