Love a good mystery? Here’s a sample from a book edited by The Written Word: 15 Times a Killer, the first police procedural set in the U.S., by million-seller Alan McDermott. The FBI received many tip-offs each and every day, and while some were clearly hoaxes, each had to be acted upon. If just one […]
It’s a gloomy New Year’s Day in Ottawa. Dark, low clouds hanging over a drenched city. Snow—what remains of it—more brown and black than white. Grey, rotten ice clinging to odd corners and cracks on driveways and roads. But at least the rain has stopped. After four days of a miserable cold that exhausts me […]
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Here’s an excerpt from a romantic suspense novel edited by The Written Word, written By Lucy Appadoo Daniela opened the front door nervously to see a tall man with jet-black hair in a crew cut that brought out his dark, piercing brown eyes. His large hands held a manila folder, and the way his tight black […]
A sample from the latest book edited by The Written Word By Elyse Salpeter The weather outside had officially turned. Without any sort of preamble, the sunny sky that had been their constant companion for the past seven glorious days had darkened, thundered sounded and a crazy-colored strobe lightning storm began to streak across the […]
Enjoy this sample from another book edited by The Written Word: Storm of Passion by Rebecca Corio. Savanah looked at her father. “One more, Dad. There’s time to do one more.” “Your body is tired, Savanah. Pushing it too far will do more harm than good.” “I’m still really angry, Dad.” Kyle did not respond. […]
Author, IT specialist and peripatetic This is a very special post: a conversation with Ivan Baidak, author of Invisible and five other books. Invisible has recently been published in English by Canadian publisher Guernica Editions of Hamilton, Ontario. I met Ivan five years ago on a trip to California for a writer’s conference in Russian […]