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    Why Body Horror Is Such an Evocative Tool in Storytelling

    "Body horror is powerful because it is personal."

    October 8, 2021  By Caitlin Starling
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    Of Mice-Detectives and Men:
    In Praise of
    The Great Mouse Detective

    Revisiting Disney's classic but oft-overlooked Sherlock Holmes pastiche, featuring mice and Vincent Price

    October 7, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    The Grieving Mothers Whose Stories Inspired A New Novel About Police Violence

    "Behind every shooting is a person, or rather many, many people, often ones who go unnoticed. These were the people and stories we wanted to bring alive with full humanity."

    October 6, 2021  By Christine Pride and Jo Piazzo
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    Lee Child on the Invention of Fiction

    The first humans to make up stories may just have saved us all. Or not. It's hard to know for sure.

    October 5, 2021  By Lee Child
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    Sympathy for the de Vil: Reading Beyond Likability

    Readers shouldn't set too high a bar for fictional empathy—and authors shouldn't indulge in exaggerated excuses for their character's bad behavior.

    October 5, 2021  By John Copenhaver
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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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

    October 4, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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    Switzerland: A Crime Writing Tradition Full of Holes?

    When it comes to crime fiction set in Switzerland, it's all about secrecy.

    October 4, 2021  By Paul French
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    The Socialite Gangster Who Charmed the New York Literati

    Joey Gallo was the Mafia’s celebrity hitman. After an intellectual awakening in prison, he turned to writing.

    October 4, 2021  By Frank Dimatteo and Michael Benson
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    Jane Casey: Why I Chose To Write About A Barrister

    Amateur detectives defined the Golden Age. Police procedurals dominated the later part of the century. It's high time to set aside the hunters and focus on other professions.

    October 4, 2021  By Jane Casey
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    Publishing Is a Nightmare: 31 Horror Films about Writing, Reading, and the Book Business

    Fill your October with the horrors of literature.

    October 1, 2021  By Celia Mattison
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