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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 03/10/2026

Disaster enby and awkward ace each yearning for found family, with a side of amateur sleuthing and a decades-old serial killer case? Check. For sale or posting a chapter a day on my blog. books2read.com/WTS rebeccafrostwrites.com/where-theres... #QueerWritersChat

The cover of Where There’s Smoke by Rebecca Frost, showing a cobalt blue food truck follows a winding road with a foggy background and coals in the foreground

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 01/10/2026

Wait tomorrow’s October! Where There’s Smoke drops tomorrow - order it now or read it chapter by chapter on my blog! Disaster enby + socially awkward ace team up to prove a hit podcast got it wrong when they identified a serial killer. books2read.com/WTS rebeccafrostwrites.com/where-theres...

My white hand holding up a paperback copy of Where There’s Smoke by Rebecca Frost (a cobalt blue food truck follows a winding road with a foggy background and coals in the foreground)

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 26/09/2026

Thrillers for all seasons! Okay mostly thrillers set in summer here but you get the idea. 😆 books2read.com/pending books2read.com/Bury-the-Dead books2read.com/Cold-Comfort-RF books2read.com/WTS #QueerWritersChat

A bulletin board featuring a map of Michigan and saying “Michigan can be thrilling.“ Books by Rebecca Frost surround the map with red string,m connecting each book to a spot on the map via pushpins. Pending (dark blue building with two lit windows and two silhouetted figures inside) connects to Kalamazoo. Bury the Dead (four candles, two lit, two sniffed out) connects to South Range, which is near Houghton. Cold Comfort (a torn postcard of a lakeside lodge) is up at the tip of the Keweenaw, near Copper Harbor. Where There’s Smoke (a cobalt blue food truck follows a winding road with a foggy background and coals in the foreground) points to Marquette.

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 19/09/2026

For rest, I’d suggest the tech-free retreat in Cold Comfort. It might be the most relaxing of anything that goes on in Michigan. 😆 books2read.com/pending books2read.com/Bury-the-Dead books2read.com/Cold-Comfort-RF books2read.com/WTS #QueerWritersChat

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 05/09/2026

I promise my “write what you know” has to do with setting these in my home state and not the murdery bits. 😉 books2read.com/pending books2read.com/Bury-the-Dead books2read.com/Cold-Comfort-RF books2read.com/WTS #QueerWritersChat

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 02/09/2026

My stitch marker dealer (Heather, aka winemakerssister on Etsy) has subjected me to the mortifying ordeal of being known (added a free stitch marker to my order that’s just too darn perfect).

A stitch marker that’s a charm on a lever back clasp. The charm is a white dress with a pink bow at the waist, but the skirt of the dress is spattered with blood.

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 25/08/2026

Since I’m teaching creative writing I was like oh, I should bring in everything I’ve had published so far. It took more than one trip. 🤣

A desktop bookshelf holding 21 books. 10 are single-author (aka “Rebecca Frost” is on the spine) and the others are collections where I wrote a chapter/a short story/the introduction.

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 22/08/2026

“Laundry Day” by @cozykathryn.com. Bring on the fall vibes. 🍂

A 4”x4” painting of two ghosts hung on a line like sheets. Their eyes are visible but otherwise they’re rectangles. The tres in the back are in full orange and yellow glory, the grass is green, and there’s a pumpkin at the bottom left corner. I’ve put the painting in a light wood frame and it’s on the edge of a woven table with green grass and trees behind it.

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 22/08/2026

Breaking rules and subverting tropes can be thrilling. 😆 This year I finally started self-publishing my novels. Art and graphics by @amaralynn.bsky.social. Support artists! books2read.com/pending books2read.com/Bury-the-Dead books2read.com/Cold-Comfort-RF books2read.com/WTS #QueerWritersChat

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 15/08/2026

Some hearts are deeper and colder than Lake Superior. books2read.com/pending books2read.com/Bury-the-Dead books2read.com/Cold-Comfort-RF books2read.com/WTS #QueerWritersChate

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 08/08/2026

I love morally gray characters, so if you love them too … books2read.com/pending books2read.com/Bury-the-Dead books2read.com/Cold-Comfort-RF books2read.com/WTS #QueerWritersChat

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 25/07/2026

Ahhhh that freshly finished draft feeling.

screenshot of a status bar for a document: page 281 of 281; 82485 words

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 24/07/2026

So the writing’s going well. 🤣

Snapchat convo

Friend: Nice your gonna get it! It’s gonna be a cliffhanger ending leading to the next book haha 🤣

Me: HAH academics don’t work that way

Wait hang on let me ask my editor

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 19/07/2026

Hilarious, entertaining, and educational. A perfectly cromulent book. I immediately went and ordered more of Kean’s work.

Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Re-Creating the Sights, Sounds, Smells, and Tastes of Lost Civilizations, by Sam Kean. The cover shows an Egyptian death mask, mouth open, as four disembodied hands reach toward it holding a fork, spoon, magnifying class, and hammer.

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 18/07/2026

For fans of Agatha Christie: a group of strangers gather at a tech-free retreat for the month of July. One’s looking for a murderer. One’s running from her past. And one just wants to make it through the summer without anything exciting happening. books2read.com/Cold-Comfort... #QueerWritersChat

Cold Comfort by Rebecca Frost. The cover looks like a postcard image lodge at the edge of a lake, surrounded by tall pine trees. The postcard has been ripped and has been put back jaggedly, so the lodge is out of joint.

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 07/07/2026

It the one year anniversary of my breast cancer surgery! I’m not back to the the “normal” that came before, and I might never be. Most days the new “normal” is okay. Today I think the new normal deserves some cake.

A white person with short hot pink hair sits in a hospital bed, wearing a hospital gown, and knits while waiting for surgery. There is a yellow rubber duck wearing a pink cancer ribbon pin on their knee.

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 30/06/2026

Out tomorrow! Welcome to Loon Lake, your all-inclusive tech-free summer retreat! We pride ourselves on protecting our residents’ anonymity. Come escape for a month in the Upper Peninsula and forget about your everyday cares and woes. Nondisclosure agreements required. books2read.com/Cold-Comfort...

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 27/06/2026

Laugh, cry … debate whether it seems safe to visit … 😆 Not everyone in Michigan is a serial killer, though, right? books2read.com/pending books2read.com/Bury-the-Dead books2read.com/Cold-Comfort-RF books2read.com/WTS #QueerWritersChat

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 20/06/2026

You know these titles intrigue you. 😉 And the covers look really cool, too! (Psst @amaralynn.bsky.social draws and designs awesome covers.) books2read.com/pending books2read.com/Bury-the-Dead books2read.com/Cold-Comfort-RF books2read.com/WTS #QueerWritersChat

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 15/06/2026

All right, team. Let’s write this thing.

A jar candle labeled Blank Pages (bergamot, camphor, oak moss, cedar, amber, and sandalwood) surrounded by various figurines: a black dragon lying on their belly, chin propped in their hands; a brass triceratops; a semi-translucent black stone spider; and a black raven.

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 13/06/2026

Speaking of supporting other writers … 😉 From debut novel murder confessions to small town cold cases to isolated Agatha Christie capers, there’s always something thrilling about Michigan. books2read.com/pending books2read.com/Bury-the-Dead books2read.com/Cold-Comfort-RF #QueerWritersChat

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 12/06/2026

I love sentences like this. Just a little piece of information to help set the scene. Not important in any way. Yes, Chernobyl happened in the wee hours of April 26th but shhh. Just information. No subtext.

End of the previous sentence unimportant.

Friday, April 25, was the last opportunity to take care of unfinished business before the holiday nude took over the entire city, making it difficult, if not impossible to get anything done before mid-May.

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 30/05/2026

Please note that I’ve been writing for decades and only just started self publishing so this isn’t connected to burnout. 😆 Stalkers, serial killers, cold cases, and secret identities, oh my! books2read.com/pending books2read.com/Bury-the-Dead books2read.com/Cold-Comfort-RF #QueerWritersChat

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 26/05/2026

Tomorrow night! Come join me! Monthly UP-Wide, virtual meeting. Featuring Dr. Rebecca Frost: If It Bleeds: Researching and Writing True Crime. Wednsday, May 27, 7pm Eastern. And here's the Zoom Link: us06web.zoom.us/j/8456415765... (Passcode: 021322)

Wednesday May 27, 7pm, virtual

If It Bleeds: Researching and Writing True Crime A lecture, followed by Q and A with Dr. Rebecca Frost. Drawing on her background in researching and writing multiple true crime projects, Rebecca will discuss the challenges of finding information about lesser-known crimes, narrowing down the wealth of information about famous crimes, and the process of turning facts and real people into a story.

Rebecca Frost is an internationally- recognized Jack the Ripper expert, as seen on History's Greatest Mysteries. She wrote her PhD dissertation on American True Crime and
has since written multiples books and articles about serial killers like Jack the Ripper and H. H. Holmes. She attended MTU and currently lives
and teaches in L'Anse.

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 23/05/2026

Support a cancer survivor. Buy my books. Worry about the murder rates in my home state. (It’s all fiction, I swear!) Serial killers, cold cases, and vengeance, oh my. books2read.com/pending books2read.com/Bury-the-Dead books2read.com/Cold-Comfort-RF #QueerWritersChat

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 16/05/2026

From serial-killing debut authors to headline-grabbing true crime reporters, and even an Agatha Christie group of who knows what all, Michigan can be thrilling. books2read.com/pending books2read.com/Bury-the-Dead books2read.com/Cold-Comfort-RF #QueerWritersChat

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 13/05/2026

Me: Yeah I have this plot bunny about murder on the North Country Trail, but I’m not ready to really dig into it yet. The library:

A book called The North Country Trail: The Best Walks, Hikes, and Backpacking Trips on America’s Longest National Scenic Trail

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 09/05/2026

The tragedy was supposed to be over 10 years ago, but now an upcoming true crime writer thinks he can use Ollie’s murdered mother and sister to make his career. She’s about to finally move on when he reaches out to pull her back down. rebeccafrostwrites.com/bury-the-dea... #QueerWritersChat

The cover for the novel Bury the Dead by Rebecca Frost. The words are yellow and white on a dark background. There are four candles. The two in the back have been snuffed out and are still smoking. The two in the front are shorter and still lit. The candles are not a matched set - all four are slightly different. Cover by Amara J Lynn.

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 06/05/2026

All chapters of Bury the Dead are now up on my blog! A small town cold case attracts the attention of a big-city hotshot true crime writer who doesn't care if he ruins the surviving family members as long as he gets his scoop. rebeccafrostwrites.com/bury-the-dea...

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 05/05/2026

This is how many times my dissertation has been downloaded. 🤯 And hey, if four more of you want to be cool, too: digitalcommons.mtu.edu/etdr/17/

A graphic reading “19996 Total Downloads” above a graphic of charts (line and pie) and “visit my dashboard”

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 02/05/2026

I promise not everyone in Michigan murders people, even though that's what I write about. From debut novel murder confessions to cold cases to Agatha Christie capers, I've got you covered. books2read.com/pending books2read.com/Bury-the-Dead books2read.com/Cold-Comfort-RF #QueerWritersChat

A bulletin board labeled "Michigan can be thrilling." The book covers surround a map of Michigan and red string goes between the covers and the proper cities. Pending (a dark blue outside of an apartment building with two lit windows) connects to Kalamazoo. Bury the Dead (four candles, two lit and two just blown out) connects just outside of Houghton to the village of South Range. Cold Comfort (a torn postcard image of a lodge on the edge of a lake) is just outside Copper Harbor.

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 28/04/2026

It’s hard not to look back on the past year but I’m just so grateful I get to pick another flavor of cheesecake.

A hot chocolate cheesecake topped with chocolate ganache and mini marshmallows, topped with two lit candles saying 41

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 25/04/2026

It's my birthday Monday - buy my books! books2read.com/pending books2read.com/Bury-the-Dead books2read.com/Cold-Comfort... #QueerWritersChat

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 04/04/2026

Things to be anxious about: - family dynamics - an unsolved double murder - an intrepid reporter who thinks he can solve it - an upcoming wedding - whether your car will break down in the middle of nowhere in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula rebeccafrostwrites.com/bury-the-dea... #QueerWritersChat

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 28/03/2026

Not me sending this to people saying “I’m 0 for 2 🤣🤣🤣” #breastcancersurvivor

Screenshot of a dish with the message “My mental health isn’t great but my tits are. :)”

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 28/03/2026

Coming April 1! It’s been 10 years since Ollie’s mom and sister were murdered, and now some hotshot true crime writer thinks he’ll be able to solve the case. He’s ready to exploit the tragedy and he doesn’t care who gets hurt. More info/preorder: rebeccafrostwrites.com/bury-the-dea...

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 21/03/2026

Coming April 1! A small town cold case heats up when a serial killer retracts his recent confession and a trie crime writer takes up his pen. It’s a battle over truth, justice, and the right to tell the story. Read more/preorder: rebeccafrostwrites.com/bury-the-dea... #QueerWritersChat

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 14/03/2026

Coming April 1. Ollie’s mom and sister were killed 10 years ago in a case that was never solved. Now she has to fight an up-and-coming true crime writer over who has the right to control their story. rebeccafrostwrites.com/bury-the-dea... #QueerWritersChat

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 13/03/2026

Coming April 1! Order the book or read it when I post a chapter at a time on my blog. This one's a cold case double murder that's caught the attention of an up-and-coming true crime writer who thinks he can solve things 10 years later. Bury the Dead: A Novel rebeccafrostwrites.com/bury-the-dea...

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 28/02/2026

Nell gets an ARC of a book that’s supposed to be a tender tribute to a lost love, more of a memoir than fiction. Unfortunately she sees herself in it as the one who got away … from a serial killer she’s been hiding from ever since. Available on my blog or books2read.com/pending #QueerWritersChat

Tropes and arrows for Pending by Rebecca Frost. The background is a light blue sky with whisky clouds and a slight rainbow. White arrows point to: secret identities; the one that got away; skeleton in the closet; unreliable narrator; found family; and cozy serial killer fiction. These surround the book cover. It shows the front of an apartment building in shades of blue with three rows of windows. All but two windows are dark. The middle top window has a lamp shining yellow on a silhouette as he writes something down. The middle right window is fully lit with a silhouette of a woman looking off toward the edge of the cover. Art by Amara Lynn.

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 21/02/2026

Nell’s doing her best to recover from the serial killer in her past, but now he’s written a whole novel so he can crowdsource readers to help him find her. One person’s romance is another’s psychological thriller. books2read.com/pending rebeccafrostwrites.com/pending-a-no... #QueerWritersChat

The cover for the novel Pending by Rebecca Frost. It shows the front of an apartment building in shades of blue with three rows of windows. All but two windows are dark. The middle top window has a lamp shining yellow on a silhouette as he writes something down. The middle right window is fully lit with a silhouette of a woman looking off toward the edge of the cover. Art by Amara Lynn.

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 17/02/2026

This is a CAT checkpoint. Show me the most recent cat image on your phone.

Secret kitten, a stuffed lioness toy, proudly sits in a little pink Lowe’s bucket that matches her pink bracelet.

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 14/02/2026

What happens when you pick up a romantic literary ARC that might be the author’s thinly-veiled attempt to find the one that got away and you realize it’s written about you … and the author is the serial killer you’ve been hiding from? books2read.com/pending #QueerWritersChat

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 10/02/2026

The last chapter of Pending just posted! Read on my blog: rebeccafrostwrites.com/pending-a-no... Buy the eBook: books2read.com/pending

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Rebecca Frost @rebeccafrostwrites.com · 01/02/2026

When a plot (finally) hits the story boarding stage.

Close-up on a single note, held onto a whiteboard with a clear thumbtack shaped magnet. It just says “red string.jpeg.”

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