• Essays

    In a Pandemic World, We're All Engaging in Speculative Fiction

    Fiction writers have long tried to figure out how the world, and our relationship to it, might change after cataclysm.

    November 3, 2020  By Ariel S. Winter
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    The "Educated" Crime Novels of Cambridge

    In a city dominated by a famous university, students, professors, and the occasional vicar supply the mysteries.

    November 2, 2020  By Paul French
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    How a Peaceful Morning on the Lake Becomes a Murder Mystery

    Every year, Lake of the Ozarks sees an influx of millions and a flood of cash. Of course there's going to be crime.

    November 2, 2020  By W.L. Ripley
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    All the Famous Writers Who Have Reportedly Come Back as Ghosts

    Ghost writers, not ghostwriters.

    October 30, 2020  By CrimeReads 
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    Arsenic and Old Lace, Frank Capra's "Halloween Tale of Brooklyn," Is the perfect film for the season

    It has everything: serial killers, dead bodies, Peter Lorre, and a psychotic convict hiding out after an unfortunate plastic surgery accident that makes him look like Frankenstein's monster.

    October 29, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    My First Thriller: Scott Turow

    For eight years, he wrote in thirty minute bursts on a commuter train. Then, he had himself a blockbuster novel.

    October 29, 2020  By Rick Pullen
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    My City of Crime—Real and Imagined

    Washington, D.C. is my hometown. But I had to consider the city anew when I started my series.

    October 28, 2020  By Otho Eskin
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    Finding a Mystery in the Intersection of Past and Present in New York City

    "Suddenly that street or avenue you walk takes on new meaning. Inhabited by people who no longer exist. Or buildings long ago torn down and replaced. A story untold."

    October 28, 2020  By Shelley Noble
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    Why Using Accurate Science in Your Fiction Is So Important

    Whether you're calculating escape velocity or tracking wolverines, these are the details that will keep readers engrossed.

    October 27, 2020  By Alice Henderson
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    Western Noir: Smashing Together Two Genres, What Do You Get?

    If the western is about delivering justice and noir is about the depths of the void, how can the two genres coexist?

    October 26, 2020  By Nick Kolakowski
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