Tag Archives: suspense

Keeping the Unknown a Mystery

Posted on July 7, 2022 by knlistman

I was engrossed in a mystery that grabbed me from the beginning. Set in the mid nineteenth century it commenced with a spooky chase scene in the fog. The shadow-like suspect disappeared around the corner of a stately brownstone. Then, … Continue reading →

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The dance of suspense

Posted on April 6, 2021 by knlistman

Suspenseful writing is a dance between plausibility (what makes sense to readers), and the unexpected. Not just any unexpected events, such as inheriting a million dollars, but ominous ones, such as discovering that the previous person who inherited that same … Continue reading →

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