• Essays

    How Emma van Straaten Wrestled with Her Mixed Race Identity and Wrote a Thriller

    The author of 'Creep' reflects on her journey.

    March 13, 2025  By Emma van Straaten
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    How TV Procedurals Make What’s Bad Feel So Good

    On "the procedural as its own separate space in mystery storytelling."

    March 13, 2025  By Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare
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    On Listening to Your Stories: Writing Across Genres in a Shelf-Specific World

    Kate Maruyama on horror and...not fiction.

    March 12, 2025  By Kate Maruyama
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    Why We Find Bad Friendships So Compelling, In Fiction and IRL

    "The intensity of the connection becomes the intensity of the repulsion."

    March 12, 2025  By Hayley Scrivenor
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    How a Career as a Diplomat Informed a Life as a Writer

    "[D]iplomatic life can look charming and elegant in movies. In reality, it can prove dangerous and stressful. What does this have to do with writing? Everything."

    March 12, 2025  By Stephen Holgate
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    Nick Kolakowski on Mining the Past for a Hollywood Fixer Mystery

    In 'Where the Bones Lie,' the usual Hollywood madness is spinning out of control.

    March 11, 2025  By Nick Kolakowski
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    Crime and the City: Albuquerque and New Mexico

    The international crime fiction series takes a trip to the American Southwest.

    March 10, 2025  By Paul French
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    18th-Century Satire, Communist Anthem, 1950s Pop Song: The Many Lives of Mack the Knife

    "How did such a cruel, ruthless criminal become the subject of a Grammy award-winning hit single?"

    March 10, 2025  By Phil Lecomber
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    The Strange, Forgotten History of Antigonish and "The Little Man Who Wasn't There"

    At a farmhouse in Nova Scotia, a seemingly supernatural phenomenon sparked reports and debates around the world.

    March 7, 2025  By Alice Henderson
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    From Out-of-Print to Global Hit: The Surprising Resurgence of Michael McDowell's Blackwater Novels

    25 years after the author’s death, the path-breaking story is more popular than ever—and this time, overseas

    March 7, 2025  By Julia Steiner
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