A year or so ago, I thought the Mrs. Meade Mysteries series was basically dead in the water. I’d tried to start Book 6, but didn’t get anywhere with it; and though I was determined to write it at some point so I would have two complete volumes of three stories, I had no idea when it might happen. I was resigned to working on other things and just waiting for Mrs. Meade’s next moment to come, even if that ended up being years in the future.
Then, last November, I suddenly started writing Mrs. Meade short stories!
I’d always thought it would be nice to write some short stories for the series, but the ideas for them had just never come. Now, they came. And what’s more, they actually got themselves out onto paper. So far, I’ve written two short stories and released them as free ebooks, and I have ideas for a few more waiting in the wings. It really is fun getting to play around with small adventures for Mrs. Meade and the other residents of Sour Springs, which don’t require the amount of plotting and planning that a novelette or novella does! I’m looking forward to doing more. Meanwhile, you can download the first two for free at your favorite ebook retailer:
Mrs. Meade and the Invisible Lodger
Mrs. Meade’s landlady has an unnerving problem: her new lodger doesn’t seem to exist! No one in Sour Springs besides Mrs. Henney has ever seen him—so where does he go when he leaves the house every morning? The obvious solution is to lay the question before Mrs. Meade.
This is a stand-alone short story, which can be enjoyed in any order with the Mrs. Meade Mysteries or by readers new to the series.
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Mrs. Meade and the Schoolboy Prank
When the Wellmans receive a letter from their son’s boarding-school informing them that Allen has been accused of stealing from a classmate, they promptly head for Denver to investigate. The situation looks bad, since almost the whole rest of the school have perfect alibis. It’s fortunate that Mrs. Wellman thought to bring along her friend Mrs. Meade to see if she can spot the solution…
This stand-alone short story can be enjoyed in any order with the rest of the Mrs. Meade Mysteries, but does feature characters introduced in Book 5, The American Pony.
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