BLOOD ON THE TRACKS!

Spring has arrived in Denmark and surrounding pastures are filled with hundreds of scampering piglets and their moms. In our yard, pink blossoms from the neighbors’ Japanese cherry trees are scattered across the bright green lawn and the apple trees sport white blossoms.

In addition to all the new growth surrounding me, I have a new story in the latest issue of MYSTERY, CRIME, AND MAYHEM. Our theme is Blood on the Tracks.

 

Readers always romanticize train travel, even if it’s just a quick commute into the city.

Why? Because trains are packed full of people with their own agendas, their own stories, their own need for revenge or escape.

Frequently in these traveling conveyances, crime occurs. Either in the trains themselves, or on the tracks.

What sort of crimes?

The MCM Syndicate of writers answers this question with fascinating stories that are historic, semi-historic, as well as set in modern day.

My contribution, “Dead Stop”, was inspired by a train trip I made from Portland to Eugene.

The German woman in the seat beside me had flown from Hamburg to Vancouver, Canada, in order to ride from there to Los Angeles.

She said little during our two hours together. I spent my time imagining what she might be thinking about the very different ways that Germany and the United States run their railroads. You’ll enjoy hearing comments about Amtrak and the wrong side of the tracks she was too polite to voice.

Come enjoy my tale of mystery plus nine more that occur on or near trains. So criminal, it’s good.

Blood on the Tracks is available as an ebook from most online booksellers and in paperback from Amazon. To get your copy of the magazine, click on the cover below or follow this universal link to your favorite retailer.

THE HUNT IS ON!

The spring issue of Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem – The Hunt is all about hunting someone or something, or being hunted.

 

Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem - The Hunt

You feel eyes on you. Watching. Waiting. Have they caught up with you?

Or maybe those eyes are yours. Watching someone dangerous.

Either way, the hunt begins and the hunter or the prey faces doom.

Check out the great company I’m keeping in this issue:

“The Devil’s Trumpet” by Joslyn Chase”

“At the Intersection of Suspicious and Strange” by Kari Kilgore

“All I need to Say” by Jason A. Adams

“In the Garden of Lies” by Michele Lang

“The Final Girl” by Annie Reed

“Juju and Her Beads” by Leah R. Cutter

“Lowlife Safari” by Diana Deverell

“Somniphobia” by David H. Hendrickson

Available as an ebook from most online booksellers and in paperback from Amazon. Click on the cover above or follow this universal link to your favorite retailer to buy your copy.

THRILL RIDE MAGAZINE’s first year begins March 21st!

Our Kickstarter funded. Many thanks to all who backed the campaign!

We’re well on the way to hitting our first stretch goal. And when we do, everyone who pledges $40 or more will get for FREE a Kickstarter Exclusive collection of 10 thriller short stories (eBook) from some of our top authors. Prize winners, year’s best, and just plain awesome.

Join secret military operations, witness acts of heroism by young girls, grown women, and an ex-business-partner’s daughter. Survive a plane crash, outsmart Chinese secret agents, and survive the Serengeti. We’ve got it all!

But the stretch reward isn’t the only goodie offered exclusively to campaign backers.

First, whether you purchase one or four issues in any format through this Kickstarter, you will receive yours two weeks before fans who buy individual issues from bookstores. Early delivery is an exclusive reward for Kickstarter supporters!

Second, you’ll be credited for your support in the backs of every issue you buy.

Third, you can choose to have a villain named for you. You can choose to be a villain in a single issue or in all four issues in print and ebook.

Fourth, you can order the four hardback limited-edition issues which are sold exclusively through the Kickstarter.

Fifth, is a double whammy: You can order the four hardback limited issues AND be named as a villain in every one!

Join the fun before the Kickstarter ends on February 21 at about 8:00 PM EST. Check out all your options by clicking on the cover below.