• Essays

    Expect The Unexpected

    R. W. Green reflects on carrying on his beloved friend M. C. Beaton's long-running series.

    March 3, 2023  By R. W. Green
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    Genetics, DNA, and A Difficult Question: Do We Ever Really Have Control Of Our Lives?

    J. T. Ellison on her struggles to conceive and the long conflict between nature and nurture.

    March 2, 2023  By J. T. Ellison
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    Alex North On the Pleasures of Fictional Forbidden Texts

    "It's a familiar and recurring motif in fiction: the search for a work of art that may or may not exist."

    March 2, 2023  By Alex North
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    Women Outside the Structure: Victorian Widows and Governesses

    "for the Victorians, both governesses and widows could be dangerous women."

    March 1, 2023  By Katie Lumsden
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    Suspiciously Suspect: Who Is—and Isn't—an Unreliable Narrator?

    Zoje Stage on the evolution of a sometimes uncomfortable term of art

    March 1, 2023  By Zoje Stage
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    Our Own Devices: Sean Doolittle on Writing a Thriller About Technology

    "In the social media era, we can connect with each other around the world more easily than ever...We also can trick each other and tear each other down."

    March 1, 2023  By Sean Doolittle
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    On Friendships as Catalysts

    Without these fateful fictional meetings, the characters in these works might have behaved badly, but certainly not this badly...

    February 28, 2023  By Harriet Tyce
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    Melissa de la Cruz on Writing a Book About Missing White Woman Syndrome

    "[I]t’s my hope that one day as a society we come to a place where attention is paid to every victim, not just the ones who leave picture-perfect images online."

    February 27, 2023  By Melissa de la Cruz
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    The Con Artist and the American Dream

    "[T]he conman is the American Dreamer who takes a step too far against one of the most formidable obstacles one can face: reality."

    February 27, 2023  By Daniel H. Turtel
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    How Treme Showed Me How to Write About New Orleans

    On the city of New Orleans as character and catalyst.

    February 27, 2023  By Veronica G. Henry
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