It’s publication day today for Killer Queen, Wordsworth Short #41.
I did a pop-up workshop on writing locked room mysteries, and the assignment was to write a locked room mystery with a cat. I’d already decided to write a Marcie Craig story called Killer Queen, and I had the cover done way ahead of time. So I gave Marcie the locked room and the cat.
The story came up woefully short, both for Marcie Craig and for the assignment, so I shelved it until I had time to flesh it out into something longer. Then, along came Deadlines for Writers and their 12 Stories in 12 Months challenge. The prompt for March 2023 was ‘Lady’, and the word count was 2,500 words exactly. And off I went.
Killer Queen is the second short story I’ve written featuring Marcie Craig, but the cover will always be one of my favourites.
You can buy Killer Queen here.
Love it! Happy publication day!
Thank you!