• Essays

    How America Once Fell in Love with Mystery “Wheels”

    In the 1960s, TV executives came up with a novel way of delivering Americans their mysteries—the "wheel"

    July 16, 2020  By J. Kingston Pierce
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    My Upstairs Downstairs Childhood

    I didn't think anything was different between me and the girl upstairs. Then, I learned how to read.

    July 16, 2020  By Lee Conell
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    Let's Not Forget the Time Mario Vargas Llosa Sucker Punched Gabriel García Márquez

    It was about a woman.

    July 16, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Why Exposing Kids to Horror Might Actually Be Good for Them

    An open letter to the two girls still stuck in the early showing of 'The Conjuring'

    July 15, 2020  By Stephen Graham Jones
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    The Exhilarating, Dangerous World of Helen Eustis

    Her 1947 novel, The Horizontal Man, was a wry, subversive take on the campus mystery. It's as timely as ever.

    July 15, 2020  By Charles Finch
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    How I Stopped Worrying About the Rules and Learned to Write a Mystery Novel

    Workshops, an MFA, and a pair of literary novels couldn't prepare him for the intricate workings of noir, so he turned to the masters.

    July 14, 2020  By Sung J. Woo
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    Safe as Houses: The "Property-Porn Thriller" Is Here to Stay

    In this property-obsessed age, why are houses such a source of fictional terror?

    July 14, 2020  By Anna Downes
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    Why Marshes Capture Our Imaginations—And Inspire Some of Our Most Unsettling Folklore

    Elly Griffiths on marshes, moors, and cautionary tales.

    July 14, 2020  By Elly Griffiths
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    Rethinking the Meaning of "Border Noir"

    "Borders, like crime novels, let people be in many places at once: the familiar, the unfamiliar and the space between the two."

    July 14, 2020  By Alex Gilly
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    My sister's overdose looked like an accident. It may have been murder.

    A writer investigates the suspicious death of her younger sister, tied to a wider crime story involving drugs, robberies, and homicide.

    July 10, 2020  By Rose Andersen
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