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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 Widow under the Stairs. I definitely hope this means my book title and certainly not my future. Ha ha!
Britta wrote: "Death at the Abandoned Theme Park"Hey, that's mine too! :)
The Shadow In The Parking Garage....that just sounds like a really bad horror movie title....
Evil In The Fun House. Sounds like a Stephen King book. lol
The Widow Under the Stairs. Could be creepy. Or cozy lol
Caro wrote: "The Shadow under the Stairs...(now I feel I need a story that makes justice to this title)"
And also...always checking below staircases!!!
The Stranger in the Wardrobesounds about right
Mike wrote: "The Devil in the Meat Locker... sounds more like a public service film on improper food preparation or something 😁"Possible movie version of Upton Sinclair's The Jungle?? :)
My husband's is The Shadow in the Casino! Love it.
Penny wrote: "The Devil in Room No. 8"Wow. Sounds terrifying
The Widow at the Two-Star Hotel Don't know how much mysterious potential this has to be honest. Sounds more like a dull vacation narrative.
The Stranger at the DMV.Honestly, the DMV is frightening enough as it is, so this would be *super* spooky haha!
"The Shadow in the Swamp"I'd read that book! :)
Evil in Room No. 8Sounds like Goosebumps.
The Shadow on the Midnight Train. I love it!
