by Teri Brown | Feb 13, 2026 | Books, Writing
For your reading pleasure and my absolute terror, I offer you the first chapter of Fall River! And don’t forget to sign up for my newsletter and pre-order the book. Links at the bottom! Ignoring the nagging ache of her lower back, Clara Lodge hunched over her...
by Teri Brown | Feb 8, 2026 | Books, Promotions, Writing, Writing Life
Fall River comes out in less than a month. The gothic, literary, historical story that has taken up space in my head for the better part of eight years is finally, at long last, being birthed in a completely unexpected way. (And no, it usually doesn’t take me...
by Teri Brown | Jan 30, 2026 | Uncategorized
Mary Ann Cotton, an English woman who lived during the Mid 1800’s in County Durham, had a habit of marrying men and then collecting the insurance policy when they died. Which they invariably did. At 20, Mary Ann married her first husband, collier laborer, William...
by Teri Brown | Jan 23, 2026 | Uncategorized
This is perhaps the most interesting—and juiciest—entry in my murderous women series. Florence MayBrick was an eighteen-year-old American girl who married an Englishman, James Maybrick, many years her senior. At first, the couple seemed happy, despite their...
by Teri Brown | Jan 16, 2026 | Lizzie Borden
Welcome to part two of my weird, creepy series called Five Women Who Should be as Notorious as Lizzie Borden. This one is a doozy and I’m shocked that I had never heard of Belle Gunness, a woman arguably considered one of the most prolific female serial killers...
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