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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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The Stalker at the Farmer's Market...That sounds like me!
The Woman in the Cemetary. Must be a Buffy title.
Stalker at the farmer's market (veeeeeeeery scary)
Caro wrote: "The Shadow under the Stairs...(now I feel I need a story that makes justice to this title)"
What? How's that possible? Unless there's a light there.
The Stranger in the Meat Locker!Frankly, I'd be disappointed if this wasn't already the title for some dark and twisted mystery. Something by Patricia Cornwell, maybe. :-p
Stephanie wrote: "Murder...In the Vitamin Aisle!!!!!"YES!!!!! I would read this one.
THE DEVIL @ THE CAR DEALER SHIPThe short storylet is already running in the mind collector
it is a she and him story
And there is water and wood and digitalitis things
and
pppppassssion flarities around wherever their air collides
Thanks ever so much
for the quick kick
with a mystified wordery smile from
teresahewesufabencinic
The Stranger at the Farmer's Market - doesn't sound too thrilling to me!
The Shadow in the Wardrobe... a mystery for the preschoolers?
Death at the empty zoo. Runaway snakes did it!
We must have the same birthday!!
Gizem wrote: "The Imposter in the All-Night Diner"