Lightnews — Scholar-powered news

Margot Kinberg @mkinberg.bsky.social · 13h

On my blog today: margot-kin-berg.com/2025/10/14/i...

In The Spotlight: Ngaio Marsh’s The Nursing Home Murder

Visit the post for more.

margot-kin-berg.com

Margot Kinberg @mkinberg.bsky.social · 21h

Tuesday Terror! The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe fictionfanblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/14/t... > via @fictionfanblog.bsky.social

Tuesday Terror! The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe

When Poe’s narrator becomes obsessed with tales of people buried alive, his fear spirals into full-blown paranoia. Convinced he suffers from catalepsy, he takes increasingly bizarre precautions to …

fictionfanblog.wordpress.com

Margot Kinberg @mkinberg.bsky.social · 21h

@j-lbrbsblogs.bsky.social Thank you, Janet, so much for all the re-posts! You are truly amazing!

a sign that says you are amazing with a heart

ALT: a sign that says you are amazing with a heart

media.tenor.com

Margot Kinberg @mkinberg.bsky.social · 22h

😊

1

Margot Kinberg @mkinberg.bsky.social · 22h

The Classics Club: The Classics Spin #42 #theclassicsclub #ccspin lovebooksreadbooks.com/2025/10/14/t... > via @j-lbrbsblogs.bsky.social

The Classics Club: The Classics Spin #42 #theclassicsclub #ccspin

Time for a new spin! The Classics Spin #42 The Classics Club2024-2029 Here are the directions from The Classics Club: At your blog, before Sunday October 19, create a post to list your choice of an…

lovebooksreadbooks.com

Margot Kinberg @mkinberg.bsky.social · 1d

I'm very grateful for the re-posts, Janet! Thank you so much!

a cartoon unicorn with a rainbow mane and horn says " you rock "

ALT: a cartoon unicorn with a rainbow mane and horn says " you rock "

media.tenor.com

1 1

Margot Kinberg @mkinberg.bsky.social · 1d

ahsweetmystery.com/2025/10/13/b... > via @ahsweetmystery.bsky.social

BOOK CLUB IS FRENCH-IFIED: The Affair at Little Wokeham

The spirits of R. Austin Freeman and Baroness Orczy and E. C. Bentley may eternally wonder why the year 1920 is used to mark the start of the Golden Age of Detection, since they had been publishing…

ahsweetmystery.com

1

Margot Kinberg @mkinberg.bsky.social · 1d

This is so great! @elizabethspanncraig.com Elizabeth Spann Craig's new Myrtle Clover novel, Murder Sees All, is out on 4 November! Get dibs on your copy!
elizabethspanncraig.com/murder-sees-...

Murder Sees All – Elizabeth Spann Craig

Murder Sees All is book 27 in the Myrtle Clover cozy mystery series by writer Elizabeth Spann Craig. It releases winter 2025.

elizabethspanncraig.com

1

Margot Kinberg @mkinberg.bsky.social · 1d

elizabethspanncraig.com/motivation-a... > via @elizabethspanncraig.com

Why Beginning Writers Should Avoid AI – Elizabeth Spann Craig

Learn why beginning fiction writers should develop their own creative voice before using AI writing tools.

elizabethspanncraig.com

1

Margot Kinberg @mkinberg.bsky.social · 1d

Weyward by Emilia Hart virginia-gruver.com/2025/10/13/w... > via @virginiag.bsky.social

Weyward by Emilia Hart

“Bold and Bewitching.” Sarah Addison Allen

virginia-gruver.com

1 1

Margot Kinberg @mkinberg.bsky.social · 1d

The Classics Club Spin #42 fictionfanblog.wordpress.com/2025/10/13/t... > via @fictionfanblog.bsky.social

The Classics Club Spin #42

Place your bets… The Classics Club is holding its 42nd Spin, and my 22nd. The idea is to list 20 of the books on your Classics Club list before next Sunday, 19th October. On that day, the Cla…

fictionfanblog.wordpress.com

1

Margot Kinberg @mkinberg.bsky.social · 2d

A pleasure!

1

Margot Kinberg @mkinberg.bsky.social · 2d

Check out this fantastic interview with talented author M.E. Proctor! Thanks to June Lorraine Roberts for the great post! murderincommon.com/2025/10/12/m... > via @junelorrainer.bsky.social @meproctor.bsky.social

Catch Me on a Blue Day: Unraveling the Murder of a War Correspondent

Arriving at his friend Carlton Marsh’s house, Declan Shaw finds a police inquiry. Marsh, a veteran war correspondent had committed suicide. Shaw had contracted to do research for Marsh’…

murderincommon.com

1 2 2

Margot Kinberg @mkinberg.bsky.social · 2d

elizabethspanncraig.com/uncategorize... > via @elizabethspanncraig.com

LitLinks – Elizabeth Spann Craig

LitLinks is a weekly roundup of the top writing links from around the web. It's curated by mystery writer Elizabeth Spann Craig.

elizabethspanncraig.com

1

Margot Kinberg @mkinberg.bsky.social · 3d

Thanks very much, June!

Margot Kinberg @mkinberg.bsky.social · 3d

😀

1

Margot Kinberg @mkinberg.bsky.social · 3d

Thank you so much, Kat! And thanks for the re-post!

1

Margot Kinberg @mkinberg.bsky.social · 3d

On my blog today: margot-kin-berg.com/2025/10/11/t...

To Post or Not to Post…

As this is posted, it’s 81 years since Otto Preminger’s Laura was released in cinemas. The film is, of course, based on Vera Caspary’s novel of the same name, and it’s a solid example of a noir sto…

margot-kin-berg.com

1 2 1

Margot Kinberg @mkinberg.bsky.social · 3d

Cover Reveal – Haiku and Tanka: Lull, Harmony, and Power in Japanese art – And a new feature: Literary Revelations in USA News shortprose.blog/2025/10/11/c... via @g-marie-milton.bsky.social