All Blog Posts Tagged 'story' (273)

Up in Kings River Life Magazine 6 more reviews & giveaways of Penguin mysteries. "The Good, the Bad, and the Witchy": A Witchcraft Mystery By Heather Blake, "Curse of the PTA" by Laura Alden, "Under Currents" by Author Pamela Beason, "Going, Going Ganache" by Jenn McKinlay, "Oak and Dagger" by Dorothy St. James and "The Homicide Hustle": A Ballroom Dance Mystery By Ella Barrick.…

Stephen L. Brayton owns and operates Brayton’s Black Belt Academy in Oskaloosa, Iowa. He is a Fifth Degree Black Belt and certified instructor in The American Taekwondo Association.

He began writing as a child; his first short story concerned a true incident about his reactions to discipline. During high…

Surprise is probably a mild way to put it.  Shock would have most assuredly fit the emotional reaction perceived, but of course as a title and what happened, surprise works much better.

Short stories are just that.  You won't find a lot of fluff or character building; there just isn't any room…

This morning in Kings River Life Magazine we have another big group of fun mystery book reviews & giveaways from Penguin: We have "The Christie Curse: A Book Collector Mystery" By Victoria Abbott, "Nickeled-and-Dimed to Death: A Devereaux’s Dime Store Mystery" By Denise Swanson, "Peach Pies and Alibis" by Ellery Adams, Trouble in the Tarot by Kari Lee Townsend, and Wave Good-Bye: A Southern Beauty Shop Mystery By Lila Dare…

A review of Brother Half Angel by Martin roth.

American missionaries are in China, working at a Bible College that fronts as an English school. Their presence is not agreeable to many in the town, including an ancient martial arts sect known as the ‘Flower Boxers’. The story actually begins with a massacre of some missionaries almost a century earlier, carried out by the same sect. The grandson of one of the martyrs is now working at the school, feeling it is his mission to carry on…

Up in Kings River Life this morning--check out this great book giveaway of Julia Spencer Fleming's entire series! There is also a review of 2 of the books in the series http://kingsriverlife.com/04/06/julie-spencer-fleming-reviewsbig-giveaway/

Also up in KRL this morning a new Smart Guys mystery short story from Dennis Palumbo…

'The Bilge' is a freebie horror short story on my blog, if you need a scare!

Part one:http://nishiserrano.blogspot.com/2012/07/bilge.html

Parts three and four:…

I give this story 5 stars gladly and with enthusiasm. It was a total joy to read and was a book I found myself eager to get home and read in the evening (taking over my desire for my evening soaps, which says a lot!)

It took me back to my childhood when my mum would read stories to me and my sister at…

Your Best Writing Group featured an excerpt from Eighteen Months To Live during their March Memoir Madness.

Memoir Madness…18 Months To Live

Posted by Cheryl on Mar 14, 2013 in March Madness |

Rachele Baker joins the madness with an excerpt from her book 18 Months To Live. This piece has an interesting collection of first person and third person narratives to bring in different perspectives for the reader. Enjoy Rachele’s selection and visit Amazon to learn more about…

By Rachele Baker, DVM - I was interviewed by Linda Austin of Moonbridge Books for her lifewriting blog. My answers to Linda's questions reveal poignant new insights into my mother Midge’s feelings and thoughts during her final months of life.

Eighteen Months To Live by Rachele Baker – The Gift Of A Journal

Posted on March 3, 2013 by Moonbridge Books |

Journal entries are not memoir. At least, not usually. Rachele Baker, however, took her mother’s end-of-life…

Up today in Kings River Life we have a great giveaway and reviews of 4 Penguin mysteries-"Chance of A Ghost": A Haunted Guesthouse Mystery by E.J. Copperman, "Knot What It Seams" by Elizabeth Craig, "One Hot Murder" by Lorraine Bartlett and "Veiled Revenge": A Crime of Fashion Mystery By Ellen Byerrum…

I came into the world on October 18, 1961. John F. Kennedy was President of the United States. The film West Side Story was released, and would go on to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards. Major League Baseball was celebrating Roger Maris of the New York Yankees, who hit a…

In Kings River Life Magazine this morning we have a great mystery short story by Andrew MacRae http://kingsriverlife.com/02/23/strangers-well-met-an-original-mystery-short-story/

We also have another mystery TV Flashback from Deborah Harter Williams. This one is one of my personal favorites-"Spenser For Hire"…

Chocolates and roses and sweet little notes, candlelit dinners and quiet nights alone. But did you consider sentimental Italian dogs, lovelorn teens and perpetually aggrieved mobsters? Did you consider vampires?



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Up in Kings River Life Magazine this morning is a never before published mystery short story by Mary Frisbee http://kingsriverlife.com/02/02/bitter-creek-an-original-mystery-short-story/



Also in the new issue we have a review of Kerry Greenwood's latest mystery novel "Unnatural Habits", an interview with Kerry & a chance to win a copy of the book…

This wonderful interview with me about the story behind my new book Eighteen Months To Live was published online at The Mesothelioma Center as a two-part series on January 30 and 31, 2013. Here is Part 2:

Survivor Insight Series | 18 Months to Live by Rachele Baker: Part 2 January 31st, 2013 | By: Ben Leer

Rachele has taken the time to share her mother’s private journal while she battled mesothelioma. Here are some quotes that we discussed with her and wanted to share with the…

This wonderful interview with me about the story behind my new book Eighteen Months To Live was published online at The Mesothelioma Center as a two-part series on January 30 and 31, 2013. Here is Part 1:



Survivor Insight Series | 18 Months to Live by Rachele Baker: Part 1

January 30th, 2013 | By: Ben Leer



It wasn’t just another day cleaning the garage when Rachele Baker came across some old memories. These were memories from her mother’s journal that had been…

Do you remember your first crush?  Stop by Fairday’s Blog to read a review of Flipped by Wendelin Van Draanen , a book that will show you that there are two sided to every story.  …