The Toyshop’s Secret Wins Top Ten Honors
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Tag: #fiction
Marley’s Curse Launch Date Announcement
This is the formal announcement of plans to launch Marley’s Curse, A Dickens Station Treasure Hunt Mystery, on July 25, 2023, just in time for Christmas in July. Click “Read More” for details. (Read More …)
Author Reading – Marley’s Curse – Chapter 1
I thought you, my readers and faithful Dickens Stationers, might like an early sneak peek into the world of Jacob Marley and his friends. Click “Read More” to listen to me read, or to read yourself, a scene from Marley’s Curse. (Read More …)
Happy Birthday, Amelia Dickens
This week, we celebrate the birthday of Amelia Dickens, the matriarch of our beloved Dickens Station, Vermont, and the great-great-granddaughter of the town’s founder, Merritt Otto Dickens. (Read More …)
Cookie Picture Reader Poll
I need your input on the right picture to use in Marley’s Curse. Click “Read More” to help me out. (Read More …)
A Real Postcard From Dickens Station
A real postcard from a fictional town. How can that be? Click on “Read More” to find out. (Read More …)
Cast the Character Game – DC
Help me celebrate my 75th blog post by joining our game called “Cast the Character.” Place yourself in the director role and tell me or show me who you would cast to play DC when Dickens Station is made into a blockbuster movie or television series. Please show me your favorite feline, real or fictional, contemporary or historical, to play this destined-to-become-iconic role. (Read More …)
Cozy Mystery Book Review: The Raven Thief
Pandian teases the reader with three impossibilities surrounding the murder, hidden staircases, a smuggler’s nook, a secret garden, and a family curse that kept this reader spellbound until the end. (Read More …)
A Sugarbush Easter (Repost)
The game is afoot In this repost of a free Dickens Station Mystery Short Story. 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 …)
Flora Skukalek’s Halupki Recipe
Since I didn’t repost this recipe last Easter and have many new subscribers, this week’s edition is a repost of librarian Flora Skukalek’s scrumptious halupki (cabbage rolls) recipe just in time for Easter. Click “Read More” to read the blog post, find out who Flora Skukalek really is, and download the recipe. (Read More …)