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    The Veteran Experience in Speculative Fiction

    The Veteran Experience in Speculative Fiction

    "[W]hen you think about it, [it] is somewhat unsettling. In order for writers to have authentic stories of fictional battlefields, they must first survive real world battlefields..."

    By Zak Topping | August 8, 2022

    What Can Cooking School Teach a Mystery Writer?

    What Can Cooking School Teach a Mystery Writer?

    "Many of the skills taught in cooking school...are similar and parallel to those required to write a compelling story."

    By Leslie Karst | August 5, 2022

    The Philosophy of Crimes Without Memory

    The Philosophy of Crimes Without Memory

    "How much are we being manipulated by our recollections? Are we our lives or our memories?"

    By Michael Paul Kozlowsky | August 5, 2022

    Trapped by the Unspoken: Trauma, Secrets, Lies, and the Psychological Thriller

    Trapped by the Unspoken: Trauma, Secrets, Lies, and the Psychological Thriller

    On "the power of the things we hide."

    By Anastasia Zadeik | August 4, 2022

    Collective Narrators: The Best Uses of the First-Person Plural in Literature

    Collective Narrators: The Best Uses of the First-Person Plural in Literature

    The Greek chorus will now be heard from...

    By Hayley Scrivenor | August 3, 2022

    On Finding Myself In Queer Suspense Fiction

    On Finding Myself In Queer Suspense Fiction

    "There are more stories about people like me out there now than I ever could have imagined."

    By Ashton Noone | August 3, 2022

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    On Growing Up in a Family of Murder Mystery Addicts

    By Katy Watson | August 1, 2022

    Sunburns, Sex, and Squatters: Angst and Stress in California Noir

    By Caroline Macon Fleischer | August 1, 2022

    Shop Talk: Dwyer Murphy on Writing Routines, Superstitions, and Reading Elmore Leonard Like a Bible

    By Eli Cranor | July 28, 2022

    What's the Key to Multi-POV? Many Colorful Index Cards

    What's the Key to Multi-POV? Many Colorful Index Cards

    Graphs, charts, and other great ways to keep track of all your characters and their arcs.

    By B. A. Shapiro | July 28, 2022

    The Role of Small Town Gossip in Domestic Suspense

    The Role of Small Town Gossip in Domestic Suspense

    Liz Alterman on whispers, rumors, and thrillers

    By Liz Alterman | July 27, 2022

    Megan Miranda on Small Towns, Dark Tourism, and the Art of Slow-Burn Tension

    Megan Miranda on Small Towns, Dark Tourism, and the Art of Slow-Burn Tension

    "I try to see the tension within every relationship or situation."

    By Molly Odintz | July 26, 2022

    The Search for the Funniest Crime Novel Ever Written

    The Search for the Funniest Crime Novel Ever Written

    Elmore Leonard, Donald E. Westlake, Patricia Highsmith (wait, Patricia Highsmith...?)—they can all make a claim for the title of funniest crime novelist. So how to choose a winner?

    By Dwyer Murphy | July 26, 2022

    George Dawes Green On Southern Gothic Fiction, Savannah, and Dark Humor

    George Dawes Green On Southern Gothic Fiction, Savannah, and Dark Humor

    "I think you need a warped sense of humor that finds the darkest moments of life to be hilarious."

    By Molly Odintz | July 26, 2022

    8 Unconventional Coming-of-Age Horror Novels

    8 Unconventional Coming-of-Age Horror Novels

    "What about the other ages we go through/come to? Where are those coming-of-age tales?"

    By Nat Cassidy | July 22, 2022

    My First Thriller: Laura Lippman

    My First Thriller: Laura Lippman

    How Lippman went from Baltimore reporter to crime fiction icon...with a few obstacles along the way.

    By Rick Pullen | July 21, 2022

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