Goodreads asked Keith Steinbaum:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Keith Steinbaum This is a great question, which is the major reason why I wish I could match it with a deserving answer of interest and intrigue, but, unfortunately, I can't come up with a true life mystery worthy of a full book. However, like many people, there are mysterious things I've encountered that left me shaking my head over eye-opening coincidences which an author could utilize, perhaps, as something more supernatural than as a mystery. Here are a couple that come to mind:

The first one is from a time that I visited an antique store. My father taught me how to play baseball, and through him, I've grown up a fan of the game. On the wall were two Negro League antique baseball posters with dates for the games. Others had already sold, and these were the final two. One of the dates, September 16th, is my parent's anniversary. The other date, June 12th, is my birthday. In case you're wondering, damn right I bought them!

The second and more dramatic occurrence/mystery happened in a Chinese restaurant when I had just started working on my book, The Poe Consequence. I had dinner with seven other people that night, and at the end of the meal, eight fortune cookies were passed around on a plate, with me receiving the final one. Here's the exact words of that fortune: 'You are a lover of words. One day you will write a book.' When I think about that moment, I still don't know which is the greater coincidence about that event - the fact I received that particular cookie when any of the other seven people at the table could have picked it beforehand, or the correct prophesying of the message itself.

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