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    Poe, a famous 19th century American author, invented many tropes that are common in mystery novels today. My mystery story incorporates many of these elements, such as, an unusual crime, a highly observant investigator, and a sidekick protagonist who helps relay how the mystery is solved to the audience. At the beginning of my short story, I introduced Poe’s idea of a highly observant investigator. Poe’s short stories contain the character, Mr. Dupin, who is able to observe situations beyond the abilities

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    Mystery as a literary genre finds its roots in the writings of the 19th century. During this century great writers of the literary fiction utilises their brilliance to lay the foundations of various aspects of the mystery writing. Many fictional characters who were born in the 19th century,are still the most famous personalities of today 's fiction. It 's interesting to note that US President Abraham Lincoln also wrote a mystery story in the 19th century, based on a real case once he defended(1)

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    There are several types of mystery stories, one in particular, is known as hard-boiled mysteries. This specific genera was originated in the 1940s, they were created to veer away from the typical mysteries that dominated this era. This particular mystery genera is quite different from another mystery story, especially when it comes to the characters in the story. Within the hard-boiled mystery genera, there are several different articles and stories. Some of these include, “Red Wind”, “Three Dot

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    Patricia Cornwell has entertained readers for years with her exciting stories about crime in conjunction with mystery. Patricia was born on June 9th, 1956 in Miami Florida. Her interests are crime, reporters, furthermore writing. She often writes about her experience with crime on a daily basis. During her free time Patricia enjoys hobbies such as scuba diving in like manner as composing novels. She was married to a Charles Cornwell in 1980 but then divorced ten years later. Patricia can be referred

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    Mystery ships are ships where something indescribable or unknown has occurred on that ship. For instance, the whole crew could have died like on the SS Ourang Medan, or the whole crew could have disappeared like on the Resolven, or even the ship could disappear like on the SS Baychimo. When these things happen with no evidence to prove what occurred, they become a mystery. These three ships have become some of the most well-known ghost stories today. It was the February of 1947 when the SS Ourang

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    Killing Mystery Stories

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    me no choice.” So he goes and gets his gun and he shoots ten times tow of the shots hit someone and killed them. So then the cops call down an alien to try to solve the mystery. So the killer goes back to the candy store and he that the alien is in there to buy candy, then he realizes that he is there to solve the killing mystery. The alien finds the body and says is that the guy that rob you?” and the guy sad” yes, you have to do something about it”.

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    from our log cabin and asked “Can you tell me one of your absorbing mystery stories.” “Of course, I’d love too.” I always cherish telling my family all of my past mystery’s although my granddaughter is the only one that listens. She and I have a special bond about mystery stories, especially since I was a detective decades ago and now my granddaughter wants to become one. I decided to pick the most engaging and yet horrifying story. It all started when... I was in my office one day trying to figure

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    Feelings of wonder, mystery and strange uniqueness which we all experience from time to time were the true starting point of my project; the magical feeling of well-written stories, and strange events, the feeling which we look for in the wonders of nature and in the stories of our own lives. It is a feeling of wonder, characteristic of children; the sense that there is something very unusual about our world, the fact that it is a wonder that should be impossible, and yet - here we are observing

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    Addison is sitting on her bed doing various teenage-transitioning-into-adult things when Calum comes in Addison's bedroom unexpectedly, saying something about how she was only with him ‘cause she felt bad. These things included looking at college brochures- trying to imagine yourself flourishing in a dorm with a rambunctious roommate who never shuts up about her political views: you wouldn’t care though, it was fucking college. Then, there was spacing your eyes across the corners of your room, drinking

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    Late at night, a 40 year old woman named Mindy was keeping guard of a museum. It was filled with many historical things. But the main thing she had to keep her eye out for was the red sapphires. As time ticked by, she accidently fell asleep. Just as she dozed off, a mysterious man person in black used a spy string to steal the most prized jewel. As the person grabbed it, the alarms went off. The person quickly pushed a couple of buttons on its belt so it could hoist the person back on the roof

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