Readers’ Favorite Character
[Meme] You spend two years writing a complex mystery novel with 90,000 words and over 20 well-crafted characters. Which character is the beta readers’ favorite? The Cat! (Read More …)
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Elizabeth and the Toymaker
I’ve started book #3, Elizabeth and the Toymaker, the second book in the Dickens Station trilogy. Click “Read More” to find out more. (Read More …)
Exciting Plans for 2023
Happy New Year! In this post, I talk about what I have planned for you, my readers, in 2023. (Read More …)
Book Review: The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Read while conducting research for Marley’s Curse, Stevenson’s classic touches on many themes, like man’s dual nature, Victorian public vs. private persona, and addiction. Click Read More for my review AND an Easter egg. (Read More …)
Meet DC
Click Read More to meet DC, one of Dickens Station’s most beloved characters, in this Dickens Station Daily Telegraph article by Emily Dodson. (Read More …)
The Penny Black Stamp
Click Read More to discover the world’s first adhesive postage stamp on display at the Dickens Station Victorian Era Museum: Post Office. (Read More …)
A Sugarbush Easter (Repost)
In this repost of a free Dickens Station Mystery Short Story, the game is afoot. Dianna Norris, a newcomer to Dickens Station, unravels what’s happening to Charlie Mattson during her adventure to a sugarbush. Dianna explains, “My new life in Dickens Station began the day I murdered the man who, years later, became my husband.” (Read More …)
Amelia Dickens’s Empty Tomb Rolls Recipe
Amelia Dickens shares her recipe for Empty Tomb Rolls, a fun and tasty way to reflect on the true meaning of Easter. (Read More …)
The Case of the Telltale Tiles
Fellow sleuths. It’s time once again to “exercise the little grey cells” as Agatha Christie’s Hercule Poirot would say with a Dickens Station Mini Mystery. You can easily read today’s mystery in under 7 minutes, and the resolution in under 6 minutes. That leaves you 2 minutes for your deductions and hypotheses. Child’s play, is it not?
So, click [Read More] to test your “little grey cells” against mine as together we solve The Case of the Telltale Tiles, A Dickens Station 15-Minute Mystery. (Read More …)
A Case of Misshaken Identity
I offer you a mystery that will take you less than three minutes to enjoy. Can you unravel the Case of the Misshaken Identity? Click “read more” to find out. (Read More …)