• Essays

    The Author Who Ran an Ultramarathon to Write a Thriller

    Amy McCulloch faced the question; just how far would you go in the name of research?

    July 1, 2025  By Amy McCulloch
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    The Haunting Influence of Setting, and An Old Villa in Tuscany

    Daco S. Auffenorde on "the silent puppeteer of gothic fiction."

    July 1, 2025  By Daco Auffenorde
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    Rainy Noir: The Crime Fiction of Seattle

    Crime and the City goes on a reading tour through a rainy, beautiful metropolis.

    June 30, 2025  By Paul French
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    Why Do Humor and Murder Go Together So Well?

    Gloria Chao on the lighter side of crime.

    June 30, 2025  By Gloria Chao
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    Re-imagining the American West for Modern Horror Audiences

    Why horror is the perfect antidote to "false nostalgia for tropes of the American West’s gory saga"

    June 27, 2025  By Nick Belardes
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    Headless Bodies and Why We're Obsessed With Them

    Simon Toyne on the strange allure of stories about severed heads.

    June 26, 2025  By Simon Toyne
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    I Wanted To Write a Crime Novel Set in Paterson, NJ – Nordic Noir Fixed the Path

    Melanie Anagnos on finding her New Jersey by way of Scandinavian crime fiction.

    June 25, 2025  By Melanie Anagnos
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    Caitlin Rother on Letting Surprises Happen

    In writing nonfiction, the research always takes you in a new direction.

    June 24, 2025  By Caitlin Rother
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    How To Write About the Very Recent Past In a Rapidly Changing World

    To capture the just-past, first envision the near future

    June 23, 2025  By Carl Shuker
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    How to Improvise a Locked Room Murder Mystery

    Author Bianca Marais found the more she outlined, the less inclined she was to write. But could she finish a murder mystery without a master plan?

    June 20, 2025  By Bianca Marais
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