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    The Elements of the Haunted House: A Primer

    The Elements of the Haunted House: A Primer

    Or, How to Build a Haunted House Mystery from the Ground Up

    By Emily Littlejohn | December 12, 2019

    I Wrote the Kind of Character I Wanted Most to Read About

    I Wrote the Kind of Character I Wanted Most to Read About

    Twenty years later, he's still surprising me.

    By Gar Anthony Haywood | December 11, 2019

    Ice Skating as an Education for Writing Crime Fiction

    Ice Skating as an Education for Writing Crime Fiction

    It looks blithe and glamorous, but it's one of the most dangerous and cutthroat activities imaginable

    By J. D. Griffo | December 11, 2019

    7 Things Crime Readers Will No Longer Tolerate

    7 Things Crime Readers Will No Longer Tolerate

    Crime fiction is getting harder to write—and that's a good thing.

    By Christopher Fowler | December 10, 2019

    How Women Authors Are Reshaping the Horror Genre

    How Women Authors Are Reshaping the Horror Genre

    "The boogeyman in the closet isn’t an amorphous shape in the dark—It’s someone we know and trust."

    By Damien Angelica Walters | December 10, 2019

    On the Benefits of Building a Book Series Out of a Community of Characters

    On the Benefits of Building a Book Series Out of a Community of Characters

    Changing protagonists can set a writer—and a reader—free.

    By Allen Eskens | December 5, 2019

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    The Art of Interviewing Subjects—And Actually Getting To the Truth

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    Virginie Despentes on Aging Punks, Failing Economies, and Fetishizing the Dead

    By Michael Seidlinger | December 2, 2019

    interview with an Archivist: Randal Brandt on Berkeley's Legendary Detective Fiction Collection

    interview with an Archivist: Randal Brandt on Berkeley's Legendary Detective Fiction Collection

    Con Lehane and Randal Brandt talk detectives, the wonders of research libraries, and a real-life murder in the archives.

    By Con Lehane | November 25, 2019

    Tarot Cards Contain All the Potential of Literature's Greatest Stories

    Tarot Cards Contain All the Potential of Literature's Greatest Stories

    And it's always a mystery how things will end.

    By Julie Mayhew | November 19, 2019

    The Secret Life of Plants as Murder Weapons

    The Secret Life of Plants as Murder Weapons

    Plants make for great thrillers—it took me, a gardener, years to figure that out.

    By Karen Hugg | November 18, 2019

    Crimen Latino: Latin Crime Fiction Is the Genre’s New Wave

    Crimen Latino: Latin Crime Fiction Is the Genre’s New Wave

    The new noir moves between borders, languages, and cultures.

    By Gabino Iglesias | November 15, 2019

    Paul Tremblay on the Absurdities of Modern Life

    Paul Tremblay on the Absurdities of Modern Life

    The cult horror writer talks crime fiction, narcolepsy, and why the world needs a YA novel about Charles Manson

    By Max Booth III | November 14, 2019

    Femmes Fatales<br> and the Shattering of the <br>Capitalist Dream  

    Femmes Fatales
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    By Nick Kolakowski | November 13, 2019

    When You Write Your Worst Fears in Your Novel—And Then They Come True

    When You Write Your Worst Fears in Your Novel—And Then They Come True

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    By Amber Cowie | November 12, 2019

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