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Chris Culver | What My Infant Son Has Taught Me About Suspense
Author Guest / July 21, 2014

When people ask me what I do for a living, nine times out of ten I tell them I’m a stay-at-home dad. And that’s true, mostly—I do watch my son most of the day. I’m only a writer from about ten at night to midnight when my wife and little boy are asleep. When my wife and I came up with this arrangement, I never expected it to help me become a better writer, but it has. I write crime novels mostly, but I enjoy reading psychological suspense, books that are exciting not because they’re filled with car chases and gunfights, but for the uncertainty they evoke in their readers. They leave us on edge the entire time we’re reading them. Gillian Flynn did this marvelously in Gone Girl. Sometimes it’s hard to root for her deeply flawed [but superbly written] characters, but it’s hard not to feel a pervasive sense of angst while reading her books. About two years ago, I came up with what I thought was a brilliant idea for a psychological suspense novel. To save her life, an average guy helps his girlfriend disappear and then frames her evil and quite powerful stepfather for her murder….

Happy Birthday Week to The Page Girls
Author Guest / July 21, 2014

The staff here at Fresh Fiction are excited to wish The Page Girls a happy first birthday week! The Page Girls is a new online mag with an emphasis on books, cocktails, and female friendships. Each week, they publish a themed issue containing short stories, book reviews, personal and funny essays, videos, cocktail recipes, and more. Some sample issues include The Craziest Thing I Did For Love and LYLAS (Love You Like a Sister). From July 21-25, The Page Girls is celebrating its first official “birthday week,” which means a giveaway every day plus other goodies. As part of the birthday festivities, the brilliant ladies behind The Page Girls have joined us for an exclusive interview. What’s the story on how you ladies met and started your fabulous online magazine? Emily: I know April and Cecily through India, who I lived with in a small mice-infested apartment outside of Washington Square Park. Nothing bonds people like living in squalor. I met Jasmine in South Africa. We shared a bottle of red on a beach side boulder and watched the sun set. The stuff of great romances. Regardless of how we met…these ladies are my people. I love them. We all come from different backgrounds and…