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Rough Musick: Suspense & Superstition
Villagers in a seventeenth-century mining town on the coast of Cornwall live and die by the dictates of superstition.
Until one young woman rebels.
Can Kesten overcome the weight of tradition, bring a murderer to justice, and set her life on a course for happiness?
If you love a tale full of suspense and superstition, grab your copy of Rough Musick today!
Rough Musick is part of the short story collection, No 14 Tales of Chilling Suspense
Until one young woman rebels.
Can Kesten overcome the weight of tradition, bring a murderer to justice, and set her life on a course for happiness?
If you love a tale full of suspense and superstition, grab your copy of Rough Musick today!
Rough Musick is part of the short story collection, No 14 Tales of Chilling Suspense
42 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 20, 2020
3 people want to read
About the author
Joslyn Chase
92 books33 followersJoslyn Chase is a prize-winning author of mysteries and thrillers. Any day she can send readers to the edge of their seats, chewing their fingernails to the nub and prickling with suspense, is a good day in her book.
Joslyn’s story, “Cold Hands, Warm Heart,” was chosen by Amor Towles as one of the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023 and “A Band of Scheming Women” was a finalist for the Derringer Award in 2025. In addition, her thriller novel Staccato Passage was a 2025 semi-finalist for the Adventure Writer’s Grandmaster Award.
Her short stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Malice Domestic's Mystery Most Devious, Thrill Ride Magazine, Fiction River, Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem, Mystery Magazine, and Pulphouse Fiction, among others.
Known for her fast-paced suspense fiction, Joslyn’s books are full of surprising twists and delectable turns. You will find her riveting novels most anywhere books are sold.
Her love for travel has led Joslyn to ride camels through the Nubian desert, fend off monkeys on the Rock of Gibraltar, and hike the Bavarian Alps. But she still believes that sometimes the best adventures come in getting the words on the page and in the thrill of reading a great story.
Joslyn’s story, “Cold Hands, Warm Heart,” was chosen by Amor Towles as one of the Best Mystery Stories of the Year 2023 and “A Band of Scheming Women” was a finalist for the Derringer Award in 2025. In addition, her thriller novel Staccato Passage was a 2025 semi-finalist for the Adventure Writer’s Grandmaster Award.
Her short stories have appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Malice Domestic's Mystery Most Devious, Thrill Ride Magazine, Fiction River, Mystery, Crime, and Mayhem, Mystery Magazine, and Pulphouse Fiction, among others.
Known for her fast-paced suspense fiction, Joslyn’s books are full of surprising twists and delectable turns. You will find her riveting novels most anywhere books are sold.
Her love for travel has led Joslyn to ride camels through the Nubian desert, fend off monkeys on the Rock of Gibraltar, and hike the Bavarian Alps. But she still believes that sometimes the best adventures come in getting the words on the page and in the thrill of reading a great story.
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January 29, 2021
And The Band Played On!
Kester lives in a Welsh village in the late 17th century. Her life, and the lives of all the people living there, is dictated by superstition.
Nothing is done, nothing is approved of, without following the dictates of the spiritual beliefs.
One day, after obeying all the rules and regulations of the superstitious mandates, Kester suddenly decides that the bad luck she is suffering from, has got to stop.
And, so, she does something about it.
This is one of the best stories I have read in a long time.
Kester lives in a Welsh village in the late 17th century. Her life, and the lives of all the people living there, is dictated by superstition.
Nothing is done, nothing is approved of, without following the dictates of the spiritual beliefs.
One day, after obeying all the rules and regulations of the superstitious mandates, Kester suddenly decides that the bad luck she is suffering from, has got to stop.
And, so, she does something about it.
This is one of the best stories I have read in a long time.
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