Murder by the Letters: 26 Terrible Tales

by Jessica M. Kirkpatrick (Editor), Virginia Podesta (Editor), Julie Watts (Writer)

"Murder by the Letters" is a collection of short stories created by a deeply prolific and diverse group of authors. The book not only showcases different voices and styles, but also presents a wide spectrum of genres, characters and topographies. Big cities, small towns, college campus, foreign countries, men, women, children, pets... they are evidence that any place can become a murder scene, while anyone can fall victim, not to mention, when it comes to deadly weapons, whether they are of conventional nature or not, the possibilites are infinite. Bottom line, anything can be lethal, even the alphabet. 26 letters, 26 crimes, 14 writers with homicide in their brains

218 pages, Paperback

First published October 27, 2014

About the author

Jessica Kirkpatrick has graduated with a BA in Arts in English from Hollins University in 2015. She has led a January term class called "A Novel Idea" and has completed two novels, and published a short story entitled "Four Ghosts (After One Girl)" in Blood Moon Rising Magazine, Issue #52 (2013). In issue #58, "Pub Banshee" is published (Oct. 2014). Her books of poetry "Doll Maker" and "Duskhouse Player" are on Amazon as ebooks and paperbacks. She was editor-in-chief, writer, and project head for Murder by the Letters: 26 Terrible Tales. Mrs Kirkpatrick is an article writer for the website How to Witchcraft. She has been a Pagan for four years and has experience being a college student Pagan.

Mrs. Kirkpatrick has a lovely husband and a newborn son.