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The Veteran Experience in Speculative Fiction

The Veteran Experience in Speculative Fiction

"[W]hen you think about it, [it] is somewhat unsettling. In order for writers to have authentic stories of fictional battlefields, they must first survive real world battlefields..."

By Zak Topping | August 8, 2022

<em>Bodies Bodies Bodies</em> is a Vicious Parody of Online Culture and a Tight Little Murder Mystery

Bodies Bodies Bodies is a Vicious Parody of Online Culture and a Tight Little Murder Mystery

Olivia Rutigliano on the new Gen-Z-focused whodunnit-slasher-comedy

By Olivia Rutigliano | August 5, 2022

What Can Cooking School Teach a Mystery Writer?

What Can Cooking School Teach a Mystery Writer?

"Many of the skills taught in cooking school...are similar and parallel to those required to write a compelling story."

By Leslie Karst | August 5, 2022

High Noon in Bedford Falls: 'Cop Land' at 25

High Noon in Bedford Falls: 'Cop Land' at 25

The 1997 film from James Mangold was part western, part noir, and a deeply nuanced portrait of America.

By Zach Vasquez | August 5, 2022

The Philosophy of Crimes Without Memory

The Philosophy of Crimes Without Memory

"How much are we being manipulated by our recollections? Are we our lives or our memories?"

By Michael Paul Kozlowsky | August 5, 2022

The Crime of My Life

The Crime of My Life

A crime reporter turned his investigative skills toward an old family crime with deep contemporary relevance and finds himself implicated

By Baynard Woods | August 4, 2022

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One Night in Tehran, August 1953: The Law of Unintended Consequences

By Tom Bradby | August 4, 2022

Trapped by the Unspoken: Trauma, Secrets, Lies, and the Psychological Thriller

By Anastasia Zadeik | August 4, 2022

Collective Narrators: The Best Uses of the First-Person Plural in Literature

By Hayley Scrivenor | August 3, 2022

The Women of the Manhattan Project

The Women of the Manhattan Project

From "Calutron girls" to washerwomen, meet the women who kept Los Alamos and Oak Ridge running.

By Sarah James | August 3, 2022

On Finding Myself In Queer Suspense Fiction

On Finding Myself In Queer Suspense Fiction

"There are more stories about people like me out there now than I ever could have imagined."

By Ashton Noone | August 3, 2022

Jigsaw Puzzles for Crime Fans

Jigsaw Puzzles for Crime Fans

Time to take a break from solving mysteries to solve...puzzle mysteries!

By Molly Odintz | August 2, 2022

On Growing Up in a Family of Murder Mystery Addicts

On Growing Up in a Family of Murder Mystery Addicts

Katy Watson spent her childhood surrounded by (fictional) murder. So why did it take her so long to write a murder mystery?

By Katy Watson | August 1, 2022

Sunburns, Sex, and Squatters: Angst and Stress in California Noir

Sunburns, Sex, and Squatters: Angst and Stress in California Noir

Or, how to write a California crime novel when you've never actually been to Los Angeles.

By Caroline Macon Fleischer | August 1, 2022

What's the Key to Multi-POV? Many Colorful Index Cards

What's the Key to Multi-POV? Many Colorful Index Cards

Graphs, charts, and other great ways to keep track of all your characters and their arcs.

By B. A. Shapiro | July 28, 2022

On The Comforts, and Limits, of Disaster Preparedness

On The Comforts, and Limits, of Disaster Preparedness

"You can prep all you want and have fun doing it. But it’s impossible to prepare for the worst. The worst has too many faces."

By Brooke Beyfuss | July 28, 2022

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