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James Crumley's Unofficial Rules for Writing

James Crumley's Unofficial Rules for Writing

Craft lessons distilled from one of crime fiction's all-time greats.

By Dwyer Murphy | October 12, 2020

How Elmore Leonard Really Wrote His Novels—According to His Characters

How Elmore Leonard Really Wrote His Novels—According to His Characters

"So he names us and he says okay start talking."

By Dwyer Murphy | October 9, 2020

The Moral Morass of the Slasher: Revisiting The Strangely Slapstick Horror of <em>Freddy's Dead</em>

The Moral Morass of the Slasher: Revisiting The Strangely Slapstick Horror of Freddy's Dead

If horror exists to reinforce the status quo, then how did we end up rooting for Freddy?

By Paul Michael Anderson | October 9, 2020

Chandler and the Fox: The Mid-Century Correspondence Between Raymond Chandler and James M. Fox

Chandler and the Fox: The Mid-Century Correspondence Between Raymond Chandler and James M. Fox

Chandler's letters to a younger crime writer offer a revealing—and often ugly—glimpse into his later years.

By Curtis Evans | October 8, 2020

The Strange Poetry of a Notorious Gangster's Last Words

The Strange Poetry of a Notorious Gangster's Last Words

In 1935, Dutch Schultz was shot in a Newark steakhouse. His deathbed monologue would inspire an unusual literary legacy.

By Michael Cannell | October 8, 2020

The Strange History of Mickey Spillane and New Zealand's

The Strange History of Mickey Spillane and New Zealand's "Jukebox Killer"

In 1950s New Zealand, public fear over American pulp novels reached its unlikely peak, with one boy stabbed and another hanged for it.

By Andrew Nette | October 7, 2020

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5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This October

By Lisa Levy | October 7, 2020

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By CrimeReads | October 5, 2020

Gillian Flynn on Paranoia, Conspiracy Theories, and Adding "Showrunner" to Her Resume

By Caitlin Flynn | October 5, 2020

Walking the Hybrid Tightrope with Romantic Suspense

Walking the Hybrid Tightrope with Romantic Suspense

How do authors pull off the tricky balance of action and amore?

By Irene Hannon | October 5, 2020

Houdini, Escapist Fiction and The Role of Art

Houdini, Escapist Fiction and The Role of Art

Why do some draw a line between literary art and escapist fiction?

By Lonnie Busch | October 5, 2020

The Strange Life and Mysterious Disappearance of a Very American Painting

The Strange Life and Mysterious Disappearance of a Very American Painting

Craig Johnson on Custer, and the painting that ornamented barroom walls across America, then vanished.

By Craig Johnson | October 2, 2020

What's New to Streaming in October: Crime Edition

What's New to Streaming in October: Crime Edition

Rebecca is headed to Netflix, Bly Manor is haunted, and HBO is having rich people problems.

By Dwyer Murphy | October 2, 2020

13 Novels You Should Read in October

13 Novels You Should Read in October

The month's best new books in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | October 1, 2020

On the Rearranged Sherlockian World of <em>Enola Holmes</em>

On the Rearranged Sherlockian World of Enola Holmes

What the new Netflix film accomplishes in stressing diversity and political equality, it also flubs in erasing the real people who fought for these things.

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 30, 2020

Alison Stine on Dystopian Nightmares and Her New

Alison Stine on Dystopian Nightmares and Her New "Climate Chaos" Thriller

This Week on Unlikeable Female Characters Podcast

By Unlikeable Female Characters | September 30, 2020

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