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Renee Roberson

Storyteller. Journalist. True Crime Addict.

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Flash fiction, short stories and magazine articles
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  • True Crime

    Who Murdered Wesley and Bonnie Mahaffey in Asheville, N.C.?

    April 12, 2025 / No Comments

    In 1986, a free vacation getaway turned into a nightmare for an Ohio couple visiting Asheville, North Carolina. Wesley and Bonnie Mahaffey, ages 33 and 29, respectively, had traveled to the area from Hanover Township, Ohio, after winning a three-day trip to Asheville through Wesley’s job. The couple had been staying at a nearby hotel, the Great Smokies Hilton, and…

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  • Book Review

    Book Review: Trespassers and Other Stories by Áine Greaney

    April 11, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Hello again, fellow readers! On April 5, I shared the details about author Áine Greaney’s new short story collection, Trespassers and Other Stories, and wrote about a time and place where I personally struggled to fit into a new environment. Today I’m back to share my thoughts after reading the book in support of her participation in WOW’s Blog Tours.…

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  • Book Review

    Book Review: The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner

    April 8, 2025 / No Comments

    When Jennifer Weiner announced the plot for her latest novel, The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits, I knew I had to get my hands on a copy. Weiner is well known in publishing for her exploration of the complicated female relationships we all experience, especially as mothers, daughters, and sisters, and this book examines all that and more against the backdrop…

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  • Book Preview,  Lifestyle

    Book Spotlight: Trespassers and Other Stories by Áine Greaney

    April 5, 2025 / No Comments

    Today I’m excited to participated in the WOW! Women on Writing blog tour for Áine Greaney, in support of her book, Trespassers and Other Stories. Learn more about the book below, and read through to the end to hear about a time in my life when I struggled to fit into a new place. Book Summary From coastal Massachusetts to…

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  • Lifestyle

    Why I Love the Libby App

    March 31, 2025 / 1 Comment

    When my kids were younger, I used to frequent the library almost weekly, even more during the months of June, July, and August when the summer reading programs were in full swing. During the height of the pandemic, my visits came to a screeching halt. I was focused on keeping my job as a magazine editor and trying to launch…

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  • True Crime

    Who Murdered Pamela Hoy?

    March 22, 2025 / No Comments

    On July 25, 1990, 41-year-old Pamela Mitchell Hoy had dinner with her husband Fred Hoy at a Burlington restaurant, and then went home and packed her gray Dodge van with her clothes and grooming tables, exercise runs, and crates. Pam raised and showed Italian greyhounds and was preparing for a trip that would take her to South Carolina the next…

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  • Book Review

    Book Review: The God of the Woods by Liz Moore

    March 19, 2025 / No Comments

    I picked up this novel by author Liz Moore for two reasons—many other authors and reviewers whose opinions I respect recommended it and I wanted to see if it was a comparative title to my latest work in progress, a novel about a podcaster whose sister disappears from a North Carolina summer camp. Basically, I couldn’t get away from this…

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  • podcasts,  True Crime

    The Unsolved Murders of Pamela Murray and Beverly Sherman

    February 14, 2025 / 1 Comment

    Thirty-eight years ago, a young woman baked cookies with her aunt and then headed off to a local mall, probably to pick up a gift for her fiancé for Valentine’s Day. The two had plans to celebrate with a dinner out later that evening. But that young woman never made it inside the mall. Instead, she was forced back inside…

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  • Book Review,  True Crime

    Book Review: The Devil at His Elbow

    January 25, 2025 / No Comments

    I recently read the true crime book “The Devil at His Elbow: Alex Murdaugh and the Fall of a Southern Dynasty” by Valerie Bauerlein. I shared my thoughts in the video below.

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  • Creative Writing,  writing inspiration

    New Beginnings

    January 23, 2025 / No Comments

    It’s nearly the first of the year and the perfect time for new beginnings, but if you’re like me, the wintertime often brings an unwelcome writing slump. With the past year being a rolling coaster of exciting news (a short story published in a new publication, readying a manuscript for submission, a few full manuscript requests), I also wrote myself…

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  • Who Murdered Wesley and Bonnie Mahaffey in Asheville, N.C.?
  • Book Review: Trespassers and Other Stories by Áine Greaney
  • Book Review: The Griffin Sisters’ Greatest Hits by Jennifer Weiner
  • Book Spotlight: Trespassers and Other Stories by Áine Greaney
  • Why I Love the Libby App

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