• Essays

    Why Southern Gothic Fiction Is The Perfect Medium for Telling Queer Stories

    "It's within that cloudy veil that separates the natural from the supernatural that many of the best Gothic tales live."

    September 15, 2022  By Tyler Christensen
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    The Importance of Setting in Crime Fiction

    Kayte Nunn on setting, and how it connects characters to stories.

    September 14, 2022  By Kayte Nunn
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    Arnold Rothstein: New York’s First Criminal Genius

    "[H]e realized before anyone else what Prohibition was going to be like and the opportunities it presented."

    September 14, 2022  By Michael Mayo
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    How to Get Away with Murder in the Regency Era

    Plan the crime at night, and for heaven's sake, don't use arsenic.

    September 14, 2022  By Vanessa Riley
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    The Language of Brutality

    How we speak of violence, what we name it, how we show it, and why it matters.

    September 13, 2022  By Rijula Das
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    Natural Disasters in Horror

    "A natural disaster is the ultimate break in a pattern, presenting novel, ferocious circumstances."

    September 13, 2022  By R. J. Jacobs
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    England’s Lake District: All the Calm and Placid Water Hides an Awful Lot of Murder

    Crime and the City takes a late summer holiday with the crime fiction of the Lake District.

    September 12, 2022  By Paul French
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    Making World War II Relevant in a Contemporary Thriller

    Or, how to use historical facts to show modern-day resonances.

    September 12, 2022  By Charlie Lovett
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    Laurie R. King On Returning to Her San Francisco Roots During Lockdown

    After the pandemic began, King scrapped her Paris-set novel draft and set out to capture her hometown.

    September 9, 2022  By Laurie R. King
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    A Change in Perspective: Writing for Adults, After a Career Spent Writing for Children

    Kathryn Lasky reflects on what it means to write a mystery for adults

    September 8, 2022  By Kathryn Lasky
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