• Essays

    That Time Scientists Discovered a Creature in Loch Ness and Then Realized It Was a Sunken Prop from The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes

    An amazing example of life imitating art, concerning a movie about how the Loch Ness Monster isn't really the Loch Ness Monster.

    March 22, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    What Exactly Is Texas Noir?

    "A sense of place cannot be underestimated. Texas, for better or worse, and often the latter, is its own place...The word "Texas" is as much an adjectival accelerant as is noir."

    March 19, 2021  By Rod Davis
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    Betrayal Is Timeless: The Evolution of George Smiley 

    In 1961, John le Carré's readers were introduced to a new kind of spy, a “breathtakingly ordinary” man.

    March 19, 2021  By Bruce Riordan
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    Cutter and Bone: Two Masterpieces Deserve Their Proper Due

    Four decades on, Newton Thornburg's novel and the Ivan Passer adaptation still resonate as a defining vision of modern America.

    March 19, 2021  By Zach Vasquez
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    Fifty Years Later, Get Carter Is Still the Iconic British Gangster Film

    How the Michael Caine revenge flick attained cult status and changed the face of British crime cinema.

    March 18, 2021  By Andrew Nette
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    Why Are We Obsessed With Psychopaths?

    "Most of us aren’t thinking about clearing space in the bathroom cabinet for our ‘lovable’ psychopath’s toothbrush...but we seem to find ourselves drawn to them."

    March 18, 2021  By Nadine Matheson
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    This Saint Patrick's Day, you should watch The Fugitive

    Most people don't realize that the beloved thriller is a "Saint Patrick's Day movie," or even what that means, but it is. Oh, it is.

    March 17, 2021  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    On Keeping Chickens in the Literary Enclave of Oxford, Mississippi

    Melissa Ginsburg contemplates the meaning of community during lockdown, and delivers eggs to her neighbors.

    March 16, 2021  By Melissa Ginsburg
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    Forever Trespassing Into History: An Author's Reflections on Retelling Historical Episodes as Fiction

    In 1900, three lighthouse keepers disappeared from a post in the Outer Hebrides. It was a story Emma Stonex needed to tell.

    March 16, 2021  By Emma Stonex
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    How Reading Mystery Novels Made Me a Better Fantasy Writer

    Studying the craft behind a great mystery novel is a worthy endeavor for writers working in any genre.

    March 16, 2021  By Kim Neville
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