Essays

What Is It About the Wilderness That Lures Writers?

"Nature isn’t merely a setting in these novels, but a force that propels the story forward."

November 3, 2022  By Laura Griffin
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On Abortion, Murder, and Patriarchal Definitions

"Abortion is freedom. Without authority over our own internal organs, we become the property of the state the moment we become pregnant."

November 2, 2022  By Meghan Joyce Tozer
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History Is Shouting…All You Need to Do Is Listen

"What could a story set in 1913 have to say about life in 2022?" Plenty!

November 2, 2022  By Laura Ann Gilman
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Four Books to Try to Understand Why Children Kill

"[T]he quest to understand the reasons for violence in the young is not one that offers easy answers..."

November 2, 2022  By Lisa Ballantyne
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On The Morality of Immorality

"[T]hrillers fling straight and piercing arrows into the heart of morality itself...[b]y displaying catastrophic consequences for “bad” behavior."

November 1, 2022  By Jennifer Lynn Alvarez
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What Can We Learn From A 1794 Novel About Turning Points In Crime Fiction?

"The reader can see the seed of many other stories of crime fiction in Caleb Williams..."

November 1, 2022  By Heather Redmond
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Erika T. Wurth on Writing Native Horror During a Horror Renaissance

"[T]here’s something compelling about a genre that allows people satisfaction, potentially, with an unhappy ending..."

October 31, 2022  By Erika T. Wurth
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Reviving the Restoration: How I Choose Locations for My Historical Thrillers

Modern London offers plenty of inspiration to the historical novelist tracing the paths of yore.

October 28, 2022  By Robert Lloyd
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What's Fall without a Cozy Mystery?

Or, the hygge guide to autumn reading.

October 28, 2022  By Christin Brecher
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Why I Write Feminist Fairy Tales

Or, how I gave up on "having it all" and found a new truth in writing darkness.

October 27, 2022  By Menna Van Praag
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