W.M. Akers is a mystery novelist and game designer who lives in Philadelphia.
Jun 23, 2026
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4 min read
And when is a shimmy not a shimmy?
Jun 9, 2026
5 min read
Plus a daring daylight robbery of an outdoor crap game!
May 26, 2026
Plus bare knees and murder in New Jersey!
May 12, 2026
And Atlanta blames parents for bootlegging, joyriding, and lawlessness!
Apr 28, 2026
The worst typo ever?
Apr 14, 2026
7 min read
Fashion advice from 1921!
Mar 31, 2026
9 min read
And Mrs. Gompers decries women who work unnecessarily!
Mar 17, 2026
And a hold-up man uses mind control!
Mar 3, 2026
12 min read
Plus a lost baby who wasn't lost at all!
Feb 17, 2026
14 min read
And guess who wrote a bestselling mystery novel?
Feb 3, 2026
11 min read
And TO KILL A COOK is out today!
Jan 20, 2026
15 min read
And 15 free copies of TO KILL A COOK!
Jan 6, 2026
8 min read
And the mystery of the baby bear has been solved!
Dec 23, 2025
Kindness for cats, cruelty for bears!
Dec 9, 2025
And a begoggled German travels airwise!
Nov 25, 2025
Plus a big jam heist and an ocean masher spurned!
Nov 11, 2025
Plus win a copy of TO KILL A COOK!
Oct 28, 2025
Plus two snake attacks and white slavery in Colorado!
Oct 14, 2025
And a murderer confesses on the orders of his victim's ghost!
Sep 30, 2025
And a heroic carrier pigeon may be a liar!
Sep 16, 2025
How Trenton fought the Ku Klux Klan.
Sep 2, 2025
And more about the tomato-chucking socialite
Aug 19, 2025
13 min read
And the first appearance of Chef Bones!
Aug 5, 2025
10 min read
What could be better than that?
Jul 22, 2025
And a young mother swallows a seven inch hatpin and lives to tell the tale!
