Mark Bruce, Writer.
Creator of the Minerva James Mysteries
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Arsenic and Adobo
One of the things about the Mystery genre I have always liked is that it’s a big tent. Long before other literary forms began looking for “underrepresented voices,” the mystery genre was welcoming to anyone who could write a good book. Women have always been welcome as mystery writers, no bias here. People of color…
The Tyranny of New Year’s
December 31 is in two days. Your Cultural Overlords demand that you celebrate. You must attend a party. It must be chaotic and wild. You must drink to excess. If you decide to drive after such drinking, all the better. We need to reduce the surplus population. You must count down the seconds until Jan…
Yule Warp
Christmas barrels in like a Japanese bullet train flying toward Tokyo. It stomps on our lives like Godzilla smashing Tokyo. It is as busy as a Tokyo street. It is as confounding as a Tokyo street sign. I have never been to Tokyo, but I’ve watched a lot of anime and I think this is…
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