The Second Day of Twistmas (Twistery #25)
He got up from the picnic and walked off the cliff to his death. His wife blamed it on their daughter’s crippling medical condition. Suggestions in the comments, please. Full solution, later today.
The First Day of Twistmas (Twistery #24) Solution
She swam in the marina while he tinkered with the boat. She was a strong swimmer, so why did she drown just as she was about to climb out? Solution Of course she was a strong swimmer. She swam fifty lengths a day without even thinking about it. It helped that they had a full …
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The Twelve Days of Twistmas (and other news).
Because I always do what other people tell me to do, I am obeying Dr Ian Hocking‘s command to write a new twistery a day, every day up to and including Christmas day, and to call the exercise “The Twelve Days of Twistmas”. I must be insane. Either that, or he is using some strange …
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Three out of my four St Petersburg novels are on sale in ebook form on Amazon for just over £1.50. The Cleansing Flames and A Gentle Axe are priced at £1.52; A Vengeful Longing at £1.59. The third novel in the series, A Razor Wrapped in Silk, is being sold at £3.99. I believe a …
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The Bad Sex Award is a Bad Award
The “winner” of the Literary Review’s Bad Sex Award was announced on Tuesday. The recipient of this mean-spirited slap in the face was David Guterson for scenes in his novel Ed King. I haven’t read the book, but I did read an “offending” passage on the Guardian online and I have to say, it seemed …