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A to Z 2025!

A to Z 2025!

My 2025 A to Z Challenge! Click here to start at the beginning!
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A Twine Game!

A Twine Game!

Defeat the family curse before Sir Reginald succumbs to it!
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My 2015 A To Z: Alas!

My 2015 A To Z: Alas!

A Complete Mystery Novelette; also, Pictures of Myself As The Various Characters
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My 2018 April A to Z Blogging Challenge: The Lighthouse!

My 2018 April A to Z Blogging Challenge: The Lighthouse!

Time Travel And Other Perils! Click to start with my Theme Reveal (from which you can navigate to the other posts in the A to Z)!
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Maps of Grimsby Manor and Environs

  By Melanie Atherton Allen March 31, 2025 April 5, 2025 A to Z 2025, Maps, Mystery

Let’s start this murder mystery A to Z blogging challenge off right (that is, with maps)! First, here is a map of the grounds of Grimsby Manor, including part of the nearby village (not to scale): And here’s a map of the main floor of Grimsby Manor: And here’s the… Continue reading

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A to Z 2025 Theme Reveal

  By Melanie Atherton Allen March 14, 2025 April 6, 2025 A to Z 2025, Mystery

I will be participating in the A to Z Challenge this year! I have a complete mystery story, set a few years after WWI, all written and ready to go. Yes, you read that right: all written. As of today (Thursday, March 13th), I am typing up “W” (I like… Continue reading

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Zircon’s Just As Good

  By Melanie Atherton Allen May 1, 2025 May 1, 2025 A to Z 2025, Mystery

Hello, and welcome to my 2025 Blogging From A To Z April Challenge! This year, I’ve written you a complete murder mystery novelette. The setting is rural England, a few years after WWI. The extra challenge that I set myself for this story is that the first murder will not… Continue reading

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“Yes, It Was I!”

  By Melanie Atherton Allen April 30, 2025 April 30, 2025 A to Z 2025, Mystery

Hello, and welcome to my 2025 Blogging From A To Z April Challenge! This year, I’ve written you a complete murder mystery novelette. The setting is rural England, a few years after WWI. The extra challenge that I set myself for this story is that the first murder will not… Continue reading

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X, Or, The Killer Revealed

  By Melanie Atherton Allen April 29, 2025 April 29, 2025 A to Z 2025, Mystery

Hello, and welcome to my 2025 Blogging From A To Z April Challenge! This year, I’ve written you a complete murder mystery novelette. The setting is rural England, a few years after WWI. The extra challenge that I set myself for this story is that the first murder will not… Continue reading

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X is for X-cuse

  By Melanie Atherton Allen April 28, 2025 April 28, 2025 Announcements, Uncategorized

Hi! I got back from the airport just now, sat down, opened up my X draft… and realized that I just don’t have the mental energy to do everything I’d have to do to get it posted today. It is a  a mess; it needs hours of editing before it… Continue reading

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Why Scotland?

  By Melanie Atherton Allen April 26, 2025 April 26, 2025 A to Z 2025, Mystery

Hello, and welcome to my 2025 Blogging From A To Z April Challenge! This year, I’ve written you a complete murder mystery novelette. The setting is rural England, a few years after WWI. The extra challenge that I set myself for this story is that the first murder will not… Continue reading

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Various Emilys

  By Melanie Atherton Allen April 25, 2025 April 25, 2025 A to Z 2025, Mystery

Hello, and welcome to my 2025 Blogging From A To Z April Challenge! This year, I’ve written you a complete murder mystery novelette. The setting is rural England, a few years after WWI. The extra challenge that I set myself for this story is that the first murder will not… Continue reading

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Urgent Search

  By Melanie Atherton Allen April 24, 2025 April 24, 2025 A to Z 2025, Mystery

Hello, and welcome to my 2025 Blogging From A To Z April Challenge! This year, I’ve written you a complete murder mystery novelette. The setting is rural England, a few years after WWI. The extra challenge that I set myself for this story is that the first murder will not… Continue reading

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Thrilling Adventures of Penny, Continued

  By Melanie Atherton Allen April 23, 2025 April 23, 2025 A to Z 2025, Mystery

Hello, and welcome to my 2025 Blogging From A To Z April Challenge! This year, I’ve written you a complete murder mystery novelette. The setting is rural England, a few years after WWI. The extra challenge that I set myself for this story is that the first murder will not… Continue reading

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Second Murder

  By Melanie Atherton Allen April 22, 2025 April 22, 2025 A to Z 2025, Mystery

Hello, and welcome to my 2025 Blogging From A To Z April Challenge! This year, I’ve written you a complete murder mystery novelette. The setting is rural England, a few years after WWI. The extra challenge that I set myself for this story is that the first murder will not… Continue reading

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Romantic Interlude

  By Melanie Atherton Allen April 21, 2025 April 21, 2025 A to Z 2025, Mystery

Hello, and welcome to my 2025 Blogging From A To Z April Challenge! This year, I’ve written you a complete murder mystery novelette. The setting is rural England, a few years after WWI. The extra challenge that I set myself for this story is that the first murder will not… Continue reading

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