News & Musings
Read “Small Town Crime” on the Trace Evidence Blog
You can read my post "Small Town Crime" now at Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine's Trace Evidence Blog. I recount some of my experiences living in small towns and share how that helped to inspire my newest short story "Mysterious Ways" in the July/August 2026 issue...
Read “Mysterious Ways” in the Latest Issue of Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine
I'm excited to announce I have a new short story out. "Mysterious Ways" is a short mystery about a Presbyterian minister who attempts to get to the bottom of the murder of one of his church's parishioners, and you can read it in the July/August 2026 issue of Alfred...
Hooper’s Folly Wins First Place
I am so grateful and excited to announce that my short story "Hooper's Folly" was the first place winner in the 2025 Hunterdon County Library Short Story Contest sponspored by the Friends of the Hunterdon County Library. As a Hunterdon County resident and a regular...
Creativity and Contentment Has a New Home
Just a quick update to let you know that my weekly blog/newsletter has moved. You can now find Creativity and Contentment at it's own website CreativityandContentment.com. Previously it was hosted by Substack.com. If you already subscribe to my newsletter, then you...
Win a Book Bundle!
To help keep you supplied with reading material this summer, Alissa is giving away a bundle of four books. You can win a copy of each of her young adult novels: Popular, Ferocity Summer, Shallow Pond and Unnamed Roads. To enter all you need to do is subscribe to...
Follow Alissa on Bluesky
Alissa is on Bluesky! If you're looking for one more way to connect with and follow Alissa you can find her profile on Bluesky here. If you're reading this and wondering just what a Bluesky is, it's yet another social media site/app. It's very similar to Twitter. For...
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