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The Best Movie Genre is One Where a Party at An Estate Goes Horribly Wrong

The Best Movie Genre is One Where a Party at An Estate Goes Horribly Wrong

Cheers... to murder!

By Olivia Rutigliano | September 22, 2025

Crime and the City: Chengdu

Crime and the City: Chengdu

A Mystery-Literary Tour of Western China

By Paul French | September 22, 2025

The Strange Death of Morris Markey

The Strange Death of Morris Markey

Mariah Fredericks considers the bizarre tale of the New Yorker writer found shot in his apartment.

By Mariah Fredericks | September 18, 2025

Bryn Greenwood On Crime Fiction's Obsession with Kidnapped Women

Bryn Greenwood On Crime Fiction's Obsession with Kidnapped Women

"What stands out..is how starkly gendered these stories of captivity tend to be."

By Bryn Greenwood | September 17, 2025

Five Pointers for Writing a Genius (Even If You Aren’t One)

Five Pointers for Writing a Genius (Even If You Aren’t One)

"[H]ow do I write a genius level character and, more specifically, a character who is much smarter than I am?"

By Jack Anderson | September 12, 2025

Contrary to Popular Belief, <br>People <em>Do</em> Just Vanish

Contrary to Popular Belief,
People Do Just Vanish

"People go missing for all kinds of reasons...In many instances, they are never seen again."

By Maria Malone | September 12, 2025

Best Reviewed
Books of the Week

On Legends, Tall Tales, and the Art of Storytelling

By Archer Sullivan | September 11, 2025

Jack Du Brul: What Continuing Clive Cussler's Legendary Work Taught Me About Game-Changing Novels

By Jack Du Brul | September 11, 2025

The Big Book Tour Backstory: On the Triumphs and Travails of Selling Your New Release, One Store at a Time

By Hank Phillippi Ryan | September 10, 2025

On Finding Comfort In Death Through Writing About Immortality

On Finding Comfort In Death Through Writing About Immortality

"We’re not built for infinite time, just like we’re not built for infinite money. It breaks the brain."

By Neil Sharpson | September 9, 2025

Hannah Mary McKinnon: A Corporate Gig Made Me a Better (Fictional) Murderer

Hannah Mary McKinnon: A Corporate Gig Made Me a Better (Fictional) Murderer

It turns out, high-stakes jobs have a lot of pointers for how to get your characters into, and out of, hot water

By Hannah Mary McKinnon | September 9, 2025

The Fear and Fascination of Gothic Fiction

The Fear and Fascination of Gothic Fiction

'[W]hat makes a story “gothic”, and why are we still fascinated by it hundreds of years after its inception?'

By Joe Hart | September 9, 2025

On Discord, Shared Guilt, and The Power of Collective Narration

On Discord, Shared Guilt, and The Power of Collective Narration

A chorus of narrators doesn't just include the reader in the action—it implicates them.

By Lauren Oliver | September 5, 2025

Marriage in the Gilded Age

Marriage in the Gilded Age

A Look at the Good, the Bad, and the Downright Ugly

By Alyssa Maxwell | September 4, 2025

Leigh Stein: Why I Wrote a Mystery without a Murder

Leigh Stein: Why I Wrote a Mystery without a Murder

"What if instead I wrote a gothic novel that explored another existential threat to women—the fear of aging and irrelevance?"

By Leigh Stein | September 3, 2025

Learning to Say

Learning to Say "Yes, and" as Authors: The Creative Alchemy of Cowriting a Thriller

Christina Baker Kline and Anne Burt Share What They Learned from an Unexpected Literary Partnership

By Christina Baker Kline and Anne Burt | September 3, 2025

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