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Anything You Don’t See: Some Ghosts of Southern Brooklyn

Anything You Don’t See: Some Ghosts of Southern Brooklyn

William Boyle on Brooklyn in the final days before 9-11

By William Boyle | November 2, 2021

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | November 1, 2021

How Crime Fiction Can Help Us Understand The Many Layers of Violence in Society

How Crime Fiction Can Help Us Understand The Many Layers of Violence in Society

"We’re wired for small-scale, agonistic conflict, where we feel, at a gut level, that we have agency."

By Joy Castro | November 1, 2021

On Spiritualism and the Afterlife in Henry James' <em>Turn of the Screw</em>

On Spiritualism and the Afterlife in Henry James' Turn of the Screw

"It is the very function of ghosts to undermine confidence—for good or ill—that the dead are truly set apart."

By Susan L. Mizruchi | October 29, 2021

What Makes a Psychological Thriller?

What Makes a Psychological Thriller?

Nicci French on the fine line that divides everyday life and the raw material of psychological thrillers.

By Nicci French | October 29, 2021

Growing Up Spooky

Growing Up Spooky

A fond remembrance of the ghoulish geek culture of 1960s & 70s.

By Keith Roysdon | October 29, 2021

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Five Eerie Tales of Folk Horror

By Tom Cox | October 29, 2021

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month: October 2021

By CrimeReads | October 29, 2021

Shop Talk: Michael Koryta Writes 1500 Words and Gets to Ring the Bell

By Eli Cranor | October 28, 2021

17 Horror Comedies That Will Make You Shriek With Laughter

17 Horror Comedies That Will Make You Shriek With Laughter

Forget rom coms. It's time for zom coms.

By Molly Odintz | October 28, 2021

Literary Crime: The Search for an Elusive Genre

Literary Crime: The Search for an Elusive Genre

Dancing at the Edge of Crime

By Tess Little | October 28, 2021

Why <em>Horror of Dracula</em> is still the best, strangest, campiest Dracula movie ever made

Why Horror of Dracula is still the best, strangest, campiest Dracula movie ever made

Who doesn't love Christopher Lee?

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 27, 2021

Horror Fiction In The Age of Covid: A Roundtable Discussion

Horror Fiction In The Age of Covid: A Roundtable Discussion

"Horror is not a genre but a feeling, it’s often said." –Alma Katsu

By Molly Odintz | October 27, 2021

Scary Monsters and Spooky Freaks: Bernie Wrightson Unleashed

Scary Monsters and Spooky Freaks: Bernie Wrightson Unleashed

With his dark, twisted visions and a deep commitment to his art, Bernie Wrightson changed the world of comics.

By Michael Gonzales | October 27, 2021

Lee Child and Andrew Child on Border Towns, Villains, and the New Jack Reacher Novel

Lee Child and Andrew Child on Border Towns, Villains, and the New Jack Reacher Novel

The brothers discuss the second novel in their collaboration.

By Dwyer Murphy | October 26, 2021

How to Have Sex in Crime Fiction

How to Have Sex in Crime Fiction

Amita Murray on pleasure, power, and the women having sex in Agatha Christie novels.

By Amita Murray | October 26, 2021

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