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This time last year (2024), I took a deep breath and told myself “The end is in sight!” I’d drafted the reader magnet and four books, and despite Book #5 being a struggle, I was well on my way to meeting the goals I’d been working towards since summer of 2023. Those goals? To release a new mystery series, THE UNLIKELY MURDER CLUB. And so I chose RELEASE as my 2025 word-of-the-year. Serendipitously, my inspiration, The Thursday Murder Club movie, announced its release on Thur
ginaxgrant
Dec 27, 20252 min read
BeachBumBookWorm Features An Unlikely Revelation in Her “Coming Soon” Lineup!
BeachBumBookWorm Features An Unlikely Revelation in Her “Coming Soon” Lineup!
ginaxgrant
Nov 19, 20251 min read
Palette of Dreams: a mysterious shop, a faded artist, and a second chance (A Free Cozy Fantasy Short Story)
“You’re so talented,” they said. “You see things other people miss. You should be an artist.” Well, some people said so. Not everyone. Certainly not her parents. “You’ll struggle,” they said. “The term’s ‘starving artist’ for a reason.” But Constance hadn’t listened. She’d mixed her pigments and created art—bright swirls that breathed, bold lines that sang, and bursts of color that seemed to pulse with life. She’d quickly found success: a showing at a prestigious galler
ginaxgrant
Nov 8, 20257 min read
Spooky Tour: A Halloween Stroll Through My Haunted Yard
Take a peek behind the pumpkins!
ginaxgrant
Nov 1, 20251 min read
A Very Unlikely Halloween: Confessions of a Halloween Overachiever
When your cozy mystery life bleeds into your front porch.
ginaxgrant
Oct 6, 20251 min read
The Inheritance Journal: A Legacy of Secrets and Sibling Rivalry
When Joshua McAvoy storms out of the lawyer’s office with nothing but a battered journal, it seems his grandfather’s will has torn the...
ginaxgrant
Sep 28, 20254 min read
Homemade Justice: A Dark Domestic Short Story of Love, Loss, and Liberation
WARNING: DARK THEMES (AGAIN) This short story dives into the shadows of domestic abuse, manipulation, and quiet revenge. Homemade Justice...
ginaxgrant
Sep 17, 20254 min read
Still Waters: A Haunting Short Story of Streams, Secrets, and Farewell
The stream at the bottom of the garden has no name and appears on no map.
ginaxgrant
Sep 8, 20253 min read
Deadly Nightshade: There Be Dragons
Nightshade stirred, opening a single saucer-sized eye. Steam wafted from his nostrils as he scrambled from the cave, centuries of claw gouges defining his path.
ginaxgrant
Aug 29, 20254 min read
By the time you see this...
... The Unlikely Murder Club Book #1 will be live! Before it was even available, reviewers were buzzing just from the cover blurb....
ginaxgrant
Aug 22, 20251 min read
Read ’Em and Reap – A Reluctant Reaper Short Story
Not six months out of the Reaper Academy and already my scythe had died...
ginaxgrant
Aug 16, 20254 min read
Me and My Shadow: A Rock and Roll Short Story
What happens when a rock god with a god complex loses everything but his own echo? Even before the last screeching echoes of guitar died...
ginaxgrant
Aug 5, 20254 min read
Ghost Writer: a captivating tale of history, mystery, and family secrets.
When author Kelsey Critchett discovers her pirate ancestor Captain Flora Critchett’s journal hidden within the walls of her ancestral...
ginaxgrant
Jul 27, 20256 min read
Search and Rescue: A Mountie short story of survival and justice in the snowy north
The Story Prompt He’d tracked her across tundra, across scrub forest and frozen muskeg. He’d tracked her till his fingers ached and his...
ginaxgrant
Jul 17, 20255 min read
Death Gets an Upgrade by Gina X. Grant
So imagine my surprise when I opened my eyes to find the dark-robed figure of Death standing over me, not smelling anything like rotting garbage. Or sickly sweetness. In fact, Death didn’t smell like anything at all.
ginaxgrant
Jul 6, 20256 min read
The Weight of Waiting
Snow looks magical… until you have to shovel it off your roof.
ginaxgrant
Jun 24, 20255 min read
A Good Boy’s Guide to Squeaky Toys
Once, I had no toys—except the things people threw at us.
ginaxgrant
Jun 22, 20254 min read
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