• Essays

    The Woman in Black, and the Ongoing Effort to Make New York City a Little More Gothic

    A haunting play debuts at a New York City theater famous for innovative and unsettling productions.

    February 28, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Maude Collins: Ohio's First Female Sheriff

    After her husband was killed in the line of duty, Maude Collins served out his term. Then she ran for reelection—and won.

    February 28, 2020  By Jess Montgomery
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    Life as a DJ Taught Me to Listen—and to Write

    On growing up in the Bronx, and spinning stories in the basement.

    February 28, 2020  By Robert Desiderio
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    Don't Go Into the Basement! (Let's Be Honest, We're Going Into the Basement)

    What writing horror (and hearing noises in the night) taught me about the impulse to explore—even in the face of danger.

    February 27, 2020  By Darcy Coates
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    Black Power, Blaxploitation, & The Sounds of the Seventies

    How Isaac Hayes' soundtrack to Shaft ushered in an era of iconic Blaxploitation cinema.

    February 26, 2020  By Ashawnta Jackson
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    How to Turn A Man into a Legend

    Why I chose to take real-life Arctic explorer Matthew Henson, drop him in the middle of the Harlem Renaissance, and have him solve a murder.

    February 25, 2020  By Gary Phillips
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    The Femme Fatale: A Brief History of Beauty as a Surprisingly Effective Legal Defense

    History teaches us there are five rules to getting away with murder.

    February 25, 2020  By Laura James
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    The New Vulnerability in the Mystery Genre

    The use—and misuse—of mental health disorders in crime fiction.

    February 25, 2020  By Peter Swanson
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    People v. Gillette: How an Obscure Execution in the Finger Lakes Inspired Generations of Storytellers

    The Long Cultural Afterlife of a Horrifying Crime

    February 24, 2020  By S.L. McInnis
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    Bullying Has Always Been Bad. Social Media Makes It Worse.

    An Icelandic crime writer reflects on the changing nature of bullying, now one of society's greatest ills.

    February 24, 2020  By Yrsa Sigurdardottir
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