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A Winter’s Keepsake: Part Three by Anita Dickason

From my Author’s World to yours. Thank you for joining me for the final chapter of A Winter’s Keepsake, a Christmas interlude in the Tori Winters Mystery series. In this closing part, memory and mystery converge beneath the glow of a…

A Winter’s Keepsake: Part Two by Anita Dickason

From my Author’s World to yours. Welcome back to A Winter’s Keepsake, a holiday interlude in the Tori Winters Mystery series. In this second chapter, the shimmer of Christmas begins to reveal deeper shadows. As Tori unpacks the meaning behind…

A Winter’s Keepsake: Part One by Anita Dickason

From my Author’s World to yours. Welcome to A Winter’s Keepsake, a three-part holiday interlude in the Tori Winters Mystery series. This story steps away from crime scenes and whodunits to explore a quieter kind of mystery—one wrapped in memory,…

The Grimoire Curse: Some Pages Write Themselves Part 2

The shadows of Blackfen Castle grow darker in The Grimoire Curse: Some Pages Write Themselves Part Two, by Mystery Review Crew co-founder and Author Anita Dickason. Archivist Eliza Marrow has only begun to unravel the cursed secrets hidden within the…

The Grimoire Curse: Some Pages Write Themselves Part 1

Step into the eerie world of gothic mystery with The Grimoire Curse: Some Pages Write Themselves by the Mystery Review Crew’s own Author Anita Dickason. This chilling, haunted castle short story begins at the foreboding Blackfen Castle, where archivist Eliza…

Blackstone’s Curse

This month, the Crew is proud to present a spooky story from none other than our very own Anita Dickason! When Anita mentioned that she had never before published short stories lying around, I was intrigued. Blackstone’s Curse quickly captured…

Women At War: Pilots

Part Two of Women at War: Pilots (Read Part One Women At War: Espionage) depicts the bravery and courage of women who took on jobs they’d been told they couldn’t do. Women who proved the naysayers wrong. Women who took…

What the heck is Magical Realism? A Definition in literature

You may have recently stumbled upon the genre term “Magical Realism” and been left in a state of befuddlement since the two words together sound like an oxymoron. Magical Realism has continued to gain popularity throughout the mid-20th century. One…

Independent Bookstore Day: Best Local Favorites

Independent Bookstore Day is April 29th, 2024 As a longtime collector of books, I find the addiction of prowling through a bookstore like a garage sale to memorabilia collectors. I can’t resist the lure. Despite the convenience of ordering a…