Get ready for some stories that'll make you sing right along!
A Killing at the Copa: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Barry Manilow is now up for pre-order at White City Press. (Releases March 18.)
I'm sharing some posts here to introduce you to the writers and let them share the inspiration behind their stories.
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The Story Line-Up (with links to the songs):
Sweet Life - Karen Keeley
Rain as Cold as Ice (Inspired by Mandy) - Linda Kay Hardie
Mandy - Adam Gorgoni
I Write the Songs - Maya St. Clair
The Daybreak Killer (Inspired by Daybreak) - Matt McGee
A Connecticut Stalker (Inspired by Weekend in New England) - Laurie Stevens
Can't Smile Without You - Caleb Weinhardt
Ready to Take a Chance Again - Kurtis Rupe'
Since You've Been Gone (Inspired by Even Now) - Recita Clemons
Bermuda Triangle - J.M. Taylor
Lonely Together - John M. Floyd
When the Sun Rises (Inspired by Let's Take All Night (to Say Goodbye)) - T. Fox Dunham
Some Kind of Friend - Christine Verstraete
Getting Even Now (Inspired by Even Now) - Shari Held
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Today: Talking with John M. Floyd
🎵 The inspiration:
" I guess what inspired me was the title of the song I picked (“Lonely Together”). Right away I pictured two mysterious characters, unknown to each other, in an interesting place—in this case a Russian nightclub—and the things they might talk about, because the story’s almost entirely dialogue. So, actually, I picked the story not because of the lyrics or how much I liked it, etc.; I picked it because of the title and the image it put in my mind."
🎵 First lines: "Lonely Together"
A tall man in a business suit and an attractive woman in a long black dress, both holding drinks, stopped drifting and faced each other beside the crowded bar of one of the city’s most elegant nightclubs. After a few words and several long gazes they left the bar and took seats together at a small table in a corner. On the dance floor, two dozen people swayed to the music of a five-piece band.* Read the rest in A Killing at the Copa: Crime Fiction Inspired by the Music of Barry Manilow - now up for pre-order at White City Press. (Releases March 18.)
* Can't wait to read this!
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