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Writing Better Neurodivergent Characters in Fiction

Writing Better Neurodivergent Characters in Fiction

Scott Lyerly on living with Tourette syndrome and bringing that reality to fiction.

By Scott Lyerly | July 31, 2024

Sometimes We Have Big Feelings About Celebrities. And That's (Mostly) Okay.

Sometimes We Have Big Feelings About Celebrities. And That's (Mostly) Okay.

Josh Winning on the role of horror fiction in exploring our complex reactions to the famous and fortunate

By Josh Winning | July 31, 2024

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month: July 2024

The Best Reviewed Books of the Month: July 2024

Featuring new books from Juliet Grames, Flynn Berry, Jesse Katz, and more.

By CrimeReads | July 30, 2024

Speculating Our Way Back to Ourselves

Speculating Our Way Back to Ourselves

Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi on using the speculative to manifest the unconscious and make space for the marginalized

By Ayesha Manazir Siddiqi | July 30, 2024

Crafting the Real and Surreal in Eco-Horror

Crafting the Real and Surreal in Eco-Horror

Nicholas Belardes on not turning away from unreal and mysterious occurrences in nature that can help us craft our stories

By Nick Belardes | July 29, 2024

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 | July 29, 2024

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

Nev Fountain On Writing A Detective Novel About Fandom

By Nev Fountain | July 29, 2024

That Time Arthur Conan Doyle Tried to Stump Harry Houdini with a Stop-Motion Dinosaur Film Clip

By Olivia Rutigliano | July 26, 2024

How Researching Her New Historical Novel Made Juliet Grames Into a Detective of the Immigrant Experience

By John B. Valeri | July 26, 2024

6 Crime and Horror Books Featuring Unusual Narrators

6 Crime and Horror Books Featuring Unusual Narrators

Heather Chavez looks at stories told from the perspectives of wildfires, security cameras, animals, and more

By Heather Chavez | July 24, 2024

Meta-Morphoses: Crafting a Book-Within-the-Book in a Thriller

Meta-Morphoses: Crafting a Book-Within-the-Book in a Thriller

"[M]etafiction is a great tool for encouraging readers to question everything."

By Lisa Kusel | July 24, 2024

Peng Shepherd On Writing A Choose-You-Own-Adventure Speculative Mystery

Peng Shepherd On Writing A Choose-You-Own-Adventure Speculative Mystery

"[W]hat if you actually could go back and fix your past mistakes? How would that change your life?"

By Peng Shepherd | July 23, 2024

Out of the Ashes: Meg Gardiner on Deadlines, Drama and Deviant Psychology

Out of the Ashes: Meg Gardiner on Deadlines, Drama and Deviant Psychology

After collaborating with Michael Mann on 'Heat 2', the author is back with a new installment in her UNSUB series.

By John B. Valeri | July 22, 2024

Is History Only For Historical Novels?

Is History Only For Historical Novels?

Five ways to use the past in contemporary crime fiction.

By Connie Berry | July 22, 2024

Remembering John Waters's true-crime satire <em>Serial Mom</em>

Remembering John Waters's true-crime satire Serial Mom

"His parody of true crime stories, and the media circus they attract, reveals the perverse desires and anxieties of American life."

By Julia Sirmons | July 19, 2024

Memory, Subjectivity, and the Rashomon Effect

Memory, Subjectivity, and the Rashomon Effect

"Memory and perception are slippery things, and become all the more so when filtered back through the limitations of language."

By Sarah Easter Collins | July 19, 2024

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