• Essays

    Technology, Magic, and How Your Word Lights a Candle

    Or, how to write about magic in a modern setting.

    April 25, 2023  By Kat Howard
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    A Brief History of America Freaking Out About Horror Comics

    Congressional hearings, banned books, murder investigations—In the 1950s, horror comics took the blame.

    April 24, 2023  By Keith Roysdon
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    Patricia Ward On Writing About Violence And Growing Up Amidst Civil War

    "I was growing up in an oppressive, terrifying situation, and it went on for years..."

    April 24, 2023  By Patricia Ward
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    The Understated Brilliance of 'A Most Violent Year'

    Revisiting J.C. Chandor's meditation on the underbelly of 1980's New York City

    April 21, 2023  By Zack Budryk
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    True Crime and Its Potential for Good

    Now that true crime is a popular pastime (bordering on obsession), what happens next?

    April 21, 2023  By Elle Marr
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    The Enduring Appeal of Country Music’s Murder Ballads

    Erica Wright on the macabre poetry of country noir.

    April 20, 2023  By Erica Wright
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    Whitey Bulger and The Cozy Crime Writer

    On the surprising human ties that bound the Boston mobster to author Charlotte MacLeod.

    April 20, 2023  By Curtis Evans
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    Charles Manson’s Body, Or, How I Ended Up Paying For the Notorious Cult Leader's Funeral

    "Did a man like this deserve a funeral?"

    April 20, 2023  By Maggie Milstein
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    Taylor Moore on Thrillers in the New Green West

    "Don’t be surprised if the environmental activist hero standing between the mustache-twirling villain is a Stetson-clad cowboy."

    April 20, 2023  By Taylor Moore
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    If You Build It, They Will Profit: Reflecting on J. G. Ballard’s High-Rise 48 Years Later

    "The world of High-Rise has accelerated, exceeding its own image, manifesting so thoroughly the fiction wears thin and reality begins to flicker at its edge."

    April 19, 2023  By Andrew F. Sullivan
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