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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 Devil at the Two-Star Hotel
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The Stalker in the Emergency Room,Sounds like the movie "The Gift", no monsters or "bump-in-the-night" things, just real life
The Stranger at the Farmer's Market...Sounds like a steamy, trashy, romance story.
Mike wrote: "The Devil in the Meat Locker... sounds more like a public service film on improper food preparation or something 😁"Hahahahhaha!!!
"Death at the Abandoned Theme Park." It sounds just like a Stephen King's novel. Great!
Death on the Midnight Train. Sounds like a best seller.😃😃
I couldn't find the chart, so here's my twist on a mystery title using--and misusing!--some of the people and places I did find ...THE GIRL WITH THE LYRE AT THE ALL-NIGHT DINER
The Stranger in the Meat Locker.WHY is there a stranger in the meat locker?!?!?!?!?!?
"Death in The All-Night Diner."I would totally read this. ^_^
Murder in The Elevator (when you want to go down and someone presses up instead)
The body in the Cemetery... wow, okay.
I went and did my husband'sThe Stalker in the Broom Closet. It was a close fit
The devil on the fire escape Sounds quite lame.
Death in the SwampWell that sounds interesting
The Stranger in Room number 8! Uhm, lameee...
The devil under the stairs Probably what the Dursleys called Harry Potter :P
Murder in the Panic Room
Murder in a Panic Room. Typical ;)
The body at the Two-Star Hotel oooOOOOooooo, ominous
The Imposter in the Meat Lockeryeah no just no
The Stranger in the Vitamin Aisle. Sounds like a email doctor pushing the latest cure all pill.
The Widow at the Two-Star Hotel I actually like this one :D
Murder in the Cemetary...(Special boxset includes voucher for tombstone paper weight with YOUR NAME on it as wel as a free ketchup sample and plastic life like mini axe! Whoahoahoahoahoaaaa...)
