by StrandMag | Dec 23, 2021 | Authors, Blog Article, Fiction, True Crime
Rewriting real-life tragedy I have led what most people would consider a charmed life. I grew up solidly middle class, in a nice home with two loving parents and a slew of beloved pets. I am college educated, financially comfortable, a happily married mother to two...
by Andrew Gulli | Dec 8, 2021 | Fiction
Excerpt from SUCH A GOOD GIRL by Willow Rose I paused for a second as I showed the uniformed woman behind the glass my badge. It was still so shiny that it was hard to hide how new it was. “Eva Rae Wilson? Agent Wilson?” Her eyes lifted and met mine through the glass....
by Rektok Ross | Oct 27, 2021 | Fiction
Ski Weekend (Excerpt) We’re almost to the foothills when the trouble begins. Flashes of red and blue light up the stormy night sky as police cars hurry along the side of the snowy mountain highway. My heart does this flip-floppy, somersaulty thing in my chest...
by Strand Staff | Oct 24, 2021 | Blog Article, Fiction, Reviews
Ever since I was young, I have been obsessed with survival thrillers. Whether they’re nonfiction tales rooted in unbelievable yet true, real-life situations or fantastical made-up fictional scenarios, the stakes don’t get any higher in storytelling than life or death...
by StrandMag | Aug 20, 2021 | Authors, Blog Article, Fiction, Interviews
Exclusive with Shawn Nocher, author of A Hand to Hold in Deep Water By Emily S. Martin TSM: What provided the inspiration for your book? Shawn Nocher (SN): The first chapter was originally a short story written years ago in a workshop. Over the next decade, I spent a...
by StrandMag | Aug 14, 2021 | Blog Article, Fiction, Interviews
THE PROBLEM OF THE PANDEMIC NOVEL Catherine Ryan Howard On March 27, 2020, Ireland went into lockdown having had a total of just over 2,000 coronavirus cases in a population of five million or so. There had already been a rash of restrictions – the government...
