• Essays

    Asking What If?: Mystery as Respite for the Anxious Mind

    On seeing "fears played out through narrative...[and] experiencing that fear within the safe embrace of a book."

    February 11, 2025  By Kirsten Sundberg Lunstrum
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    Where Is Everybody?
    A Brief Survey of Isolation Horror in Film and Fiction

    The greatest terror is reserved, not for death, but for a life alone

    February 11, 2025  By Philip Fracassi
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    Laughing at the Monster: Comedy in the Fear Genres

    Ande Pliego on the power of humor in horror and thrillers.

    February 10, 2025  By Ande Pliego
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    How a Surprise Visit to Bletchley Park Inspired a Modern-Day Mystery

    Henry Porter on an unexpected moment of inspiration.

    February 7, 2025  By Henry Porter
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    Conspiracy Theories and The Lure and Terror of Group-Think

    Alison Gaylin considers the long history of fraught falsehoods embraced as absolute truths

    February 6, 2025  By Alison Gaylin
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    Asif Kapadia's New Film Merges Documentary and Cyberpunk Cinema to Sound a Warning

    David Masciotra on the genre-defying '2073'

    February 6, 2025  By David Masciotra
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    Spies as Storytellers: Crafting Aliases, Inventing People, and Weaving Tales from Information

    Suzanne Nelson on the history of storyteller spies in WWII.

    February 5, 2025  By Suzanne Nelson
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    Ethical Dilemmas in Modern Organ Transplantation and How to Explore Them in Thrillers

    Dr. Cristina LePort on medical thrillers.

    February 5, 2025  By Cristina LePort
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    Balancing Technical Jargon with Reader Engagement

    "Make sure a technical detail is critical to the story...then find the briefest way possible to describe it."

    February 5, 2025  By Nicholas Harvey
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    George Pelecanos on Cornell Woolrich, the History of Noir, and 'The Black Curtain'

    In the early days of noir, Woolrich's novels and stories provided ample inspiration for filmmakers.

    February 4, 2025  By George Pelecanos
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