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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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Greg wrote: "The Widow in the Elevator"I think this is the least scary title yet! Lol
Onyedikachukwu wrote: "The stalker in the cemetery"That's a good one!
Marylou wrote: "The Shadow at the DMV"Anything in the DMV is scary! Lol
The Stalker at The Abandoned Theme Park.What? Thats like the worst place stalk lol
Murder in the Fun House. Doesn't actually sound that mysterious, though. Almost inevitable.
the liar at the two-star hotelgoodness, that is so laaaaame
Mine is murder at the car dealership lol I looked at what my parents and brothers books would be, mum's is Widow in the Cemetery, Brother's is Death on the stramboat, and my dad's is Death in the emergency room- sounds like something went wrong lol
The Imposter In The Panic Room...could be interesting!
Evil in the All-Night Diner. And my partner would be The Stalker at the Empty Zoo.
The Body in the Cemetery.... hah! Isn't that where it should be?
The Widow in the Waiting Room... sounds catchy!
The devil in room number 8. I'd read it xD
The stalker on Flight 42! This is actually one of my fave tropes!
"The Woman in the Fun house"Sounds like a Scooby doo mystery :)
Mine - The Devil in the Cemetery. My best friend’s is so much better though - The Devil at the DMV!
The shadow in the emergency room...this sounds quite good...
Evil in the Swamp 😂
Deviled ham, lol