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Let's Play: Create 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 shirt color 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!
The rules to this game are simple: Match your birth month and shirt color 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 mystery title? Share it with us in the comments!
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The Liar in the Panic Room
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Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review) wrote: "The Shadow at the DMV (what the heck is the DMV?)"Department of Motor Vehicles. Where you get your license etc. where the lines are so long and the fees so outrageous you end up mad enough to commit MURDER.
Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review) wrote: "The Shadow at the DMV (what the heck is the DMV?)"Department of Motor Vehicles.
The Shadow at the Farmer's Market"Beware the killer tomatoes!"
The Devil in the Wardrobe. That's actually ominous and scary.
Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review) wrote: "The Shadow at the DMV (what the heck is the DMV?)"DMV = Dept. of Motor Vehicles!
The Body at the Botanical Garden. I love it!
Hilary (A Wytch's Book Review) wrote: "The Shadow at the DMV (what the heck is the DMV?)"Department of Motor Vehicles
I love this: The Stalker on the Midnight Train!!
The Devil in the Broom Closet.(I did used to own a Dirt Devil vacuum.......it was loud but not exactly scary :P)
The Woman at the Two-star HotelSounds less like a mystery novel and more like...well, something else.
The body of the widow on the midnight train (shirt is equally grey and white)
"The Liar in the Broom Closet" sounds more like a work of pop psychology than a mystery, tbh
Rosa wrote: "Konstantin wrote: "The Liar in the Swampa southern gothic mystery-lite"
Mine too! I can't imagine what there is to lie about in a swamp, can you?"
Why is he in the swamp? Did he take advantage of a young women on the plantation? Did he Cheat at cards on the Steamboat? Now is running for his life? Is it his murder that we are about to investigate? Sooooo many questions. I just can't write dialogue. Tired it was ugly.
The Liar at the Car Dealership.Lol.
