Short Stories

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…

Ophelia’s Promise: Part II by Lou Kemp

Welcome back to the second part of Ophelia’s Promise: Part II, written by Lou Kemp! If you haven’t read part one, you should definitely read Ophelia’s Promise Part I first. This short story is a part of our Christmas short…

Ophelia’s Promise: Part I by RJ Koreto

Welcome back to a Christmas of short stories from the Crew and friends! Today, we are welcoming our friend author, R. J. Koreto, in the first part of a two-part collaborative story from R.J. Koreto and Lou Kemp titled Ophelia’s…

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…

The 13th Grave by Anita Dickason p2

The month for ghosts, goblins, witches, and jack-o-lanterns. A time when the ancients believed the souls of the dead returned to their homes and evil spirits wandered the earth. A time when, “There are more things in Heaven and Earth,…