On the Fourth of July, we celebrate our freedom from England and the birth of our nation. And July is also the month I was born. Besides writing about the Fourth and birthdays, a magical world is somehow created by a never-ending rain, and you’re left a cabin in the woods by an unknown uncle.
Welcome to the Killer Lines Crime Fiction Festival, the place for star writers of the genre to meet their adoring fans. But be careful—this year the murders don’t take place just on the page.
What is a portmanteau? According to dictionary.com and Merriam Webster, a portmanteau is a leather trunk or suitcase that opens up into two halves. But a portmanteau is also a word or part of a word made by combining the spellings and meanings of two or more other words or word parts.
The Nuevo Muyor isn’t your ordinary hotel. The patrons must be wealthy, but they are treated to exceptional luxury and privacy. They can’t ask too many questions though.
Everyone is invited in. Not everyone will get out alive.
Have you ever had a monster under your bed? What are you going to do for your mother on Mother’s Day? Do you like to take selfies? Does it surprise you to learn that the first post office was in a tavern? Would you ever ask to take a selfie with a hijacker?
Each of the stories in this outstanding and well-written book is about an outcast. Troubled marriages, jealousy, addictions, and vaccines are some of the things you’ll encounter in this interesting collection.
𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑖𝑡𝑐ℎℎ𝑖𝑘𝑒𝑟𝑠 is impossible to put down, full of tension and suspense that never quits until you read the final page. But even then, this story with so many twists and turns refused to leave my thoughts.
How many chances will you take on Take a Chance Day? Will you visit a mad scientist on World Laboratory Day? On Talk Like Shakespeare Day, will thou talkest like Shakespeare? What will you see up above on Look Up at the Sky Day? On Reach as High as You Can Day, what will you reach for? How many games of Scrabble will you play on Scrabble Day?
Winston Churchill once described Americans and British as “two people separated by a common language.”
