• Essays

    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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    A Devil’s Bargain: Is Satan a Reliable Narrator?

    "My problem was how to make the reader actually believe a time-honored scoundrel like the Devil."

    April 19, 2023  By Nicholas Fillmore
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    What Do Modern Mystery Novels and Medieval Mystery Plays Have in Common? Sin.

    "[G]reed, envy, lust, and wrath are murderous emotions, and so is wounded pride."

    April 19, 2023  By Kim Hays
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    Crime Writer Heather Graham on Moonlighting as a Musician

    Or, how Graham's band became the highlight of many a mystery convention.

    April 19, 2023  By Heather Graham
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    Exploring Social Issues Through Horror

    "Simply stated, horror provides a voice for the marginalized, the abused, the lost."

    April 18, 2023  By Nick Medina
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    A Snapshot of the Many and Various Criminals Aboard the Titanic

    As in many walks of life, there was a wild cast of criminal characters on the ill-fated ship.

    April 14, 2023  By James T. Bartlett
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    On the Enduring Charms and Sly Wit of Jane Austen's Northanger Abbey

    "while it is, ultimately, a comedic romance that sees a young lady eventually settle down with the upstanding gentleman who deserves her, it’s also—delightfully!—a satire."

    April 14, 2023  By Martha Waters
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    How Ian Fleming Wrote
    Casino Royale and Changed Spy Fiction Forever

    Kim Sherwood discusses the origins and impact of Ian Fleming's legendary espionage novel in her introduction to a special anniversary edition of the novel from The Folio Society

    April 13, 2023  By Kim Sherwood
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    Nazi-Hunting in Movies and TV Thrillers, Over the Decades

    Pop culture will never get tired of watching people travel to South America to track down Nazi fugitives.

    April 13, 2023  By Keith Roysdon
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    How Writers Lace Truth Into Their Fiction

    How lines are blurred and readers are persuaded to lower their defenses and believe in a deeper authenticity.

    April 13, 2023  By Jonathan Fredrick
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