title: Writes of Spring: Stories and Prose
author: Gary Shulze
description: I was happy to contribute <i>Murder in the Blitz</i> to this anthology of stories set in spring time. The editors, Pat Fravorp and Gary Schulze own Once Upon A Crime, a fabulous mystery bookstore in Minneapolis. Their support of local writers has made the Twin Cities a magnet for some of the very best mystery writers in the U.S.
zlib_text: Praise for Neil Spring
  
   **Praise for Neil Spring:**
  
  ‘Explosive’
  
   _Daily Express_
  
  ‘A deft, spooky psychological drama based on a true story’
  
   _Daily Mail_
  
  ‘Surprising, serpentine and clever’
  
   _Sunday Times_
  
  ‘Spooky and tense with a truly horrifying denouement’
  
   _Sunday Express, S Magazine_
  
  ‘Close the curtains, pull up a chair, open a book –  
  and prepare to be pleasantly scared’
  
   _Metro_
  
  ‘A sinister tale’
  
   _Heat_
  
  ‘A triumph of creativity . . . the conclusion  
  will shock and amaze you’
  
   _Vada Magazine_
  
  ‘A real page turner’
  
   _Tatler_
  
  ‘Chilling . . . an intelligent ghost story’
  
   _The Lady_
  
  ‘Irresistible . . . Spring has a wicked turn of phrase’
  
   _SFX_
  
  ‘Spring weaves a dark web of romance,  
  deceit and a lingering curse’
  
   _Metro_
  
  ‘Genuinely spine-chilling . . . an excellent blending  
  of fact and fiction’
  
   _Light Magazine_
  
  ‘A gloriously spooky tale, perfect for dark autumn nights’
  
   _Netmums.com_
  
  ‘Neil Spring is Agatha Christie meets James Herbert’
  
   _Stephen Vol