AGGIE by Leigh Lundin Whew! After a week of solid rain from Tropical Storm Fay, I glimpsed the sun! My house is a disaster, but I see sun. With UPS battery backup, I took advantage of the storm to write and edit, which was gratifying since I felt drained after last week’s article. Unfortunately, T.S. […]

DEAR PRUDENCE by Leigh Lundin I’ve been watching Dear Prudence, a TV mystery movie that, with a ‘sequel’ promised, could potentially become a series if they tighten it up. Prudence McCoy is a Martha Stewart type (cast considerably nicer) who winds up in Wyoming instead of Connecticut. She’s cute but a bit ditzy. As mystery […]

IMMORTALITY by John M. Floyd In a story I wrote some time ago, called “A Place in History,” a corporate executive embarks on a diabolical plot (what good plot isn’t?) to ensure that his name will be around long after he’s gone. When reminded by his Man Friday that he’s already a multimillion- aire, the […]

MURDER AT SEA by Steve Steinbock Aboard the Royal Caribbean ocean liner Rhapsody of the Sea, I understand how Agatha Christie got the inspiration for so many of her stories. With my sick mind, it’s easy to see murder everywhere I look. Opportunities for poisonings, tossing people overboard, and fatal injuries by blunt trauma abound […]

SUSPENDING BELIEF by Deborah Elliott-Upton According to my cyberspace network carrier, the Hot Searches today are for National Hurricane Center Olympics Bigfoot Angelina Jolie Food Network As a writer, I try to keep pace with what the world is thinking and especially what readers are thinking and reading about. Keeping track of those cruising the […]

THIS FAR, NO FARTHER by Rob Lopresti Recently I was reading a mystery story and enjoying it. Then I was enjoying it less. And finally I asked myself: “Why am I still reading this?” So I stopped. I find myself reaching that point more quickly these days, especially for novels. There are too many interesting […]

PRETTY LITTLE GIRLS by Melodie Johnson Howe Due to circumstances beyond my control (so to speak) I found myself watching more TV than usual. Thank God for baseball, the Olympics, and interior decorating shows. I now know how to decorate on a dime. Baseball was perfect for me. I could nap and wake up to […]