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Who hasn’t read Dickens’ A Christmas Carol? Holiday-themed stories and books abound … but what about those with a criminal twist? A perplexing mystery? Readers and writers and the generally curious are invited to a guided open discussion on writing, reading, and marketing holiday-themed stories. What’s the appeal (as a reader) and the challenges (as…

Short stories are rather like cupcakes. Tasty and quickly consumable in a single sitting. They’re the chosen medium for a huge number of crafty authors, going back to the arguable father of the short story (and so many other things), a parent of our chosen genre of mystery, Mr. Edgar Allan Poe. Short stories can…