• Essays

    Looking Back on the Magical Mystery Series Pushing Daisies

    It had everything: homemade pies, murder mysteries, touchless romances, and waking the dead.

    September 16, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Hank Phillippi Ryan Was Anchoring the Weekend News in Atlanta—That's When She Became a Target

    The dark side of the spotlight

    September 16, 2021  By Hank Phillippi Ryan
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    Joe R. Lansdale Remembers The Genesis of Hap and Leonard and Pays Tribute to Michael K. Williams

    "People aren't standardized...That's what I liked about Leonard. He didn't fit a mold, in the way people I knew didn't fit a mold."

    September 15, 2021  By Joe R. Lansdale
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    Julia Dahl On Turning to Fiction To Fill in the Emotional Gaps Left By Reportage

    Working as a reporter left too many unanswered questions. Dahl wanted to know the answers.

    September 14, 2021  By Julia Dahl
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    A Brief History of Giallo Fiction and the Italian Anti-Detective Novel

    Fascist censors conspired against crime novels. Readers ate them up. Then a new generation of Italian writers, influenced by Kafka, deconstructed them.

    September 13, 2021  By Guglielmo D'Izzia
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    Edgar Allan Poe is The Perfect Literary Self-Help Hero For Our Uncertain Times

    Shit’s hard. Life (and writing) can be a relentless grind. But somehow, Poe kept on going—and so can you.

    September 13, 2021  By Catherine Baab-Muguira
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    Newport, RI Is the Perfect Place for a Murder Mystery

    New England's dreamiest coastal town deserves some fictional danger of its own

    September 10, 2021  By Alyssa Maxwell
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    Finding Gothic Beauty and Danger on the California Coast

    "Your mind plays tricks with you in the fog": why Big Sur is a natural setting for dark romance and supernatural happenings.

    September 10, 2021  By Lindsay Marcott
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    Stuart Neville: Why I Will No Longer Hide My Accent

    Northern Irish writers are often instructed to tamp down their regionalism by London publishers. It's time to set aside safe bets and embrace unique voices.

    September 9, 2021  By Stuart Neville
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    No One Has Ever Lived In The Past. So How Can Writers Accurately Represent History?

    On The Challenges of Writing Historical Crime Fiction

    September 9, 2021  By James R. Benn
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