The Mystery Short Story. Shedunnit. A consideration of crime fiction’s more compact incarnation. ... — How to Write a Mystery: a Handbook from Mystery Writers of America, ...

Short fiction is a wordful format. Many writing classes for kids and college students exclusively study short stories because ...

The title of British author Kate Atkinson’s new short-story collection, “Normal Rules Don’t Apply,” could easily be repurposed for an eventual memoir.Atkinson, who didn’t start writing ...

One of Gamain’s short stories that encourages—-and really gets even better with—-repeat readings, “Murder Mysteries” is a tale about everything from free will and determinism to love ...

Adapted from a short story told in reverse, the film veers between speculative mystery and coming-of-age drama, but only works up to a point. Like King’s story — one of four novellas collected ...

Short story: a Christmas Eve murder mystery in old Shanghai’s French Concession. It’s Christmas Eve in Shanghai in 1930 and a mysterious guest has accepted an invitation to the Carmichaels ...

Each short story in the anthology is based on a song title from the mega-selling album. AC/DC’s Back in Black Inspires New Book of Murder Mysteries, Including New Jack Reacher Story Spencer Kaufman ...

That doesn't make their mysteries any less gripping, mind you, but for those who like a few answers in their true crime stories, this one provides. It ran from 2010-2016, followed by Unusual ...