I needed something light and fluffy, and it doesn’t get much fluffier than Debbie Macomber’s annual Christmas romance. This year’s is A Date with Santa. Sage Madison’s siste…

In April 2015, B.K. Stevens debuted the blog series “The First Two Pages,” hosting craft essays by short story writers […]

It has been awhile since I looked at the impressive output of John Lutz (1939-2021). He was a powerhouse in the world of crime fiction, publishing more than 50 novels and about 250 short stories. H…

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Reviewed by Jeanne Halloween night can be creepy enough—adding murder really takes it up a notch! Kensington Publishers have a holiday...

In Twenty Over Sixty, editors Beth Weinhouse and David Galef gathered twenty stories by authors over sixty, stories that reflect the lives of people over that age. There are as many variations in s…

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Personal Note: This has nothing to do with my book review, other than it took me longer than expected to finish the book. I’ve been so angry as I read articles and posts about the Cornell 7, …

It was a busy couple days between Treasures in My Closet and “What Are You Reading?” as well as a trip to the library. I’m also judging short stories for an anthology, and spent y…

I missed Deb Lewis' list of books in my email, so I'm a day late publishing her October picks. Here's the list, plus one review. You can order your copies through the Webstore, https://store.poisonedp...

Writing under the shared pseudonym " Kelley Roos ," William and Audrey Roos formed one of the best, cleverest and funniest writing duos of g...

Death Down East by U. S. author Eleanor Blake (1899-1952) was first published by Putnam in 1940; reissued by Penguin in 1945, and reprinted again by Coachwhip in 2022. It’s a highly readable story …

I hope you’re enjoying your week. My sister, Linda, and I did an overnight trip on Sunday. First, her husband, Kevin, made an early dinner so we could eat before we hit the road. We were only…

Treasures are a day early because we do “What Are You Reading?” on Thursdays. There’s a ton of November book releases, so I need to jump right in. I hope there’s a book or t…

The story collection, The Twelve Loves of Christmas, is called “An Advent Romance Collection”. From what I’ve read, the actual book has twelve sealed stories so the reader can ope…

Peter Robert Corris (1942-2018) was an Australian academic, historian, journalist, and novelist. He received a Ph.D. in history from the Australian National University and then became a lecturer, l…

Reviewed by Jeanne I love seeing the places where writers lived and worked, so I’ve seen many of these types of books and enjoyed them a...

Dorothy Cameron Disney was an American journalist, writer and columnist whose column, "Can This Marriage Be Saved," ran for three decades i...

I don’t know how I missed the eleventh Sherlock Holmes Bookshop Mystery by Vicki Delany. But, darn her anyways. She killed off my favorite suspect in The Devil in the Details. I should have k…

Often when writing, aspiring and novice authors concern themselves more with the structure of the story than the way it is told. Craftsmanship, however, is just as important as structure. Here are …

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