Lindy Ryan on Slashers, Pink Horror, and the Rise of Violent Fiction by Women

Lindy Ryan on Slashers, Pink Horror, and the Rise of Violent Fiction by Women

How women are rewriting the "Final Girl" script and reveling in fictional villainy

By Lindy Ryan | February 25, 2026

Fiction that Bleeds Real: Infusing History into Fiction

Fiction that Bleeds Real: Infusing History into Fiction

"Writers working in genres like horror, crime, Southern gothic, and magical realism know real history isn’t a limit. It’s texture."

By Lindy Ryan | May 30, 2025

Bah Humbug: The Crime of Loneliness in Holiday Hauntings

Bah Humbug: The Crime of Loneliness in Holiday Hauntings

Lindy Ryan on the long tradition of telling chilling stories around the holidays – and what those stories say about us.

By Lindy Ryan | November 18, 2024

Lindy Ryan on Setting a Vampire Novel in a Small Texas Town

Lindy Ryan on Setting a Vampire Novel in a Small Texas Town

"I know late-nineties Southeast Texas, [and] I know monsters."

By Lindy Ryan | April 8, 2024

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