Crafting the Perfect Fantasy Crime Scene

As a reader, I love when authors pay attention to the details: how magical residue stains the victim’s hands, or the significance of a blood rune carved into the wall. In The Sword of Kaigen by M.L. Wang, the aftermath of a sorcerous attack reads like a crime scene, with clues hidden in magical signatures. And in Django Wexler’s The Shadow Campaigns, poisonings at a military academy involve both alchemical expertise and tactical planning. To build a compelling fantasy crime, authors need believable motives—power struggles, revenge for arcane experiments gone wrong—and unique methods that only magic can provide.

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