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Picture This: True Tales of Illustrated Thrillers

Picture This: True Tales of Illustrated Thrillers

Jason Rekulak on turning a background in children's fiction into a illustration-filled horror career

By Jason Rekulak | October 14, 2026

The Brotherhood of Edgar Allan Poe, Shakespeare, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

The Brotherhood of Edgar Allan Poe, Shakespeare, and Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

Fiction Must Pay for Its Crimes

By Lyndsay Faye | October 13, 2026

Adrian Van Young on Growing Up in the Metal Scene and Finding His Way to Crime Fiction

Adrian Van Young on Growing Up in the Metal Scene and Finding His Way to Crime Fiction

Life and writing, with a jagged edge.

By Adrian Van Young | October 13, 2026

A Home Inspector's Guide to Haunted Houses, Courtesy of D.M. Pulley

A Home Inspector's Guide to Haunted Houses, Courtesy of D.M. Pulley

Ten steps to approaching ominous abodes in lit and life from a licensed construction specialist

By D. M. Pulley | October 13, 2026

Pen as Sword: Elizabeth Kostova on Killing Off Characters

Pen as Sword: Elizabeth Kostova on Killing Off Characters

The author of 'Mystery Play' mulls the difficulties of murdering one's darlings

By Elizabeth Kostova | October 13, 2026

Emily Heil on the History of Belittling, Erasing, and Stealing Women's Writing

Emily Heil on the History of Belittling, Erasing, and Stealing Women's Writing

The author of A Pinch of Magic calls out sexist critics and 'bropropriators' past and present

By Emily Heil | October 12, 2026

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Mariah Fredericks on the Great Sea Monster Hoax of Nantucket

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Ryan Burruss on Monstrously Mashing Up Genres in His New Novel

Ryan Burruss on Monstrously Mashing Up Genres in His New Novel

A meditation on multi-genre mixtapes from the author of American Crow

By Ryan Burruss | October 8, 2026

Jonathan Edward Durham on Infusing Yourself Into Your Villains

Jonathan Edward Durham on Infusing Yourself Into Your Villains

The author of Winterset Hollow offers a session of villainy therapy

By Jonathan Edward Durham | October 8, 2026

Still Not Safe: The 50th Anniversary of Marathon Man

Still Not Safe: The 50th Anniversary of Marathon Man

Fifty years later, the classic thriller still lives in a world of almost unbearable tension.

By Glen Erik Hamilton | October 8, 2026

Leigh Bardugo on 50 Years of 'Interview with the Vampire' and the Immortality of Anne Rice's Lestat

Leigh Bardugo on 50 Years of 'Interview with the Vampire' and the Immortality of Anne Rice's Lestat

How does an author's mythology enter the collective consciousness?

By Leigh Bardugo | October 7, 2026

Prisoner of Love: On Research, Ethics, and Matters of the Heart

Prisoner of Love: On Research, Ethics, and Matters of the Heart

When intimate and private love letters are the only surviving evidence from an old trial, should a researcher include them in their book?

By Jack El-Hai | October 6, 2026

Crime and the City: Nairobi

Crime and the City: Nairobi

A crime and mystery reading tour through the capital of Kenya.

By Paul French | October 5, 2026

Remembering Kevin, the KGB Officer Who Watched Us During a Secret Mission to the USSR

Remembering Kevin, the KGB Officer Who Watched Us During a Secret Mission to the USSR

After watching the new movie 'Mayday', Dr. Merryl Goldberg recalls her own complicated relationship with a KGB minder.

By Dr. Merryl Goldberg | October 2, 2026

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