Short Stories
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Seasoned for Murder
Hey there, sleuth. I’m Mira Wolfe, and this is your cozy little taste of Seasoned for Murder—a Thanksgiving mystery full of secrets, sass, and a suspiciously sharp carving knife. Slip into something comfy, grab a warm drink, and enjoy the first delicious bite: The Feast Before the Storm The small town of Maple Bend was carved out of the side of a mountain. Small cottages, mostly made of brick and mortar and painted white, hugged the sides of hidden paths and winding main roads that all led from the top, where Clara Sage and her nearly ancient Victorian home stood, to the bottom, at the base of the mountain, which…
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Welcome to Maple Bend
Tucked into the side of a snow-kissed mountain, halfway between a postcard and a half-remembered dream, lies the tiny town of Maple Bend — a place where holidays feel a little warmer, neighbors know one another a little too well, and the whisper of mystery is never far from the next gust of wind.
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Madam Roundtree
Selma Lewis—better known to the Fulton County Tribune’s horoscope readers as Madam Roundtree—stood over the body of her former friend and coworker, Jacqueline Paulson. The 16th-century sacrificial dagger, her most valuable possession, jutted from beneath Jacqueline’s ample left breast like a punctuation mark to a friendship gone sour.

