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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 Liar at the Botanical Garden. Doesn't sound very promising... Ah well. I'm enjoying the rest of my birthday with the book I just got.
The Stranger in the Elevator. That doesn't sound so ominous to me... .
Amber wrote: "The Stranger in the Elevator. That doesn't sound so ominous to me... ."Just awkward, really.
Amber wrote: "The Stranger in the Elevator. That doesn't sound so ominous to me... ."Better than The Stalker in the Elevator, which someone on this thread had.
Evil on the Cruise Ship.Coulda been worse. lmao
Very awkward, Rosa. Not really, Kirsten. The one you mentioned is far more ominous than mine.
Death In the Vitamin Aisle..... that is very ominous lol
"The Imposter in the Wardrobe:" C.S. Lewis' short-lived, less popular horror sequel to, "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe."
Meredith wrote: ""The Imposter in the Wardrobe:" C.S. Lewis' short-lived, less popular horror sequel to, "The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe.""PMSL! That's cute!
The Stalker in the Meat Locker. Sounds silly... :-P
The Imposter at the Farmer's Market(me when I'm pretending to understand the difference between heirloom tomatoes)
Evil on the Fire EscapeNot too bad. I'd read something like this.
Haris wrote: "The stalker at the DMV?"God, the staff at the DMV are bad enough! Who needs a stalker??
the widow in the fun houseso here's the plot : the husband used to work in a fun house as a clown and then someday dude disappears fast forward months later they find his body with nothing to prove how he died they assume it's a heart attack but he was healthy af wife is shook wife starts investigating all by herself she starts visiting the fun house regularly once she passed the trauma and if she thought that her husband's death was a turning point in her life well boy she was wrong
The Stranger in the Emergency Room. As if there aren't a lot of those haha.
The Devil at the Farmer's Market. Looking for locally sourced produce for the cafeteria in Hades?
"The Body in Room No. 8" lol so cliche but actually kinda good
The Stranger on The Fire Escape. Who is he? Why is he staring at you from across the room? Why did you keep having dead animals on your windowsill? Where is your missing cat?
Tune in next week for the exposure.
The body at the empty zoo.... sounds terrifying
Murder in the Parking GarageThat sounds very uninventive!
Yep. Sounds just like me.