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Who knew death could be so eclectic?

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Who knew death could be so eclectic?
Relish this mesmerizing murder mystery mash-up of short stories.
Murder and mystery have been the staple of literature and films for years. This anthology of short stories will thrill and entertain you. Some will also make you laugh out loud. Others will stop and make you think. Think of this murder mystery short story anthology as a book version of appetisers or starters, hors d’oeuvre, meze, or antipasti. It can be read as fillers between books or, as is the case in some countries, as a bookish meze in its own right.
There’s murder mystery styles and locations to suit all tastes: detective fiction, serial killers, scifi, histfic, England, Los Angeles, San Francisco, The Great Lakes, Las Vegas, the Nevada desert, Mexico and more in an exquisite exposition of the art of short story telling. These stories come from an international cast of authors; some with bestselling books, others are emerging or new talents. Their roots, cultures, and life experiences are as diverse as their writing styles. But one thing binds them together: they know how to tell a story.
The ten authors who have contributed to the anthology are:
Stephen Bentley
Greg Alldredge
Kelly Artieri
Robbie Cheadle
Michael Spinelli
L. Lee Kane
Kay Castaneda
Aly Locatelli
Justin Bauer
Posthumously by ‘G’
The stories include the 2019 SIA Award-Winning Murder Mystery Short Story ‘The Rose Slayer’ by Stephen Bentley. Each author introduces his or her stories and the theme that lays behind them. By the time you finish the book, you will agree the result is a mesmerising murder mystery mash-up.

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REVIEW

An anthology of murder mystery short stories- not my usual choice of read, because I don’t prefer short stories. But this one! I was surprised I liked it, it blew me away! I’m now glad all of them are short stories, because otherwise the book would have become unputdownable.

What I loved about these stories is that there is an element of mystery and murder involved in each of the stories. None of them feel over the top or too gory, which is an accomplishment with the given themes. All the authors have contributed 2-3 stories to this book, and it is amazing how apparently different all their writing styles are, yet so engaging to read.

Each author has a connecting element in their stories. For Robbie Cheadle, it was real life cases.

Justice is Never Served is a fictionalised account of the numerous murders of babies alleged to have been committed by Amelia Dyer, who operated as a baby farmer in Victorian Englan. Amelia Dyer was found guilty of only one murder, that of Doris Marmon, but is believed likely to have killed between two hundred and four hundred babies and children.

For Michael Spilleni, it was monsters. Monitaur actually felt like a horror movie to me, and at one point I even gasped while reading it.

Stephen Bentley’s stories offered the Sherlock style whodunnit, slow burning mysteries. Eleanor Rigby, his second story in the collection, felt like a continuation of first story- The Rose Slayer, though they are two completely different stories with different plots. His connecting thread is the line-

When I saw the bouquet of seven roses, I knew exactly who had murdered Mrs O’Connell.

I would seriously love to read more works by these authors. I know how difficult it is to fit an entire story in about 2000 words and still make the reader care for the characters. These stories have also inspired me to try my hand at writing short stories myself (though they will not be anything near as good as these!)

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About the Authors:

Stephen Bentley: Stephen Bentley is a former UK Detective Sergeant, barrister, and author of a bestselling undercover cop memoir. He also writes crime fiction. Twitter Instagram

Greg Alldredge: Greg Alldredge grew up in the United States reading all the excellent Science Fiction and Fantasy of the past decades. He hopes to add his voice, in a small way, to the giants of the genres. He wants to write stories he himself would want to read and hopes to be successful as a storyteller first. Twitter Instagram

Kelly Artieri: Kelly Artieri is a professional illustrator and award-winning author of a personal memoir ‘A Spot in My Heart.’ Living in the Buffalo, New York area, Kelly is a passionate storyteller about real life. Now she is using her creative voice at story telling murder mystery style. Twitter Instagram

Robbie Cheadle: Robbie, short for Roberta, Cheadle is a South African author with six published children’s picture books in the Sir Chocolate books series for children. She has also authored the Silly Willy series and a fictionalised biography about her mother’s life as a young girl growing up in an English town in Suffolk during World War II. Twitter Instagram

Michael Spinelli: Michael Spinelli is married with two children, a transplant from New York to Florida. Mike enjoys family time, reading, watching movies and of course, writing things that increase your heart rate. Twitter

L. Lee Kane: L. Lee Kane, M.A., known as Linda, is the author of several adult fiction books, and children’s books. She lives with her husband, two dogs, and seven horses in the Central Valley of California. Twitter Instagram

Kay Castaneda: Kay Castaneda is retired from a career as a college writing instructor and special education tutor. She earned a B.A. and M.A. in English at Indiana University. Her publications include poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction in literary journals plus articles about education for scholarly reference books. Twitter

Aly Locatelli: Aly Locatelli is a 25-year-old book blogger and reviewer from the UK. She has been doing that for over five years and now started freelancing as a beta-reader, editor and proof-reader. Aly also aspires to be a writer. This is the first time any of her work has been published. Twitter Instagram

Justin Bauer: Born in Columbus, Ohio, Justin Bauer studied English Literature at the Ohio State University, graduating in 2016. He is the author of three books. Twitter Instagram

Posthumously by ‘G’: ‘G’ or Gerry died in 2017. He used the name ‘G’ when writing short stories. This is how he described himself not long before his untimely death: G is a 69 yo Hippie, world traveler, straight talker/writer, with no regrets. He’s been writing since he found a sharp crayon and empty wall space.

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  Aly Locatelli

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  Greg Alldredge

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  Justin Bauer

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  Kay Castaneda

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  Kelly Artieri

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  Linda Lee Kane

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  Michael Spinelli

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  Robbie Cheadle

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  Stephen Bentley

Let me know if you decide to give Death Among Us a go!