Remember that old, scary film, Out of the Fog? What is there about fog that appeals to imaginations? Maybe it’s because it distorts things and makes the familiar seem weird and unknown. Maybe it’s because it’s silent, not noisy like rain, and not in any particular shape, like snow. It isn’t pretty either; it’s gray […]
Sep 15, 2021
Only the Wind and the Moonlight
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The rain stopped and I turned off my windshield wipers. About halfway to Myra’s home, I realized no one in the whole world knew where I was and that was not a good thing. I speed-dialed Cade but got no answer, only his voice mail. Leaving a message, I told him where I’d be. Hopefully, […]
Sep 26, 2017
The Cozy Mystery That Almost Wasn’t
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By the Fright of the Silvery Moon is a cozy mystery that almost didn’t happen. So, I guess the writing was a mystery in itself. It all started last year. I wanted to write a second Ned McNeil Moonlight mystery, following Moonlight Can Be Murder. I had the title already. It sounded suitably chilling. That’s […]
