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Creating a Compelling Love Interest in a Suspense Novel

Creating a Compelling Love Interest in a Suspense Novel

"[A]sk yourself: What does my main character need most on her journey—and how can my love interest provide that?"

By Elissa Grossell Dickey | August 8, 2022

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

<em>Bodies Bodies Bodies</em> is a Vicious Parody of Online Culture and a Tight Little Murder Mystery

Bodies Bodies Bodies is a Vicious Parody of Online Culture and a Tight Little Murder Mystery

Olivia Rutigliano on the new Gen-Z-focused whodunnit-slasher-comedy

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 5, 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

High Noon in Bedford Falls: 'Cop Land' at 25

High Noon in Bedford Falls: 'Cop Land' at 25

The 1997 film from James Mangold was part western, part noir, and a deeply nuanced portrait of America.

By Zach Vasquez | 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

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Why Is World War II Such A Popular Subject For Historical Fiction Right Now?

By Rhys Bowen | August 5, 2022

The Crime of My Life

By Baynard Woods | August 4, 2022

This is Your Brain On Horror

By Nina Nesseth | August 4, 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

Resurrectionists and the Advent of the Burial Vault

Resurrectionists and the Advent of the Burial Vault

On the sensational body snatching that catalyzed efforts to secure bodies from graverobbers.

By Todd Harra | August 3, 2022

The Women of the Manhattan Project

The Women of the Manhattan Project

From "Calutron girls" to washerwomen, meet the women who kept Los Alamos and Oak Ridge running.

By Sarah James | 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

Amina Akhtar and Erin Mayer Talk Fashion and Murder

Amina Akhtar and Erin Mayer Talk Fashion and Murder

The author of Fan Club and the author of Kismet (out 8/1) interviewed each other to talk about their experiences, and why, exactly, fashion inspires so much rage.

By Amina Akhtar and Erin Mayer | August 2, 2022

Jigsaw Puzzles for Crime Fans

Jigsaw Puzzles for Crime Fans

Time to take a break from solving mysteries to solve...puzzle mysteries!

By Molly Odintz | August 2, 2022

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