Nov 5, 2015 | Murder In a Small Town
As a true crime neophyte, I’ve encountered major dilemmas on numerous occasions as I attempted to put together a truthful narrative about the murder of Stacey Burns. All of these had to do with conflicting stories from credible interviewees. Here’s my...
Oct 31, 2015 | Murder In a Small Town
This past week, Stacey Burns would have celebrated a birthday. As I read some of the expressions of sorrow on the memorial page, I was reminded of the final paragraph of The Week from Heaven and Hell, my memoir about our son, Gary. For those who loved Stacey, here is...
Oct 28, 2015 | The Writing Process
Nothing new appears to be happening in New Hampshire with the Stacey Burns murder. Yesterday was her birthday. It surely would be nice if her killer was in jail before her next birthday rolls around, but I have serious doubts about that. This post is in the writing...
Oct 22, 2015 | Murder In a Small Town
This will be my last post relating to the assertion by a respondent in my blog that the Stacey Burns murder is now considered a cold case. (See “A Favorite Quotation” post on my website -www.dukesouthard.com-and read the two comments which follow.) If my...
Oct 20, 2015 | Murder In a Small Town
I admit to being surprised. After 48 hours and a boosted post on Facebook, there has not been a single response to the “news” that the murder of Stacey Burns has supposedly been moved into a new category. Whenever I asked questions, it was always an...
Oct 17, 2015 | Murder In a Small Town
A regular reader contributor to this blog states in a post response to my “A Favorite Quotation” post that according to a New Hampshire State Police Sergeant, the Stacey Burns murder is now classified officially as a “cold case” rather than...
Oct 12, 2015 | Cracks in the Wall|The Writing Process
Spiritual beings on a human journey? Human beings on a spiritual quest? A favorite character from A Favor Returned, Jennie Proctor, answers this deep philosophical question simply, directly, and definitively. (She should be a favorite character-I made her up!) When...
Oct 7, 2015 | Murder In a Small Town
Here are parts of two paragraphs in my book, Murder in a Small Town: The Tragic Death of Stacey Burns. They both come from a chapter titled “A Prelude To Murder: Saturday, May 9, 2009.” “Conflicting reports about events on Saturday, May 9, 2009,...
Oct 1, 2015 | Cracks in the Wall|The Writing Process|Works in Progress
The photo captures my father in his race car in 1950, just prior to a horrible crash in which he should have been killed but survived with minor scratches. That accident is the basis for the opening chapter of my first novel, A Favor Returned. Many folks have asked my...
Sep 30, 2015 | Murder In a Small Town
FINALIST-2015 NM/AZ BOOK AWARDS Is the murder of Stacey Burns considered a cold case? This was yet another question asked at my presentation on the book project about the case. My answer was no, not officially. If I am mistaken and the case has been moved into that...