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On Choice, Chance, and Circumstance in Crime Fiction

On Choice, Chance, and Circumstance in Crime Fiction

Some decisions we make. Some are made for us. Fiction needs to acknowledge what we can (and can't) change.

By James Wade | August 21, 2024

The Probable and the Personal: How I Grapple With Writing Violent Fiction

The Probable and the Personal: How I Grapple With Writing Violent Fiction

"If I turn my back on the uncomfortable, ignoring the things that ever lurk in the dark, I allow them to move unhindered..."

By James Wade | November 10, 2022

Behind the Pine Curtain: East Texas’s Growing Influence on Crime Fiction

Behind the Pine Curtain: East Texas’s Growing Influence on Crime Fiction

How East Texas has established itself as a major force within American Noir.

By James Wade | June 8, 2021

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