My genre is speculative fiction. Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Surrealism, Magic Realism etc. But there are other genre’s. Mystery is the kissing cousin to speculative fiction. Both mystery and horror were founded by Edgar Allen Poe, and the genres cross back and forth.
Today, I want to showcase Joan Havelange, a Manitoba mystery writer, and absolutely gracious lady, following in the footstapes of Agatha Christie. Her sleuth, Mabel Havelock, has featured in two novels with a third upcoming, and hopefully many more. I hope that you enjoy this brief glimpse and that you search out Mabel’s adventures…
I directed a theatre for 15 years. I find writing is a lot like directing; only my characters show up on time and always know their lines. Although sometimes they do go off in a direction that surprises me. All fictional stories, I think, start out as ‘what if?’ What if you were golfing and your wayward shot ends up in the middle of a dead man’s forehead?