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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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Apr 02, 2018 05:55PM
Evil in the meat locker 🤦♀️
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The Shadow in the All Night Diner! Definitely up for that along with some gorgeous recipes for burgers and cheesy chili fries! :)
Erin wrote: "Evil Under The Stairs"Erin wrote: "Evil Under The Stairs"
Same as mine! Anything under the stairs sounds scary.......
The Stalker In The Landfill.... Yeahhh. I'd read that.
The stranger at the empty zooHmm... not a thriller...
The Imposter in the Waiting Room.Sounds spooky enough!! Kinda like something that reminds me of the game "Clue"!!
Brandice wrote: "The Impostor in the All-Night Diner.Dude if I have time for NaNoWriMo this year (and I won't) maybe I'll go with this!"
Oh, I did NaNoWriMon in the Spring!! It was pretty fun. I think yours would be kinda funny, mine? I just don't know!!
The Body in the Meat Locker. It must be narrated by my ghost.
Patricia wrote: “Murder in the Casino :D”Hey, that’s mine. Greetings, birthday buddy.
"Evil at the Botanical Garden" interesting ... now I want to write a short story about that (lol)
The woman in the emergency room... Not much fun of a title. :(
The Devil In the Swamp... pretty good title, really.
The Woman at the Car Dealership?Sounds more like a Romance Novel than a Mystery Story.
Aaron wrote: "The Body at the DMV... He took a number, it was 666... the counter only goes up to 99. Died of starvation. Case closed."The synopsis was snort worthy. 😂
The widow at the car dealership.. doesn't sound weird at all :P LOL :D
The Woman in the Swamp, that does sound creepy...
The Body in the Cemetery.... Hmmmmmm... a horror version of Animal Farm maybe?
