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Alvin Shoestring Wilson: Character (Nellie Stockbridge Mystery)

Alvin Shoestring Wilson: Character (Nellie Stockbridge Mystery)

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BACKSTORY: Shoestring Wilson “I am always going to live in Spokane. It’s the best city I was ever in.” Purpose: Developing Characters (from real life) for Nellie Stockbridge MysteryLocation: Spokane, Washington 1900 Accessed Nostalgia Magazine article (February 2021) Born in Illinois in 1861, Alvin L. Wilson worked as an electrician in the cutting edge world of electricity. Electricity and the new technological advances were exciting and new, and Alvin excelled at his profession. When, at the Chicago 1893 fair, he watched President…

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Woman in a Pale Dress by Suzanne Parrott
Woman in a Pale Dress

Woman in a Pale Dress

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I decided to put my historical fiction (Bully of Burke) aside for something more “light”. Still a murder mystery, this book reads more like a lite fiction/thriller with a mystery/murder and a little paranormal activity thrown in. As a lover of history and science, I just can’t help but bring these elements into the mix when writing, if not for my own enjoyment, but as a learning experience for my readers. This, of course, requires me to do more in-depth research…

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Two Ghostly Tails and Adam: Hunting for Bear
“Where is Bear?” and “Two Ghostly Tails”

“Where is Bear?” and “Two Ghostly Tails”

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I’m happy to offer two new children’s rhyming books coming this fall, part of the SimpleTown Tales series: “Two Ghostly Tails” A Brother and Sister Adventure (October 2017) Brother and sister are a dog and cat. They live in a small house with their “mother and father” (humans). All is peaceful until one night, they hear noises. Someone is in the house. Find out how this this unlike duo chase off the would-be thief the night before All Saints Day. “Where is…

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Greedy the Troll and Other Odd Fairy Tales

Greedy the Troll and Other Odd Fairy Tales

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Trolls, dwarves, dragons, giants, fungus and moss – what could be more fun than that? Add a mystery and quest and you have a story. I am currently compiling several small short stories I have written / published over the years into one volume. It’s like a Grimms Fairy tales meets the Wind in the Willows. The star of the show is a short, obnoxious troll who’s entire purpose in life is to be secluded in her swamp, or so…

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