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The Backlist: Reading Margaret Atwood's 'The Blind Assassin', with Ashley Winstead

The Backlist: Reading Margaret Atwood's 'The Blind Assassin', with Ashley Winstead

Ashley Winstead and Polly Stewart discuss Atwood's sprawling, genre-hopping novel.

By Polly Stewart | February 13, 2025

Let's Talk About Spontaneous Combustion

Let's Talk About Spontaneous Combustion

...in the work of Charles Dickens

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 12, 2025

8 Pop Culture Conspiracy Theories Worthy of Your Obsession

8 Pop Culture Conspiracy Theories Worthy of Your Obsession

Let your imagination run wild with these bizarre, compelling, definitely-not-true celebrity rumors

By Margarita Montimore | February 12, 2025

10 Modern Takes on Traditional Latin American Folktales

10 Modern Takes on Traditional Latin American Folktales

Vanessa Montalban considers the "generational patterns and themes that tie these ancient stories to our modern world."

By Vanessa Montalban | February 12, 2025

Where Is Everybody?<br>A Brief Survey of Isolation Horror in Film and Fiction

Where Is Everybody?
A Brief Survey of Isolation Horror in Film and Fiction

The greatest terror is reserved, not for death, but for a life alone

By Philip Fracassi | February 11, 2025

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 | February 10, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Laughing at the Monster: Comedy in the Fear Genres

By Ande Pliego | February 10, 2025

Wait, What?: Why is Michael Myers Such a Good Driver?

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 7, 2025

The Best International Fiction
of February 2025

By Molly Odintz | February 7, 2025

My First Thriller: Lee Goldberg

My First Thriller: Lee Goldberg

How Lee Goldberg went from interviewing authors to writing a hit novel – all while he was still a teenager.

By Rick Pullen | February 6, 2025

Asif Kapadia's New Film Merges Documentary and Cyberpunk Cinema to Sound a Warning

Asif Kapadia's New Film Merges Documentary and Cyberpunk Cinema to Sound a Warning

David Masciotra on the genre-defying '2073'

By David Masciotra | February 6, 2025

<em>Knives Out 3</em> has a production photo!

Knives Out 3 has a production photo!

We still don't know what it's about, but we have another clue...

By Olivia Rutigliano | February 5, 2025

Balancing Technical Jargon with Reader Engagement

Balancing Technical Jargon with Reader Engagement

"Make sure a technical detail is critical to the story...then find the briefest way possible to describe it."

By Nicholas Harvey | February 5, 2025

Gabino Iglesias: Let's Talk About Some New Books

Gabino Iglesias: Let's Talk About Some New Books

In his new column, Gabino Iglesias zeroes in on new books from Lisa Jewell, Alafair Burke, and Kevin Wade.

By Gabino Iglesias | February 4, 2025

Writing a Modern Novel Steeped in Kitchen-Sink Realism

Writing a Modern Novel Steeped in Kitchen-Sink Realism

William Boyle reflects on the condensed power of "working-class tales set in cramped kitchens and living rooms and grimy bars"

By William Boyle | February 4, 2025

Susan Barker: Why We Need Monstrous Women

Susan Barker: Why We Need Monstrous Women

"They exteriorize the parts of us we keep choked down inside...suppressed in order to function in society."

By Susan Barker | February 3, 2025

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