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Monthly Archives: October 2014
Maine Librarians Share Their Scariest Books
As our readers are well aware, Maine Crime Writers love our Maine librarians, so it’s fun for us to turn to them from time to time with questions. This month’s question, in honor of Halloween, was to ask them what … Continue reading
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Tagged Bates College, Becky Ames, Cathy Perkins, Communion, Cujo, Dina McKelvey, Edythe Dyer Library, Gretchen Asam, Hampden, Helter Skelter, In Cold Blood, Karen Westerberg, Ladd Library, Maine librarians, MSAD1, Nikki French, Perrin Joel Lumbert, Salems Lot, Secret Smile, Shirley Jackson, Simpson Memorial Library, Stephen King, Susan Taylor, The Haunting of Hill House, Truman Capote, Waterville Public Library, Whitley Strieber
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Oh yes, even FOOD can be scary
We’re entering the Halloween season, when pumpkins abound and houses and bushes are bedecked with spiders and ghosts and witches. But as crime writers, our minds often also turn to whimsy at the table. So here, for your seasonal delectation, … Continue reading
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Books You Should Never Read at Night . . .
Two years ago, in our Halloween post, we listed our scariest books and asked our readers to share theirs. So here are some of the responses that we got. Now you can join the conversation: Sandy Gardner: The scariest book I … Continue reading
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A Modest Proposal-Maine Style
Do you have the same urge to cringe every time the phone rings these days? Between the artificially cheery college students trying to make a connection with a codgerly alum from 40 years ago and get said alum to pony … Continue reading
Off, Off, and Away
Dorothy Cannell here: In forty five minutes, it would be shorter if my husband had his way, we will be leaving for a writers conference in Indiana. I am not packed, and I have yet to have a bath. I look … Continue reading
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Tagged Dorothy Cannell, Indiana, Magna Cum Murder, writers conferences
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Weekend Update: October 25-26, 2014
Next week at Maine Crime Writers there will be posts by Dorothy Cannell on Monday and John Clark on Tuesday with a special guest post on Wednesday and our annual Halloween blogs on Thursday and Friday. In the news department, … Continue reading
A Cliché In Time Is Worth Two In The Bush by Al Lamanda
I live in a really peaceful cove on a medium-sized lake in the country. This quiet setting is ideal for inspiration and writing. Most of the time. My closest neighbor is an eighty-five-year old man who looks and acts … Continue reading
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Collecting … Stories … and Scottish Jewelry
I’m Lea Wait and, as many of you know, I’ve been involved with antiques all of my life. My great-grandfather sold antiques and fine Scottish and Irish silver, crystal and linens in his Boston shop over a hundred years ago. My grandmother … Continue reading
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