Enter the Worlds of Suspense…
Welcome to the website of award-winning author Ken Pelham. We hope you’ve dropped in because you’re a fan of the fiction of suspense in its beautiful forms, in mystery, thriller, …
Borderlands: Tales of Mystery & Imagination
Sixteen stories bridging the borderlands of mystery, thriller, horror, and science fiction. Lands where… …time travelers are thrown into a nightmare at sea, and witness the origins of one of …
Something New Under the Sun…
GUMSHOES, FANGS, ROCKETS, & SPIES: How Literary Genres Evolve and Change Our World “A sprawling and engrossing map of genre fiction. As a broad survey of genre fiction, and particularly …
The Evolution of Genres: A Sideways Look at Literature
The interactive companion to Gumshoes, Fangs, Rockets, & Spies, The Evolution of Genres takes you along to visualize how the works of literature, great and small, have fit into their …
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For Writers of Suspense…
Learn the secrets and tips of suspenseful writing. GREAT DANGER: A Writer’s Guide to Building Suspense
RPLA 2015 PUBLISHED BOOK of the YEAR … OUT OF SIGHT, OUT OF MIND: A Writer’s Guide to Mastering Viewpoint
Now available on Amazon for Kindle readers, this concise guide delivers everything every writer needs to know about writing from the viewpoint of characters. Out of Sight, Out of Mind …
PLACE of FEAR…a dark secret of the rainforest
A powerful narcotic, a missing scientist, a desperate rescue…and a great mystery deep in the rainforest of Guatemala. PLACE OF FEAR, the stunning prequel to BRIGANDS KEY, is available on …