Welcome to DyingWords. I’m Garry Rodgers — retired homicide detective and coroner — now international bestselling crime writer, deadly blogger, and film content producer. My site is taglined Provoking Thoughts on Life, Death, and Writing because that’s what I do around here. Take a tour. Poke about. And don’t hesitate to give me a shout with questions. If I don’t know the answer, I’ll just make something up. Remember, I write fiction as well as true crime.
BASED-ON-TRUE-CRIME SERIES So far, I’ve written 8 books in this series – In The Attic, Under The Ground, From The Shadows, Beside The Road, On The Floor, Between The Bikers, Beyond The Limits, and At The Cabin. 22 more are framed, but this project is temporarily on hold while I get CITY OF DANGER operational for 2027 or 2028. Update – May 2026: This series is now in development for film production under the title Occam’s Razor. Logline: Based on true cases, an inventive detective nearing retirement uses Occam’s Razor – The Law of Parsimony or Simplicity – to solve serious, perplexing, and complex crimes.
OTHER BOOKS I’m proud to be part of the vibrant (and lucrative) Indie Author and Publishing movement. My books cover four areas. One is crime thrillers based on true cases I was involved in. Second is crime fiction which are also based on real possibilities. Third are stand-alone books written around a specific topic. Fourth are guides on writing craft. Check out my Book Page with links to my works.
TWENTY-SECOND CENTURY ENTERTAINMENT This is my film production service, 22 ENT. Besides creating content specific for the film industry like screenplays and script materials, I also consult on forensic applications, police procedurals, firearms, character depictions, dialogue accuracies, and overall believability. Value-added, I research topics for documentaries and appear on-camera as a resource person in non-scripted productions. You might have seen me on the Global Television / Hulu Productions Crime Beat show.
CITY OF DANGER **Coming in 2027 or 2028 – depending on technology advancements** My newest venture — creating a Netflix-style, AI-assisted, hardboiled detective crime fiction series crafted for print, ebook, audio, interactive, and visual netstreaming release. Logline/Pitch: A modern city in existential peril caused by malevolent artificial intelligence transports two private detectives from its 1920s past for an impossible task: Dispense street justice and restore social order. Follow CITYOFDANGER.COM.
PERSONAL BLOG The DyingWords.net blog is in its 13th production year with 400+ posts covering topics like high-profile and famous case analysis, forensic science, crime writing, blogging, and general life & death issues. (Rarely religion, politics, or sex, though) The DyingWords site enjoys continuous growth with 300,000 yearly visits and millions of total hits. I publish new blog content every second Saturday morning at 8:00 am PST precisely.
TWENTY-SECOND CENTURY ENLIGHTENMENT — 22ENL — is my long-form clarity project for helping people think better, judge better, and live better in the age of artificial intelligence. 22ENL is built on a simple premise: the future will belong to people who can see reality clearly, separate signal from noise, make better decisions, and preserve their humanity while technology accelerates around them.
Through essays, field guides, tools, books, and practical frameworks, 22ENL explores the forces shaping modern life: truth, judgment, human nature, compounding, entropy, attention, health, meaning, and the responsible use of AI.
The purpose is not to preach, predict, or impress. It is to provide useful, reality-tested thinking for serious adults who want to become harder to fool, better able to decide, and more capable of living with clarity, discipline, and purpose. At its core, 22ENL is about one thing: Growing wise in the age of AI.
CONTACT ME Reach me through email at garry.rodgers@shaw.ca. Twitter (X) used to work, but it now sucks since Musk took over. I have an author Facebook site, Amazon Author Central page, Goodreads bio, and BookBub profile. I also have a physical address on Vancouver Island, in British Columbia, Canada. Please sign my mailing list for bi-weekly blog posts and updates on forthcoming books. And, thanks so much for your interest and support—it’s truly appreciated!
A Note for the Quiet Visitor
If you’ve found your way here not by chance, but by curiosity—thank you for taking the time to see behind the work, the stories, and the facts.
I’ve lived a life shaped by stark realities, situations you can’t imaginge, and deep reflection on what I can control and what I cannot control. What I’ve written here isn’t just about crime or justice or mortality—it’s about understanding what it means to be human.
If something here resonates with you… maybe a sentence, or a thought, or just a feeling… then I’m glad you found your way to this page.
We all have layers. This is one of mine.
