Masthash

#mystery

Athena Andreadis, PhD
2 hours ago

A swell of vielles for Melissa Scott's #fantasy-cum-#mystery The Master of Samar, which takes flight today! The atmospheric fantasy unfolds in a vividly-hued alt-Venice where power is based on perilous #magic covenants.

https://www.candlemarkandgleam.com/2023/06/05/release-day-the-master-of-samar-by-melissa-scott/

@blueterraplane #CandlemarkAndGleam #books

PhantaNews ✅
4 hours ago

Kurzkritik – KOHLRABENSCHWARZ Episode 1: BÖSER BUB

Ich entschuldige mich schon mal vorab, wenn ich hier gleich ein wenig fangirlen werde ...

https://phantanews.de/wp/2023/06/kurzkritik-kohlrabenschwarz-episode-1-boeser-bub/

#ChristianVonAster #Kohlrabenschwarz #MichaelKessler #Mystery #ParamountPlus #TommyKrappweis

Sherlock Holmes Quotations
5 hours ago

“There, Watson! What do you think of pure reason and its fruit? If the green-grocer had such a thing as a laurel wreath, I should send Billy round for it.”

— Sherlock Holmes, in “The Valley of Fear”

#SherlockHolmes #quote #mystery #quotation

Susanna Shore, Author
7 hours ago

I took a lunch break in the middle of a scene I was writing, thinking I have a good place to continue, and now I have no idea where I was going with this. 😩

#amwriting #mystery

Rebecca Bryn
8 hours ago

Travel the world or step back in time without leaving the house. author.to/RebeccaBryn for mystery, historical, and fantasy tales with a twist 'Outstanding storyteller' IAN Book of the Year, Readers' Choice gold medal, & Readers' Favorite Gold Medal #books #fiction #mystery #fantasy #historicalfiction #Goodreads #bookstodon

Sarah Sammis
16 hours ago

Five stars: Murder on Mustang Beach by Alicia Bessette and Karissa Vacker (Narrator) (2023) is the second book in the Outer Banks Bookshop mystery series. It's nearly summertime and Cattail island is abuzz with the anticipated birth of a mustang foal. Unfortunately that's overshadowed by a body found in the local dojo.

http://pussreboots.com/blog/2023/comments_06/murder_on_mustang_beach.html

#reading #mystery #audiobook @bookstodon

Cover art
Jackal Pack Gay
16 hours ago

Just finished Naomi Hirahara's superbly researched and compellingly written CLARK AND DIVISION, and if you are *at all* interested in the histories of LA and Chicago, WWII, the Issei and the Nisei, how corrupt forces made a lot of money when abortion before Roe (and will again, now, of course), the incarceration ("Internment") camps, and/or young women figuring out their way, oh, and/or mysteries, you MUST read this. https://www.naomihirahara.com/ #amreading #mystery #WWII @bookstodon

dance along the edge 💬
19 hours ago

Are you the sucker or the bait?

🎨 by…
🟣 Graham Ingels (1953)
🟣 Frank Kelly Freas (1954)
🟣 Robert Maguire (1955)
🟣 Robert Bonfils (1963)

#Ghastly #GrahamIngels #FrankKellyFreas #RobertMaguire #RobertBonfils #ECComics #IsaacAsimov #Asimov #ComicBooks #ScienceFiction #GGA #VintagePaperbacks #Mystery

THE WITCH'S CAULDRON!

The hideous Old Witch dressed in red robes stirs a foul cauldron as a headless person drops their own head into the mix.

“HEE,HEE! WELL, HOP INTO THE HAUNT, HUNGRY HIDIOTS. THIS IS THE OLD WITCH, YOUR SHIVER-CHEF, STEWING ANOTHER SCREAM-SNACK IN HER CRUDDY CAULDRON. I HOPE YOU HAVEN'T EATEN ALREADY, BECAUSE IF YOU HAVE...WELL, COME CLOSER TO THE CAULDRON JUST IN CASE. I'D HATE TO HAVE THE FLOOR MESSED UP WHILE I'M NARRATING MY NAUSEATING NOVELETTE. BESIDES... THE OLD RECIPE NEEDS A LITTLE FLAVORING! AND NOW, READ EMILE'S STORY IN HIS OWN WORDS. HE CALLS IT...

SUCKER BAIT!”

A man is followed by another down a dark path.

“I WALK SLOWLY THROUGH THE DESERTED NIGHT STREETS AND I LISTEN TO THE TERRIFIED SILENCE OF MY TOWN. I LISTEN TO THE STILLNESS OF ITS LOCKED DOORS AND SHUTTERED WINDOWS, AND I CAN ALMOST HEAR THE FRIGHTENED BREATHING OF THE PEOPLE HIDING BEHIND THEM. I LISTEN TO THE QUICK HEAVY FOOTSTEPS FOLLOWING ME, DRAWING NEARER. MY HANDS ARE COLD AND MY BLOOD POUNDS THROUGH MY SHIVERING BODY. BUT I AM NOT AFRAID. EVEN THOUGH I KNOW I AM GOING TO DIE, I AM NOT AFRAID. FOR I AM TO BE THE VAMPIRE'S LAST VICTIM...
A blonde person in a futuristic outfit in dark red with a yellow shirt stands uneasily next to a giant computer.
A woman wearing a negligee under a turquoise robe and smoking a cigarette gives a knowing smirk as she watches a man point a gun at another man who is lying on the floor.
SUCKER BAIT
by Monte Steele

A man putting on his shirt after sex as a half-naked red-headed woman looks back at him with contempt.

SHE HAD TO “PUT OUT” ONLY ONCE…
THEN THE SUCKER COULD BE BLACKMAILED UNTIL HE WAS BLEEDING
Sherlock Holmes Quotations
1 day ago

“Oh, he rates my assistance too highly,” said Sherlock Holmes, lightly. “He has considerable gifts himself. He possesses two out of the three qualities necessary for the ideal detective. He has the power of observation and that of deduction. He is only wanting in knowledge; and that may come in time.”

— Sherlock Holmes, in “The Sign of the Four”

#SherlockHolmes #quote #mystery #quotation

The First Episode Of :podcast:
1 day ago

OUT NOW! Kevin Brandon discusses his fictional true-crime podcast Diana's Monster, working on Batman: Stained Heir, his mother's social invisibility, getting specific about a fictional place, and the petty cruelty of small towns. Listen on your favorite Pod App, or from:

https://redcircle.com/shows/79493627-5893-4fb2-9efa-1d67ce982735

#audiodrama #audiodramasunday #audiofiction #interview #creative #sff #monster #supernatural #writing #indie #mystery #truecrime #batman #podcast

Akte X-Cast
1 day ago

Diesmal gehen @Oliverglasner & @h2m_Berlin in der neuen #Podcast Episode zusammen mit #Mulder & #Scully bowlen… | S04E22 „Todes-Omen“ | - jetzt anhören!

#AkteX #XFiles
#deutschepodcasts
#serienpodcast #serienkritik #serienjunkie #seriennerd #serienfan #streaming #mystery

Paul Semel
1 day ago

Read Joan Tierney's "The Killing Grounds" tonight.
https://amzn.to/41eJdwe
📖🌊🪦
Had the dark, moody vibe of a "Kurt Wallander" novel. Good stuff.
#books #reading #Mystery

A #review of the #book "Agatha Christie" by Lucy Worsley, which is a #biography of (surprise!) #AgathaChristie:

"Murder Most Foul" [2022], Dublin Review Of Books (https://drb.ie/articles/murder-most-foul/).

#DetectiveFiction #England #HerculePoirot #Poirot #Writing #PostWarEngland #Mystery #UK

Poetry News
2 days ago

Death
Mystery, doubt
Sonia's unsure — what killed her mother?
Confessed, a murderer
Pain

#death #murder #mystery #pain #cinquain #poetry

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/austin-texas-murderer-raul-meza-deaths-rcna87493

Kat Kimbriel
2 days ago

I've been enjoying this series by @ce_murphy, and I realized I missed #4 coming out in February!

Cozy murder mysteries in Dublin, Ireland. #bookstodon and @bookstodon, for #CozyMystery & #mystery readers!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0B35C598R

Felix Alexander
2 days ago

A prominent banker’s fall from grace makes suicide the perfect cover for murder in order to procure an ancient relic containing a dangerous secret.

ARC available on @NetGalley now!

#KindleUnlimited #mystery

https://www.netgalley.com/catalog/book/292823

Dylan Bragg
2 days ago

I keep upon my gold watch chain
A sovereign coin that once had lain
Close to the heart of a rare woman,
Whose shrewd finesse and acumen,
Outdid my powers of observation.
Though quite below a queenly station,
She equalled me in sense and wit
When we both played the counterfeit.

#poetry #smallpoems #riddlepoems #literature #classic #shortstory #mystery #classics #detective #poetrycommunity

Sherlock Holmes Quotations
2 days ago

There can be no doubt that Stapleton exercised an influence over her which may have been love or may have been fear, or very possibly both, since they are by no means incompatible emotions.

— Sherlock Holmes, in “The Hound of the Baskervilles”

#SherlockHolmes #quote #mystery #quotation

Poetry News
2 days ago
Yahia Lababidi
2 days ago

When one has a powerful intellect, its ultimate function is to show that intellectuality is merely a prelude to something else.

—Idries Shah

*

It was intelligence that had to be opposed. Presumably that is why I who had the job was armed with an immense intelligence.

—Kierkegaard

#intelligence #mysticism #spirituality #quote #saturday #mystery

Miguel Dante
3 days ago

Terrifying #Mystery after #Cleveland's Chief of #Police Sounds #Alarm as Nearly 30 #Children Go Missing from #Ohio City During Two Week Span of Time: #MissingKids #Crime https://mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/chilling-mystery-27-kids-vanish-30144029

Yahia Lababidi
3 days ago

"The poet doesn't invent. [S]he listens.

One feels man stands still while his tools grow terribly."

—Jean Cocteau

#poetry #mystery #inspiration #quotes #art

Joshua | John Doe's RPG Manor
3 days ago

In meinem Marathon der #Netflix #Mystery #Serien bin ich jetzt mit der isländischen Produktion #Katla fertig. Bisher die schwächste. Es passiert einfach kaum etwas. Hätte eher zu einem #IndieFilm gepasst. Auch die Auflösung kam aus dem Nichts und funktionierte einfach nicht. Dafür war das Finale ausnehmend deprimierend. Das es noch einen Teaser auf eine mögliche 2. Staffel gibt hat mich auch gestört, wenn sie noch Ideen haben hätten sie die lieber hier reingetan.
Als nächstes 'Black Spot' aus 🇨🇵

Sherlock Holmes Quotations
3 days ago

“It's a wicked world, and when a clever man turns his brain to crime it is the worst of all.”

— Sherlock Holmes, in “The Adventure of the Speckled Band”

#SherlockHolmes #quote #mystery #quotation

Rebecca Bryn
3 days ago

Could you love a child of rape? Alana has challenges to overcome when she begins a new life in West Wales. Nothing is quite as it seems in the small village where two little girls have disappeared. mybook.to/SilenceoftheStones 'A real page-turner' #mystery #psychological #books #Wales

Catherine Cavendish
3 days ago

They've arrived! And Serafina gives my latest novel her seal of approval while waiting for the box to be emptied...

#amreading #booksofinstagram @flametreepress #ghosts #haunted #scary #horror #60s #historical #hauntedhouse #mystery #suspense #Gothic #darkfiction

Danielle Vossebeld
3 days ago

Okay mystery lovers.
This cable is attached to this massive rock in the water. Based on the tension on the cable, you can see that the rock moves. 🤯
Why??? 🤔
#faroeislands #mystery #roadtrip #landscape #dtv

Brown rusty cable between massive black rocks, one surrounded by the water. A vertical cable is attached to the cable, by which you can see the movement of the cable more clearly. 
Zooming out, you can see a geen mountain rising up from the water. In the water a fishing (?) trawler with many birds around it.
George Penney
3 days ago

Topic: Contrarian Barbarian's Book Club (Of greatness!)

@bookstodon I'm popping this up once more, just in case anyone else wants to join before our first meeting in late June.

Is anyone out there interested in being a part of a Contrarian Barbarian's Book Club where we read whatever the hell we want individually and meet up once a month on the newly formed Contrarian Barbarian Discord server to tell each other about it for a couple of minutes each and then discuss? (All genres/fiction/non-fiction on the table.)

The key focus would be sharing books we love with other people in a positive way. It'd have the diehard rule that if you freakin' love a thing, no one can be negative about it because that would be raining on your parade and your parade is spectacular dammit!

All time zones welcome to say hi!

LGBTQIA++, disability and neurodivergent friendly, with a structure with set rules of conduct--meaning that boorishness (repeatedly talking/typing over people and not respecting boundaries) or trollishness gets booted with the might of Gandalf warding off the Balrog.

If you like the sound of this, reply to this and tell me about the book you love most with the power of the sun.

We've already got a bunch of amazing people and the more the merrier! :blobsmilehappyeyes:

#books #bookstodon #sff #horror #scifi #crimefiction #nonfiction #reading #genrefiction #scifi #mystery #literature #history #botany #romance #science #reading

PhantaNews ✅
3 days ago

KOHLRABENSCHWARZ – das Hörspiel jetzt kostenlos bei Audible

KOHLRABENSCHWARZ ist eine Mystery-Krimiserie aus deutschen Landen, an der Tommy Krappweis und Christian von Aster maßgeblich beteiligt sind.

https://phantanews.de/wp/2023/06/kohlrabenschwarz-das-hoerspiel-jetzt-kostenlos-bei-audible/

#Audible #ChristianVonAster #Hörspiel #Kohlrabenschwarz #Krimi #Mystery #TommyKrappweis

Etaski
4 days ago

#KoboPlus
ALL YOU CAN READ! 😋

#IndieAuthors don't have to be exclusive to put our #books in Kobo's Subscription service!

Kobo Plus is newly available to US & UK and is less than #KindleUnlimited and #Audible

Here's an incredible sample of what's available! Pick your genre! 👀
https://books.bookfunnel.com/koboplus_0623/cxfzpublsh

#SFF #SciFi #HorrorBooks #Mystery #Suspense #HistoricalFiction #Romance #LGBTQ #Paranormal #Fantasy #EroticFantasy

@sffbookclub @horrorbooks @bookstodon @bookstadon @lgbtqbookstodon @sffbipoc

A reader relaxed reading a book on the couch while wearing a gas mask. The view out the window shows a post-apocalyptic landscape and warms of insects among the ruins. "All You Can Read: Books and Audiobooks Available in Kobo Plus!"
Devon Ellington
4 days ago

Episode 90: Drinks & Dynamics
With love on the rocks & murder in the air, things get interesting.
https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B0B6Y2XRB1
#Legerdemain #Serial #KindleVella #Fantasy #Mystery

M.E. Purfield- Author? 🤔 🤷
4 days ago

Those #ebook of mine that are on sale for June can be found here. Some #scifi #horror and #mystery for your summer 😁

Enjoy!

https://us4.campaign-archive.com/?u=0316aa556a4fe03a48163d911&id=4b69f11208

#bookstodon #books

Atlas Obscura
4 days ago
Kick Off Summer With 7 Unique Beach Reads About the Beach
Kick Off Summer With 7 Unique Beach Reads About the Beach
kierkegaank
4 days ago

French. English. Japanese. Danish. Italian. Four beautiful languages with very weak connections between written language and pronounciations.

Obviously, babies learn spoken language as easily as anywhere, but how do native speakers learn to read and write at the same rate as eg Germans or Norwegians when almost nothing is written the way it sounds?

#language #mystery

Sherlock Holmes Quotations
4 days ago

“There can be no question, my dear Watson, of the value of exercise before breakfast.”

— Sherlock Holmes, in “The Adventure of Black Peter”

#SherlockHolmes #quote #mystery #quotation

Lawrence Allan
5 days ago

The May newsletter is up and out. (It's still May, right?) A big of news, a desk of True Crime and a Dorothy B. Hughes book recommendation.

#writingcommunity #writing #mysterybooks #mystery #newsletter @bookstodon
https://lawrenceallanwrites.substack.com/p/and-everything-i-had-to-know?sd=pf

(Most of) My Noelani Lee Mystery novels are now available for free via Kindle Unlimited -- find them at:

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09Z2VXB61?binding=kindle_edition&ref=dbs_dp_rwt_sb_pc_tukn
#Mystery #CrimeFiction #Hawaii #Books @bookstodon

The covers for the author's seven Noelani Lee Mystery novels set on a backdrop of lush palm fronds.
! Quite Interesting
5 days ago

In 2007, a single swarm of jellyfish killed all of Northern Ireland’s farmed salmon. How they sourced - and indeed lit - the dynamite still remains a mystery.

#jellyfish #salmon #northernireland #fish #farming #mystery #facts #QI #NotQI

Stitched Ink Media
6 days ago

Visit Kobo’s June Thriller BOGO Promotion for the eBook edition of the novel, Walking on Stones.
US, CA, UK, AU, and NZ.

Find in the "Chills and Thrills" or "Action and Adventure" carousels of the Promotion page. Link on product page.

Find on Kobo
https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/walking-on-stones-2

Blog Post
https://www.stitched-ink-media.com/post/thriller-mystery-walking-on-stones-a-novel

#StitchedInkMedia #StitchedInkBooks #books #Fiction #Writing #Creativity #StitchedInkBlog #Art #nature #Mystery #Suspense #Time #Literature #eBooks #bookstodon #Beach #Fediart

Visit Kobo’s June Thriller BOGO Promotion for the eBook edition of the novel, Walking on Stones.
US, CA, UK, AU, and NZ.

Find on Kobo
https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/walking-on-stones-2

Blog Post
https://www.stitched-ink-media.com/post/thriller-mystery-walking-on-stones-a-novel

#StitchedInkMedia #StitchedInkBooks #books #Fiction #Writing #Creativity #Essays #StitchedInkBlog #Nonfiction #Climate #Fediverse #Systems #nature #Science #Mystery #Suspense #Environment #Biodiversity #Flipboard
Visit Kobo’s June Thriller BOGO Promotion for the eBook edition of the novel, Walking on Stones.
US, CA, UK, AU, and NZ.

Find on Kobo
https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/walking-on-stones-2

Blog Post
https://www.stitched-ink-media.com/post/thriller-mystery-walking-on-stones-a-novel

#StitchedInkMedia #StitchedInkBooks #books #Fiction #Writing #Creativity #Essays #StitchedInkBlog #Nonfiction #Climate #Fediverse #Systems #nature #Science #Mystery #Suspense #Environment #Biodiversity #Flipboard
Visit Kobo’s June Thriller BOGO Promotion for the eBook edition of the novel, Walking on Stones.
US, CA, UK, AU, and NZ.

Find on Kobo
https://www.kobo.com/ca/en/ebook/walking-on-stones-2

Blog Post
https://www.stitched-ink-media.com/post/thriller-mystery-walking-on-stones-a-novel

#StitchedInkMedia #StitchedInkBooks #books #Fiction #Writing #Creativity #Essays #StitchedInkBlog #Nonfiction #Climate #Fediverse #Systems #nature #Science #Mystery #Suspense #Environment #Biodiversity #Flipboard
Dr BethFishReads
6 days ago

#Book 47: The Late Mrs. Willoughby by Claudia Gray

Second book in a fun mystery series that's perfect for Jane Austen fans. Great in #audiobook too.

Some very brief #BookThoughts are on @thestorygraph

#mystery #BookReview #bookstodon #reading #fiction #booklove @bookstodon @audiobooks

https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1f5b5061-f89b-409c-bda5-e86467760548

Sherlock Holmes Quotations
6 days ago

“Mr. Mac, the most practical thing that you ever did in your life would be to shut yourself up for three months and read twelve hours a day at the annals of crime. Everything comes in circles — even Professor Moriarty. ... The old wheel turns, and the same spoke comes up. It's all been done before, and will be again.”

— Sherlock Holmes, in “The Valley of Fear”

#SherlockHolmes #quote #mystery #quotation

8 Summer Mystery Books to Heat Up Your TBR

https://bookriot.com/summer-mystery-books/
#Mystery #CrimeFiction #Books via Book Riot

Old Ain't Dead
1 week ago

#StormReid stars in #Missing about a teen girl who can do 15 things at once with her computer, including find her missing Mom, played by #NiaLong. My #Review of this fast moving #Mystery #Movie is here: https://oldaintdead.com/missing-a-computer-screen-thriller/

The poster for Missing features a close up of Storm Reid with various computer screens around her.
Sarah Sammis
1 week ago

Five stars: Read It and Weep by Jenn McKinlay and Allyson Ryan (Narrator) (2013) is the fourth book in the Library Lover's mystery series. Violet La Rue is directing A Midsummer Night's Dream and has snagged the famous but flirtatious actor, Robbie Vine, to play Puck. Unfortunately someone has it in for Robbie!

http://pussreboots.com/blog/2023/comments_05/read_it_and_weep.html

#reading #mystery @bookstodon

Cover art
Athena Andreadis, PhD
1 week ago

7 days left to the giveaway of Melissa Scott's atmospheric #fantasy The Master of Samar, which unfolds in a vivid alt-Venice a-swim in dangerous #magic. Pre-orders are live; launches Mon, June 5.

https://candlemarkandgleam.com/2023/05/06/giveaway-the-master-of-samar-by-melissa-scott/

The work got enthusiastic reviews from Publishers Weekly (https://www.publishersweekly.com/9781952456169) & Booklist ("solid fantasy-#mystery...the magic system is // pleasingly different, as is the Venice-like // Bejanth"; online June 8)

@blueterraplane #books #CandlemarkAndGleam

Sarah Sammis
1 week ago

Five stars: The Ghost Goes to the Dogs by Cleo Coyle and Traci Odom (Narrator) (2023) is the ninth book in the Haunted Bookshop mystery series. During Pet Mystery Week, the dog of the event's planner shows up at Pen's bookshop. Following Sparky leads Pen and Spencer to the woman. While Spencer agrees to care for the dog, Pen decides with Jack's help, to figure out who shot her and why.

http://pussreboots.com/blog/2023/comments_05/ghost_goes_to_the_dogs.html

#reading #mystery #audiobook @bookstodon

Cover art showing a cat and dog on a green bench with a glowing fedora floating between them.
Kevin RR :verified:
2 weeks ago

📚 #ClinicalNovellas is an online resource of #mystery and #scifi short #fiction stories.

😳 Robust #ui features are a click away for your reading and listening pleasure.

#writingcommunity #writingwonders #BooksofMastodon #readers

http://clinicalnovellas.com

ClinicalNovellas short stories online website screenshot
ClinicalNovellas online navigation

May 24, 2023 - Day 144 - NewPlay Review
Total NewPlays: 160

Game: Unmemory

Platform: Steam
Release Date: Oct 14, 2020
Library Date: Aug 17, 2022
Unplayed: 280d (9m7d)
Playtime: 1h42m

I had my little rock baby earlier tonight, and within a few hours I felt like myself again.

Just in time to play a game, and review it before bed, 15 minutes and I'm away.

The best laid plans of mice and women and all of that...

Unmemory is a murder mystery puzzle game, via a novel, mashed up with Christopher Nolan's "Memento", and a multimedia demo CD from the mid-1990's, packaged up like a tar baby for the unwary #AuDHD gamer.

Last night's game kept me distracted. Tonight, on the other hand, I was hyperfocused as this game scratches multiple itches simultaneously. Lots of small details to take notice of; pieces to put together, patterns to match.

As the main character (gender unclear), you wake up with amnesia, covered in blood, and find yourself trying to solve the murder of the woman in the bathtub. Who is she? Am I responsible? What is going on??

I've tried not to spoil the game with any details of the storyline in the review, because it's just downright enjoyable to learn what's happening as you go, and start finding order within the chaos.

This is genuinely the kind of game that suits the term "multimedia", and it's not as an insult.

Unmemory is:

5: Excellent

#Unmemory #Puzzle #Mystery #Multimedia ##MastodonGaming #Gaming #Project365ONG #Project365 #NewPlay

ProPublica
2 weeks ago

The Scientist and the Bats
==

Funders thought watching #bats wasn’t important. Then she helped solve the #mystery
of a deadly #virus.

Novel infectious #diseases will keep coming at us, #wildlife
ecologist Peggy Eby warns. Investing in scientific work like hers “seems like a poor approach now,” she said, “but 20 years from now, we’ll look back & wonder why we didn’t do it.”

The latest in our Roots of An Outbreak series from @carolinechen

#Health #Disease #Research
https://www.propublica.org/article/australia-bats-hendra-research-pandemic-prevention?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

A single word on a scrap of paper, found in the hand of a poisoned informant. Will this clue bring down the biggest crime boss in the octo-state area? Listen to find out! Starring neither Leslie Jordan nor Charles Boyer.

https://archive.org/details/tgimh-81-any-other-name

#AudioDrama #FictionPodcast #ThisGunInMyHand #pulp #CrimeFighters #mystery #parody #NoBudget #CastOfOne #CrewOfOne

PJ Coffey
2 weeks ago

@jdiannedotson

Sounds jolly. I know short stories aren't very popular anymore but I really love books of them and it could be a way to discover new writers.

IDK. It's your publishing house. Anyway, here's some tags to help people find your idea.

#Publishing #AIFree #SF #Horror #Mystery #GenreFiction #GraphicNovels #Writers #ScienceFiction #SciFi #NewVentures

No gun fights, no chase scenes, no booze-infused internal monologues.

Just a green tea-drinking, salad-eating, insomniac Hawaiian PI who really doesn't like people all that much.

The Noelani Lee Mysteries
by Tom Bradley Jr.

https://www.AuthorTomBradley.com/my-novels

#Mystery #CrimeFiction #Books #WeekendRead @bookstodon

Maggie McFee
3 weeks ago

I took a break from building the Voron and started designing a triorder. Now I'm taking a break from the tricorder and working on something else. #mystery!

Julia S.
3 weeks ago

CHARMING SMALL-TOWN MYSTERY set in 1963 Texas features a plucky young secretary turned sleuth as protagonist and a delightful supporting cast. Well crafted and full of vivid touches. B PLUS

https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/if-i-had-a-hammer-teresa-trent/1143236406?ean=9781685123024

@bookstodon

#Books #book #bookreview #bookreviews #fiction #mystery #mysteries #cozymystery #novel #novels #SmallPressSunday

Sarah Sammis
3 weeks ago

Five stars: Drew Leclair Crushes the Case by Katryn Bury and Devon Hales (Narrator) (2023) is the next book in the Drew Leclair mystery series. Drew has promised not to break any more school rules and to tell her father if she does any more investigating. So that's what she does when things start to go missing from the PE lockers.

http://pussreboots.com/blog/2023/comments_05/drew_leclair_crushes_the_case.html

#mystery @bookstodon

MetaFilter
3 weeks ago

Mystery Spot

"My great-uncle was in a cell in the French Resistance during WWII ..." An intriguing question about a 50-year old mystery photo location from Miss T.Horn, and a fabulous answer 37 minutes later by essexjan.

https://ask.metafilter.com/372535/Can-you-help-me-identify-this-1940s-French-village

#FrenchResistance #WWII #history #photos #photographs #location #mystery #France

image via Miss T.Horn: old black and white photo of a 1940s French village on a river or canal with a prominent bridge visible
Octobers Children :podcast:
3 weeks ago

Best thing about releasing episodes is I get to post funny BTS bits.

Too bad I packed my HD for the move already 😭

So just imagine Reneé is saying something REALLY funny about only being able to make horse noises in super specific situations and then check out our Patreon.

#bts #Podcast #horror #patreon #OctobersChildren #fiction #weird #supernatural #paranormal #mystery #audiodrama

Paolo Viscardi
3 weeks ago

Fancy a challenge? Have a go at identifying this mystery bone. More angles in the blog if you need them. Have fun!
#bone #mystery
https://paoloviscardi.com/2023/05/12/friday-mystery-object-460/

My new novel is up for preorder! This UF series has consisted of shorter works until now, so I'm excited for this release! (Also, the preorder price is a deal, so don't miss out!) https://books2read.com/b/TheShifterPlague #books #reading #urbanfantasy #mystery

The book cover for The Shifter Plague, an Olympia Investigations novel by Sherry D. Ramsey. A woman in a trenchcoat is silhouetted against a purple and pinkish background, where a lighthouse looms. Rings of arcane runes overlay the image of the woman.
Kommadieb 🏙️
4 weeks ago

🔴 LIVE #twitch: Murder-Mystery-Mittwoch (oder getarnter Mittelalterreligionsunterricht?!) mit Episode 3 von #Pentiment

https://www.twitch.tv/kommadieb/

#adventure #mystery #twitchDE #smallStreamer #werDasLiestIstCute #LiveNow

Len
4 weeks ago

#Introduction

Hi, I'm Len! I'm a yt autistic writer from Germany, here to connect with other artists, gush about my special interests and send out thoughts into the #Fediverse. I probably won't post selfpromo, but don't mind if you do.

Here's a non-extensive list of my interests aka the # I follow:
#SFF #Phantastik #Solarpunk #Horror #Mystery #Movies #Books #TV #Games #Writing #Neurodivergence #QueerJoy #Cats

“In journalism if you make stuff up you get fired. In fiction if you don’t make stuff up you get sued.”

What #Journalism Can Teach You About #Writing #Fiction

https://crimereads.com/what-journalism-can-teach-you-about-writing-fiction/
#Mystery and #CrimeFiction #Books & #Authors via Crime Reads

Tanya Kan
1 month ago

Wow, it's been a while! In less than an hour at 5pm ET / 2pm PT, I'll be chatting with gamedevs Abhi of Venba, Marina Ayano Kittaka of Sephonie, Natalie Tin Yin Gan & @remysiu of 1000xResist!

We'll have a profound talk on how our respective games and characters explore cultural memory, hope, and trauma.

You can watch the panel here, as part of Fellow Traveller's #LudoNarraCon !

👉 https://store.steampowered.com/news/group/33025617/view/3710443172337395345?l=english

#indiegame #immigration #gamedev #writing #gamewriting #visualnovel #3Dplatformer #mystery #narrative #narrativegames #adventuregames #cyberpunk #puzzlegame #romance #unity #diversity #dystopia #art #gameart #gamedesign #xbox #steam

Joel at Seldon Crisis
1 month ago

Proud to plug my sister's latest book.

GLENCOE is out! If you liked M MacKinnon’s Highland Spirits series, you’ll love Echoes in Time. Haste ye to Amazon and pick up a copy of this new paranormal romance set in the Highlands of Scotland. #Writingcommunity #amwriting #mystery #whattoread #reading #paranormalromance

Cover of Glencoe by M MacKinnnon featuring a zoomed in map of the Glencoe region of Scotland, with two coats of arms in front of a Scotsman in traditional garb.
PhonoForest
1 month ago

A misty world of pixelated mystery, where stone pillars loom in the distance, and the air is thick with dampness. Is it an ancient ruin, or a decaying relic of the past? What do you think used to be here?

#pixelart #landscape #mystery #sarcasm #gaminglife #indiegames #indiegaming #indiegameart #retrogaming #retroaesthetic #digitalart #illustration #design #gamingcommunity #gamingart #gamingculture #retrostyle #retroart #fantasyart #fantasylandscape #pixelartwork #pixelartists

George Penney
1 month ago

@bookstodon

Is anyone out there interested in being a part of a Contrarian Barbarian's Book Club where we read whatever the hell we want individually and meet up once a month on Discord to tell each other about it for a couple of minutes each and then discuss? (All genres/fiction/non-fiction on the table.)

The key focus would be sharing books we love with other people in a positive way. It'd have the diehard rule that if you freakin' love a thing, no one can be negative about it because that would be raining on your parade and your parade is spectacular dammit!

All time zones welcome to say hi!

Depending on the interest, I'd set it up on my server and moderate. I'm a regular GM/DM, so am totally comfortable in that space.

LGBTQIA++, disability and neurodivergent friendly, with a structure with set rules of conduct--meaning that boorishness (repeatedly talking/typing over people and not respecting boundaries) or trollishness gets booted with the might of Gandalf warding off the Balrog.

If you like the sound of this, reply to this and tell me about the book you love most with the power of the sun.

I'd be free to kick this off in late June if there's enough interest. If not, I am more than happy to chill in my little Contrarian Barbarian Book Club For One. :blobsmilehappyeyes:

#books #bookstodon #sff #horror #scifi #crimefiction #nonfiction #reading #genrefiction #scifi #mystery #literature #history #botany

Diane Ademu-John
1 month ago

What’s everyone reading? I’ve officially finished every Agatha Christie novel, and am looking for someone like her! Have read all the Dick Francis and Dorothy Sayers books too. Any suggestions? #mystery #mysterybooks #books #bookclub

Tall2D
1 month ago

A Hanna-Barbera show that never was... here’s my rather late (but still heartfelt!) contribution to the amazing array of #DrawColumbo illustrations already submitted for an upcoming exhibition at Jam Bookshop in London!

#MastoArt #VectorArt #Illustration #LA #LosAngeles #LAstreetScene #detective #TVdetective #sleuth #Mystery #WhoDunnit #Columbo #70sTV #retroTV #retroTVshows #ClassicTelevision #BassettHound #DogCalledDog #RainCoat #CigarSmoker #Stogie #Illustrator #AffinityDesigner #AmDrawing

Zumbador
2 months ago

Yesterday I spilled some barley seeds in the garden by accident. #today this hole appeared exactly in the middle of the spill. It seems a very tiny Shai Hulud has surfaced in my back yard. I have no idea what it might be. Most likely a four-striped field mouse but I don't see any tracks.

#BackyardGarden #UrbanGarden #Mystery

A close up of a small hole in sandy soil. It's surrounded with scattered barley seeds.
The Public Domain Review
2 months ago

#OnThisDay in 1561, as the sun rose over Nuremberg, the residents described seeing an aerial battle take place in its glare — the erratic dance of orbs, crosses, cylinders and a crash-landing beyond the city. An early sighting of alien #UFO? https://buff.ly/3dgMTre #OTD #ufo #sun #weather #mystery #manuscript #histodon #nuremberg

Illustration showing sun in centre with lots of lines and circles and crosses in blue and red and one big black arrow-head. Below is a city.
Longreads
2 months ago

"It feels almost disingenuous to say my car was stolen. It was not broken into. No one hotwired it. I was not carjacked at gunpoint. That morning, my father flew into Las Vegas for a weekend trip with his wife and her grandson. They borrowed my car. While out to dinner that evening, my father left it unlocked with the key inside in the parking lot of the Orleans Hotel and Casino, a budget resort west of the Strip." —Dan Hernandez

#Longreads #Essay #Mystery

https://longreads.com/2023/02/28/bad-tape-dan-hernandez/

Damon Thomas
2 months ago

This is the kind of thing Encyclopedia Brown could easily solve. #mystery #florida

News - Trailer of Lynyrd Skynyrd items stolen.
Bruce Heerssen
2 months ago

#NoMansSky #nms

The First: 1010110...
The Second:
The Third: 1001001 (H/T @OsculaUltima and @Cyberpunk2350 )
The Fourth: 1000100
The Fifth: 100000
The Sixth: 1001101
The Seventh: 1001111
The Eighth: 1010100
The Ninth:
The Tenth: 1000101
The Eleventh: 1010010
The Twelfth:
The Thirteenth:
The Fourteenth:
The Fifteenth:
The Sixteenth:
The Seventeenth????

#mystery

Yahia Lababidi
2 months ago

For Sufi mystics, the rose represents the sacred and inaccessible centre of God—it is the point of essential union between man and the Divine.

For this reason, in Turkish poetry, the nightingale is described as being ‘şeydâ’ (mad) or ‘zâr’ (weeping and wailing) over his Beloved.

#ramadan #Islam #mystery #poetry #mysticism #faith #prayer #sufi #birds #beauty #Turkey #culture #art #God #flowers #roses #thursday #today

Uncanny Noir💀☕🐈‍⬛ ^◇^
2 months ago

This 1500 + image pinterest board is like a mood board of the aesthetic and atmosphere I have in mind for the next #comic strip I will be illustrating . Entitled #Zero and scripted by Dr Bob Curran it's a 1950s USA set road/ #noir/ #sci-fi / psi-fi / conspiracy / #mystery story.

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/andypaciorek/unheimlich-noir/

CineRequiem.com
3 months ago

Cine Requiem is a love letter to genre cinema and the nostalgic obsessions of grown adults who should know better, but just can't leave the past behind... a journey through the dark heart of horror, science fiction, fantasy, crime and mystery in vintage film and television.

Co-founded in late 2020 by Matt Black and Steven West as 'Cinemacabre', after a short hiatus, we return with a new moniker for 2023.

#Introduction #Cinemastodon #Cinema #Film #HorrorMovies #SciFi #FilmNoir #Crime #Mystery

Haxan (1922)