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Let's Play: How To Make An Ominous-Sounding Mystery Title
Mainstream mystery titles have the uncanny ability to turn the ordinary into the ominous. Like a macabre version of Mad Libs, sometimes all a title needs is a combination of a person and a place to achieve maximum foreboding. The Body in the Library, The Couple Next Door, and The Woman in the Window are all prime examples of this. And if you want to turn the terror up a notch, you can never go wrong with adding the word "girl" to let readers know that trouble isn't too far away.
The rules to this game are simple: Match your birth month and birth date to the chart below. Then stand back for that spine-tingling (or snicker-inducing) effect. Who knows? Your title could be the next big name in the mystery genre!
What's your bestselling mystery title? Share it with us in the comments!
The rules to this game are simple: Match your birth month and birth date to the chart below. Then stand back for that spine-tingling (or snicker-inducing) effect. Who knows? Your title could be the next big name in the mystery genre!
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Apr 04, 2018 09:38AM
"The Shadow at the Botanical Garden" -- love it!!!
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The Liar in the Emergency Room sounds like a bad ER or Grey's Anatomy episode.
The Stalker in the Emergency Room.. These are hilarious:)
"The Body on the Cruise Ship" meh!It sounds like a title of cozy mystery written by a futuristic Artificial Intelligence bot.
I am sad to say that while every four years there will be "The Body in the All-Night Diner", there will never ever be:The Body at the Car Wash
The Body in the Waiting Room
The Liar in the Waiting Room
Death in the Waiting Room
The Woman in the Waiting Room
The Stalker in the Waiting Room
Evil on the Fire Escape ... I'm envisioning a fun "how well do you know your neighbors?" tale :)
The Widow at the DMV! LOL!!! I can think of many potential victims at our DMV !! (Or, as we call it, the Department of Rude People!)
The Stalker at the the Two-Star Hotel. Lol that doesn’t sound so creepy
The Liar in the WardrobeNow there could really be some secrets in there!
The Imposter in the Waiting Room. Sounds like it could be very interesting.
The Widow in the CemeterySounds ominous......
Murder on the Fire Escape. Opening line: Richard lived on the 13th floor...
