Tag: thriller
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Memory Lost – Prompt Friday: A Crime You Can’t Remember
This Week’s Prompt Friday Challenge Write this scene: A news headline flashes across the screen—you’ve killed someone. You have no recollection of what happened. The police have you barricaded in your house. Who did you kill? And why? My Response to the Prompt I sat down on the sofa after a satisfying breakfast. Before I…
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Prompt Friday – Bloody
Write this scene:You are having a peaceful dinner at a restaurant when bullets start flying, and one shatters the glass you pick up to drink. My Response Crab Envy Marvelle, New JerseyApril 10, 2026 — 6:00 PM Sharon’s food had just arrived. She was pleased because she was starving after skipping lunch. Her stomach rumbled.…
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Before I Knew I Was Writing a Thriller | Expanding a Story Into a Novella
When a Story Won’t Let Go Stories are always rolling around in my head—until one starts screaming louder than the others. That’s exactly how I realized I was writing a thriller without even knowing it. Has that ever happened to you? Revisiting Old Work After finishing my poetry book and preparing it for publication, I…
C. N. Garraway 