<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Wayne Bodie Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wayne Bodie Books]]></description><link>https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Tue, 12 May 2026 15:30:22 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Why Prophecy Stories Feel Like Suspense]]></title><description><![CDATA[Most people think prophecy is mainly about predicting the future. But prophecy and suspense stories often work from the same deeper pattern. A warning comes first, people ignore it, and the tension builds around whether anyone will wake up before it is too late. That same structure is one reason thrillers, mysteries, and suspense stories still pull readers in. The signs get louder. The powerful refuse to listen. People pretend everything is normal. Then the door starts closing. At that point,...]]></description><link>https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/post/why-prophecy-stories-feel-like-suspense</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f49a368ca39cf305c60f4f</guid><pubDate>Fri, 01 May 2026 12:21:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/shorts/JoF9WvQJX7Q" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Wayne Bodie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Short: The Ancient Secret Behind Modern Mystery Villains]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new short video from Wayne Bodie Books by Wayne R. Bodie looks at why modern mystery villains feel so familiar, even when the story itself is brand new. The video explores how suspense fiction often echoes old patterns of deception, betrayal, temptation, accusation, and hidden power. A strong mystery villain is not only dangerous because of what they do. They are dangerous because they create confusion, hide motive, and make the truth harder to see. This theme connects with the larger Wayne...]]></description><link>https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/post/new-short-the-ancient-secret-behind-modern-mystery-villains</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f35138bba4a2ace46f33d6</guid><pubDate>Thu, 30 Apr 2026 12:58:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/shorts/ez32p-Z-v6Q" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Wayne Bodie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Dark Fiction Reveals the Human Mind]]></title><description><![CDATA[A new Medium article from Wayne Bodie Books by Wayne R. Bodie explores why readers are drawn to dark fiction, suspense fiction, psychological thrillers, and intense stories about fear, pressure, survival, and hidden truth. The article looks at how dark stories help readers process chaos from a safe distance, notice patterns, and think more clearly when life feels uncertain. It also connects suspense fiction with the broader Wayne Bodie Books catalog, including psychological thrillers,...]]></description><link>https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/post/why-dark-fiction-reveals-the-human-mind</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f23ded7475e016cb974802</guid><pubDate>Wed, 29 Apr 2026 17:21:24 GMT</pubDate><dc:creator>Wayne Bodie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Decoding the Darker Side: New Author Commentary from Wayne Bodie Books]]></title><description><![CDATA[Wayne R. Bodie of Wayne Bodie Books explores how real crime, hidden motives, and ordinary faces shape the darker side of psychological thrillers. Real crime has a way of making psychological thrillers feel more disturbing because it reminds us that danger does not always look obvious. Sometimes the most unsettling stories come from ordinary faces, hidden motives, broken trust, and people who know how to appear normal while something darker is happening underneath. I recently posted a short...]]></description><link>https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/post/decoding-the-darker-side-new-author-commentary-from-wayne-bodie-books</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69f0c668e1a06255b5041d32</guid><pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 14:42:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee0fe0_b8049de4b7bb4d1a8a78ebe4d102dc60~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_941,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wayne Bodie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Is The Initiate Really Fiction?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Some stories feel unsettling because they invent a world. Wayne R. Bodie discusses The Initiate, a mystery thriller about secret societies, hidden power, pattern recognition, and the dangerous cost of seeing too much. Others feel unsettling because they make us look twice at the one we already live in. That is the question behind The Initiate, a mystery thriller by Wayne R. Bodie from Wayne Bodie Books. The story follows Abram Mathews, a man who notices patterns other people miss, strange...]]></description><link>https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/post/is-the-initiate-really-fiction</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ee849ca376fc1e0eca5c0c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 26 Apr 2026 21:42:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee0fe0_a6fd274ef1844a4ba5b83ba0128cf795~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_941,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wayne Bodie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Secret Societies Still Pull Us In]]></title><description><![CDATA[Inside The Initiate by Wayne R. Bodie The Initiate by Wayne R. Bodie, a mystery thriller about hidden rooms, secretive power, strange patterns, and one man pulled toward a door he may never be able to close again. There is something strangely magnetic about closed doors. A private house with no sign out front. A powerful group that never explains itself fully. A man invited into a world he was never supposed to see. These ideas have followed readers for generations because they touch...]]></description><link>https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/post/why-secret-societies-still-pull-us-in</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69ed3ec904fc81dfe25d3409</guid><pubDate>Sat, 25 Apr 2026 22:32:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee0fe0_55dba9595d254682b0cca8e4bad73402~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wayne Bodie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Fresh Look at Shadow Cay]]></title><description><![CDATA[There is something satisfying about seeing a story receive the cover it was always meant to have. Shadow Cay  has always carried the mood of dark water, hidden danger, and the uneasy feeling that something is waiting just beyond sight. With this new cover update, the goal was not to change the soul of the book, but to reveal it more clearly. A cover should do more than decorate a novel. It should set the tone before the first page is ever turned. It should whisper the kind of world the reader...]]></description><link>https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/post/a-fresh-look-at-shadow-cay</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e7e0f287a5c2e7c1375a69</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:47:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee0fe0_bed989ab8f15436fb4d8831f3f1789a6~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wayne Bodie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What If Time Is Not Random?]]></title><description><![CDATA[A reflection on sacred calendars, ancient patterns, and the unsettling possibility that history may carry more structure than modern people are willing to admit. An ancient world of ordered time fading into a modern horizon, a visual reflection on the possibility that calendars once carried meaning far deeper than mere dates. Most people think of time as neutral. A calendar is just a tool. Days pass, months turn, years pile up, and history drifts forward. Time, in the modern mind, is mostly...]]></description><link>https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/post/what-if-time-is-not-random</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e7da10a96d49e56ec948e6</guid><pubDate>Tue, 21 Apr 2026 20:27:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee0fe0_12c92ca862034f76b96cb10366d489fa~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_941,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wayne Bodie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Most People Do Not Need a Perfect Health Plan. They Need a Better Week.]]></title><description><![CDATA[A practical look at why simple grocery store meals, better daily habits, and a calmer rhythm may matter more than another extreme health plan. A better week often begins with ordinary choices, real food, more water, less sodium, and a calmer daily rhythm. One blood pressure reading can hijack an entire day. A person sees a number they do not like, and suddenly the mind starts racing. Every small sensation feels bigger. The urge to fix everything by tonight kicks in. That is usually where bad...]]></description><link>https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/post/most-people-do-not-need-a-perfect-health-plan-they-need-a-better-week</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e4c8148b434ed4ac30cfff</guid><pubDate>Sun, 19 Apr 2026 12:27:35 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee0fe0_6b1e0b451ea14ed59f0f9b1a1aa11bdb~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wayne Bodie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The New World Order Is Not the Part You Should Fear]]></title><description><![CDATA[What unsettles people is rarely the arrival of a new system. It is the violent and disorienting death of the old one. The language of global coordination has been visible for years. What feels sudden to the public is often the final visible phase of a much longer transition. People hear phrases like Agenda 2030 , global reset , or New World Order  and immediately split into camps. Some dismiss it all as paranoid theater. Others treat it as the final script for human enslavement. Both...]]></description><link>https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/post/the-new-world-order-is-not-the-part-you-should-fear</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69e33bc3a96d49e56ebf43e9</guid><pubDate>Sat, 18 Apr 2026 08:16:56 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee0fe0_b3579292eb034d9986102a27be9df481~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wayne Bodie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Trailer Released for The Transfer List]]></title><description><![CDATA[A suspense driven look inside the kind of hospital danger most people never see coming A new trailer is now live for The Transfer List . This is not a story built on loud chaos, overdone villains, or cheap shock. It is built on something quieter, colder, and more believable: the unsettling possibility that some of the most dangerous decisions inside a system do not look dangerous at first. They look routine. They look documented. They look explainable. That is the tension behind The Transfer...]]></description><link>https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/post/new-trailer-released-for-the-transfer-list</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69df6143c0d279b375a57d6b</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 10:04:06 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee0fe0_01df052883bc49bf976d6ae418263406~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wayne Bodie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Trailer Released for The 70 Sevens]]></title><description><![CDATA[A short visual introduction to the book’s central question A new trailer is now live for The 70 Sevens: Triangular Time, Covenant Number, and the Shape of History . This short video is not meant to explain the entire book in one sitting. It is meant to introduce the central question behind it: What if biblical numbers are doing more than adding symbolism? What if they are helping structure sacred time itself? That is the path this book explores. Rather than treating numbers in Scripture as...]]></description><link>https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/post/new-trailer-released-for-the-70-sevens</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69df5eebfe6e9d8715cc6acc</guid><pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:52:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee0fe0_ade7d57f5abf4ab393b23deaf834e5a3~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wayne Bodie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Shadow Cay Has Been Republished, and the New Trailer Is Live]]></title><description><![CDATA[The official trailer for my mom’s republished thriller Shadow Cay  is now live. I’m excited to share that my mom’s suspense thriller, Shadow Cay , has just been republished, and the new trailer is now live. This one is personal. There is something special about seeing a story come back to life, especially when it is written by someone you love. Bringing Shadow Cay  back out into the world has been meaningful for our family, and I’m proud to help give this book a fresh new push. Set in the...]]></description><link>https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/post/shadow-cay-has-been-republished-and-the-new-trailer-is-live</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dd82ed8946a7ddf46fe486</guid><pubDate>Tue, 14 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ltlop7wQF48" length="0" type="video"/><dc:creator>Wayne Bodie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Official Trailer for The Rezoning of Risk Is Now Live]]></title><description><![CDATA[The official trailer for The Rezoning of Risk  is now live. The official trailer for my father’s book, The Rezoning of Risk: BWXT, Depleted Uranium, and Public Trust in Jonesborough, Tennessee ,  dropped today. This book takes a closer look at the public concerns, unanswered questions, and growing debate surrounding the Jonesborough uranium controversy. As interest in the issue continues to build, the trailer offers a quick introduction to the tone, subject matter, and importance of the book....]]></description><link>https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/post/the-official-trailer-for-the-rezoning-of-risk-is-now-live</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69dd606ec31b00fb8514e6ce</guid><pubDate>Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:34:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee0fe0_a5d0823ebf984a198ce4cd6684493c99~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wayne Bodie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now Available: The Age of Appetite by Wayne R. Bodie]]></title><description><![CDATA[Now available: The Age of Appetite by Wayne R. Bodie, a nonfiction look at impulse, distraction, self control, and the hidden pressures shaping modern life. A new nonfiction title is now available on Amazon. The Age of Appetite: How Modern Life Trained People to Obey Every Impulse  examines the deeper moral and cultural shift beneath modern life, the steady replacement of restraint with appetite as the ruling principle of life. From smartphones and social media to comfort culture, instant...]]></description><link>https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/post/now-available-the-age-of-appetite-by-wayne-r-bodie</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d833bf0b7119100d02195c</guid><pubDate>Thu, 09 Apr 2026 23:21:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee0fe0_e290912338854a248f9bc2c52ffcf52e~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wayne Bodie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[New Release: The Rezoning of Risk by Walter R. Bodie]]></title><description><![CDATA[A citizen record of concern about BWXT, depleted uranium, rezoning, and public trust in Jonesborough, Tennessee. Some books are written to entertain. Others are written because someone believes a public record needs to exist before memory fades. The Rezoning of Risk  by Walter R. Bodie is a serious look at the controversy surrounding BWXT, depleted uranium, rezoning, and public trust in Jonesborough, Tennessee. Written by a retired forensic scientist, the book is presented as a citizen record...]]></description><link>https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/post/new-release-the-rezoning-of-risk-by-walter-r-bodie</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d68837a51db32c14c01a09</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:57:05 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee0fe0_a5d0823ebf984a198ce4cd6684493c99~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wayne Bodie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[What If a Hospital Already Knew Who It Was Willing to Lose?]]></title><description><![CDATA[My new thriller, The Transfer List , is now available The Transfer List , a dark medical thriller about hidden systems, buried truths, and the patients no one was meant to save. Most people trust hospitals. They trust the lights, the language, the badges, the systems, the calm voices in the hallway. They trust that whatever is happening behind the scenes is still, somehow, built around saving lives. But what if that trust is misplaced? What if the system already knew who it was willing to...]]></description><link>https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/post/what-if-a-hospital-already-knew-who-it-was-willing-to-lose</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d67b40c55f668b53045d27</guid><pubDate>Wed, 08 Apr 2026 16:06:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee0fe0_01df052883bc49bf976d6ae418263406~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wayne Bodie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[No One at the Wheel Is Now Available]]></title><description><![CDATA[A novel about appetite, identity, control, and the quiet collapse happening all around us No One at the Wheel, a novel about appetite, identity, control, and the illusion of self command. There are some stories that come out of imagination. And there are others that come out of pressure. No One at the Wheel  was born out of watching modern life become stranger, louder, more restless, and more manipulated than many people want to admit. We live in a world that constantly tells people they are...]]></description><link>https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/post/no-one-at-the-wheel-is-now-available</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69d2808cf7044e6cf7afb37c</guid><pubDate>Sun, 05 Apr 2026 15:37:02 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee0fe0_dd2fc9822c4b48cfb8a8743efe74cb9b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wayne Bodie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Shadow Cay Still Works]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why certain suspense novels still hit harder years later Some thrillers lose their edge with time. Others keep it. The reason is simple. Real suspense is not built on trends. It is built on fear, secrets, power, betrayal, and the slow realization that something is wrong beneath the surface. That is part of what makes Shadow Cay  worth revisiting. Some thrillers lose relevance. Others only get sharper with time. Set against a striking island backdrop, the novel blends beauty, danger, and...]]></description><link>https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/post/why-shadow-cay-still-works</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69cfd3c05b09ec14f23aaa02</guid><pubDate>Fri, 03 Apr 2026 14:57:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee0fe0_2af88ca3b3a74b21a1d45bc1acca1736~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wayne Bodie</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[When Control No Longer Looks Like Control]]></title><description><![CDATA[The cover of The Seventh Morning , a literary suspense novel by Wayne Bodie. Most people imagine control in obvious forms. They think of shouting, threats, uniforms, sirens, and force. They imagine something harsh enough to be recognized immediately, something dramatic enough to wake everybody up at once. But history and ordinary life suggest something more unsettling. Some of the most powerful forms of control do not arrive with violence first. They arrive with reassurance. They arrive with...]]></description><link>https://bodiewayne.wixsite.com/wayne-bodie-books/post/when-control-no-longer-looks-like-control</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c9a9247c571b93c3c756ee</guid><pubDate>Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:18:32 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/ee0fe0_d7ae92bed2154b73b144cc59208c87d7~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Wayne Bodie</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>