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    Ron Rash on Crime and Punishment in Appalachia

    The author discusses Dostoevsky, violence, and redemption.

    August 14, 2020  By Mae Miller Claxton
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    My First Thriller: David Morrell

    How the 'First Blood' author went from being a graduate student writing Faulkner imitations to reinventing the action novel.

    August 13, 2020  By Rick Pullen
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    Why Writing About Psychopaths Keeps Me Sane

    On the perverse delights and vengeful satisfactions of channeling our darkest impulses into fiction.

    August 13, 2020  By Nina Sadowsky
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    James Lee Burke on Art, Fascism, and the Hijacking of American Christianity

    The legendary author's new work may be his most deeply religious to date—and among his darkest.

    August 12, 2020  By David Masciotra
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    Maybe We Read Crime Fiction Because Deep Down, We All Know We're Complicit in Crime

    One author's theory for why we keep returning to crime.

    August 12, 2020  By John Galligan
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    What Drives Obsession in Fiction?

    A Psychologist's Pointers for Exploring Obsession and Infatuation in Crime Fiction

    August 12, 2020  By R. J. Jacobs
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    My Pandemic Master Class with The Silence of the Lambs

    What I learned from re-reading Thomas Harris in lockdown.

    August 11, 2020  By Julia Heaberlin
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    10 Novels Based on Folk Horror

    "The civilized world is only a heartbeat away from primal and uncanny threats."

    August 11, 2020  By Jo Furniss
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    Writing from the Depths of Lockdown: A Roundtable Discussion

    Contributors to a new charity anthology discuss writing during the pandemic and adjusting to the new normal.

    August 10, 2020  By Lise McLendon
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    Counting Down the Greatest Crime Films of All-Time: # 2

    The Maltese Falcon (1941)

    August 10, 2020  By Otto Penzler
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