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Writers, storytellers, and story lovers—this one’s for you. Dive into the world of storytelling, from idea to manuscript and shelf to screen, with the globe's best creators and professionals.
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Great to see A Dash of Demon on the shelves at Malaprops in Asheville.
If you haven't already, grab a copy of the coziest horror of the year!
#CozyReads #horror #books
Thanks to Macabre Daily for this interview with the authors, JF and Amy!
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Thrilled to announce that Shadow of the Eternal Watcher has placed in the @IPPYAwards. #writingcommunity #BooksToRead
🎉HAPPY PUB WEEK🎉
Want
⭐Immortal raccoons?
⭐A little café in a forgotten town?
⭐A cloud worshipping cult?
⭐Coffee, witchcraft, and baking?
A Dash of Demon, based on the @Achewillow podcast and first in a new #cozyhorror series, is available from @jfdubeau & Amy Frost
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On @Inkshares (a crowdfunding site for books): Matt Farley's The Last Beacon is described as True Detective meets The X-Files. 3 sample chapters that read like something you'd pick up at the bookstore. Help him get it published by pre-ordering! inkshares.com/books/the-last… #booktwt
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When you write in a historical period, it pays to know what people considered the "done" thing to do, even if your characters don't always follow all the rules.
Grok says you nailed it @misericordius
Yes, the video nails it. Yellow journalism exploded in the 1890s US via Pulitzer's World and Hearst's Journal, fueled by the Yellow Kid cartoon and wild, unverified scoops. Hearst kept the sensational style into the 1920s. In the UK, News of the World (launched 1843, run by Lord Riddell in the 1920s) thrived on trashy scandals—Agatha Christie even nodded to it.
People pushed back with angry letters to editors questioning "Is this true?" Same skepticism, different tools. History rhymes.
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What were they clutching their pearls at, back in the 1920s? (And the 1890s, and the 1840s, because some things never change ...)
🔍 With A PRETENDER'S MURDER publishing this week, be sure to catch the behind-the-scenes process of writing this book.
Christopher (@misericordius) discusses in this interview with the great Daryl Maxwell of the @LAPublicLibrary
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✨Publishing Today✨
The only thing more intricate than this book tower?
A PRETENDER'S MURDER by Christopher Huang (@misericordius)
Go read the novel @ALA_Booklist called "A cracking good mystery, almost impossible to put down."
#publishing #pubday #mystery #newbooks #1920s
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Happy #publicationday to A Pretender's Murder by Christopher Huang, an intriguing, intricate & atmospheric historical mystery #books #historicalfiction #bookreviews #crimefiction @misericordius @Inkshares whatcathyreadnext.co.uk/2025… via @Cathy_A_J
Thanks to @CrimeReads for publishing this brilliant piece by @misericordius.
A great way to celebrate #pubday for A PRETENDER'S MURDER!
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ONE DAY MORE before A Pretender's Murder officially releases into the wild!
ALT Three books nestled in a blue armchair with a sepia-patterned cushion: A Gentleman's Murder, Unnatural Ends, and A Pretender's Murder. Before them, a dagger-like letter opener with a lion's head handle lies on the coils of an undone burgundy bowtie.
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Writing a mixed-race main character in a Golden Age mystery means researching racial tensions in post-WW1 Britain.
(Most of the images used here come from The Mixed Museum, which is well worth the look: mixedmuseum.org.uk/)
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ONE WEEK TO GO! We see a lot of front covers, but how about this back cover for A PRETENDER'S MURDER? Many thanks to Martin Edwards and S.A. Cosby for the kind words. (go read their books)
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Look what the postman dropped off today. Also: TWO WEEKS TO LAUNCH! Tell your friendly neighbourhood bookstore you want one too!
67 is so 2025.
23 is so 1925.
Want to spend more time in the *19*20s?
A PRETENDER'S MURDER by @misericordius arrives in one week - February 24.
Be there or be a polygon with four sides of equal length and four right angles 😊
#mysterynovel #februaryreads #dadaism