by JD Parker | Dec 5, 2022 | News, Releases, Story Share
In honor of the release of my noir detective series on Kindle Vella, Paradise Aside: A Jazz Noir Mystery, this month’s genre to share is Historical Detective Fiction. Historical Detective, Historical Crime, or Historical Mystery Fiction, is a very popular genre that...
by JD Parker | Nov 3, 2022 | Research, WIP
Paradise Aside: A Jazz Noir Mystery is a noir murder mystery that takes place in a large US city in 1929. I told readers of my newsletter last month I was writing something for a 1920s historical fiction writing contest. But as I plotted it out, the story I wanted to...
by JD Parker | Oct 12, 2022 | News, Releases
Missouri Compromise: A Young Trapper’s Tale is now available on Kindle Vella. Missouri Compromise is a coming-of-age short story in my historical fiction series Tailing Times. The story follows fourteen-year-old Guillaume Pelletier (Guy) on his first trapping voyage...
by JD Parker | Sep 7, 2022 | Research
Missouri Compromise: A Young Trapper’s Tale is a short story in my Tailing Times series, which centers on the Colorado Gold Rush. At only fifteen episodes, two per week, it will run on Vella for just over a month. Here’s a bit about the story and my research. Missouri...
by JD Parker | May 30, 2022 | Inspirations
Buffalo Chasers: A Wild West Show is a short story in my Tailing Times series. At only ten episodes, it launched and completed in May on Vella. Don’t worry if you didn’t notice it, the series will be available there for a few months. Here’s a bit about the story and...