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Category Archives: Psychological Suspense
Reduction In Force … and a bit of flash
When I worked for Sun Microsystems, we were plagued with layoffs. Every two years for nearly ten years, there would be a “Reduction In Force” in which several thousand people received “notification”. (Such amazing euphemisms the corporate world comes up … Continue reading
Murder Is Poetic
A few months ago, I blogged about how I love crows, one reason being that a group of them is called a murder of crows. That image is very fitting for a Suburban Noir writer. It turns out, murder of … Continue reading
Posted in Psychological Suspense, Random, Suburban Noir, Writing
Tagged Crows, murder, Silicon Valley
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The Holiday Dash & the Origin of Suburbia
For some reason, my employer has a frenzy of extra activity in November and December, which makes for a challenging “holiday” season as there is really no “holiday” about it. This makes the whole preparation thing feel like a mad … Continue reading
Posted in Office Life, Psychological Suspense, Suburban Noir, Writing
Tagged historical fiction, Holidays, Indie Author, Madison Keith, Suburbia
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A Pathologically Private Person
Today is my birthday. But because I’m a pathologically private person, I don’t even show my birthday on Facebook. I’m so extreme in my privacy, it took me weeks of agony to decide whether I would mention my birthday on my … Continue reading
The Blue Lady
Apparently, a third of Americans believe in ghosts. (Some polls say more, some say less.) In Britain, 68% believe. To be honest, I’m not quite sure where I fall in this poll, and I don’t know if they included an … Continue reading
Compulsive Collector
There’s not a single beach where I’ve walked along the shore and failed to return home with a pocket full of stones and seashells. I have jars and “antique” glass containers on nearly every shelf in my house, half-filled with … Continue reading
Posted in Psychological Suspense, Random
Tagged compulsive behavior, Oregon coast, seashells
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A Psychological Thriller – Good Neighbours
The Netflix envelope (yes, I’m still in the pre-streaming dark ages) billed Good Neighbours as a “mystery/thriller”. There’s not much mystery to it, but it’s a fantastic psychological thriller filled with complex, flawed characters who make you feel their angst … Continue reading
Posted in Crime, Psychological Suspense, Suburban Noir
Tagged Canadian film, Good Neighbours, Psychological Thriller, Suburban Noir
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