Wow! We are SO CLOSE to the release date for the brand-new Magnolia Bluff Murder Mystery, Murder At The Borrowed Book!

March 1 is the big day and I can hardly wait!

Murder At The Borrowed Book is a…

Left Behind: A Story Of Space Junk

by Ricky Fitzpatrick

My kids gave me a copy of the new Farmer’s Almanac for Christmas. And in it was an article about the growing concern over Space Junk. That’s the thousands (maybe…

Happy New Year, Y’all

The South has always taken New Year’s a little seriously… and a little sideways.

Back before the Peach ever dropped in Atlanta, before everything had a sponsor and a drone shot, New Year’s meant piling into…

Santa Came Early This Year! 🎄

I’m thrilled (and very humbled) to tell y'all that I have a feature-length article published in the December edition of Athens Magazine! 

Flipping through the pages and seeing my name in print was…

FUTURESIGHT

By Ricky Fitzpatrick

Evan was up too late, as always. He noticed the new notification on his phone just after midnight, when the world felt shy and the shadows in his apartment pretended not to be harmless.

A new…

The Case Of The Ballot Burglary

A Magnolia Bluff Micro Mystery

By Ricky Fitzpatrick

Ruby Nell Hightower always said you could smell trouble before you could see it. That morning, it drifted through Magnolia Bluff like scorched bacon.

Election Day.…

FYI, I got to spend a couple of hours this morning with some of the ladies of The Crofton Book Club and talk about one of my books, Second Helpings.

I was actually pretty nervous. The thought of a…

I’m working on my upcoming novel today, Trouble In Tallulah Falls, the third book in the Magnolia Bluff Murder Mystery Series. I’ve been writing on it for several months now (which is a very unusual length of time…

Welcome back to Magnolia Bluff!

Today, I’m sharing a brand-new Magnolia Bluff Micro Mystery, The Case of the Blueberry Bandit.

In case you aren't familiar, our Micro Mystery series includes bite-sized stories that are 2,000 words or less…a little…

Every small town has its secrets. 

And in Magnolia Bluff, even dessert isn’t safe. 

The Case of the Disappearing Pound Cake is a bite-sized part of our  Magnolia Bluff Micro Mystery series. 

Each installation serves up a sweet mix of…