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Essays
On Crafting a Pioneering Queer Crime Fiction Series
"I had a revelation: the private eye in noir fiction was a perfect metaphor for how gay men navigated the 'normal' world where both were outsiders."
By
Michael Nava
| October 1, 2019
I Only Wanted My Ghosts in Stories—Until My Mother Died
On ghost stories, longing, and grief.
By
Tara Laskowski
| October 1, 2019
Contending with the Legacy of Lovecraft
A writer's guide to taking inspiration from Lovecraft, without embracing his problematic legacy.
By
Shaun Hamill
| October 1, 2019
Six Women Who Helped Define the Regency Era—And Our Conceptions of Modernity
On Mary Shelley, Ada Lovelace, Jane Austen, and other strong-willed women from the early 19th century.
By
Andrea Penrose
| September 30, 2019
How to Build Close Personal Relationships While Saving the World
An alpha female's guide to thrillers, action, and romance.
By
Christina Dodd
| September 27, 2019
Martin Scorsese’s Gangland Sagas and the Dream of Upward Social Mobility
For decades, the director has been charting a dark, debauched journey up the criminal ladder.
By
Zach Vasquez
| September 26, 2019
Best Reviewed
Books of the Week
Joan Little and the Killing of a Jailer
By
Tori Telfer
| September 26, 2019
Hog Noir and the Morally Ambiguous Hero
By
Heather Harper Ellett
| September 24, 2019
Remembering an Odd, Artful 'Requiem for the Detective Novel'
By
Gilly Macmillan
| September 24, 2019
The Mysteries of Budapest
The Hungarian capital's century of change, reflected in noir.
By
Paul French
| September 23, 2019
General Douglas MacArthur: A Life of (Alleged) Conspiracies
Coups, scheming businessmen, and a hidden treasure known as “Yamashita’s Gold"
By
Steve Anderson
| September 23, 2019
The Most Wanted Woman
in America
An acclaimed poet, "sex magic," and a $3 million Las Vegas heist.
By
Jonathan Lee
| September 20, 2019
Law & Order SVU Has Been Going Strong for 20 Years—But the Original Was Better
Celebrating procedure over personal lives.
By
Lilly Dancyger
| September 20, 2019
Authenticity is the Key for Writing a Compelling Setting
On setting a novel in Minnesota and talking more about more than the bitter, bitter cold
By
P.J. Tracy
| September 20, 2019
A Crime Author Grapples With the Old Question: Where Do You Get Your Ideas From?
Reed Farrel Coleman on "borrowing from the headlines" and continuing a beloved Robert B. Parker series.
By
Reed Farrel Coleman
| September 19, 2019
On the Female Archetypes of True Crime
Reading Rachel Monroe's
Savage Appeties
and Sady Doyle's
Dead Blondes and Bad Mothers
Together
By
Scarlett Harris
| September 19, 2019
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