• Essays

    Revenge and Capitalism in Popular Media

    Delilah S. Dawson on finding catharsis in fantasies of vengeance

    September 20, 2024  By Delilah S. Dawson
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    The Magic of Maigret

    A.E. Gauntlett on the investigations of a detective who could go anywhere, even "the deepest and darkest recesses of the human psyche."

    September 19, 2024  By A.E. Gauntlett
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    A Tale of Two Cities: Taking My Fictional Detective From Minneapolis to LA

    PJ Tracy shakes up her series with some changes in setting

    September 19, 2024  By P.J. Tracy
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    Highway to Hell:
    The Comedy and Chaos of the Family Vacation

    Seedy motels. Truck stop bathrooms. Cracker Barrel.

    September 19, 2024  By Maureen Kilmer
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    Storm Warning: A Surprisingly Frank Noir Indictment of the Ku Klux Klan, Starring Ronald Reagan

    A mostly forgotten 1951 film looked at terrorism in small-town America.

    September 18, 2024  By Keith Roysdon
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    Objectively Speaking: 6 Cursed Object Novels

    Nightmare vehicles, frightening jewelry, and a dead man's suit

    September 17, 2024  By Lamar Giles
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    Marcie Rendon On Writing About An Epidemic of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

    Misogyny is an integral part of cultural erasure. Writing about the epidemic of MMIW must address this essential truth.

    September 16, 2024  By Marcie Rendon
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    The Women Are There: Re-imagining Classic Adventure Novels 

    Steph Post on the role of women–and the potential for revision–in these classic books.

    September 16, 2024  By Steph Post
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    There is Something Female About Being Dead: On Gender and Horror

    "The problem is that horror’s understanding of gender is so extremely outdated."

    September 12, 2024  By Logan-Ashley Kisner
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    Hellfire: Secret Societies of the 18th Century

    Susan Stokes-Chapman on the history of British "Hellfire Clubs" and their fascination with the occult.

    September 12, 2024  By Susan Stokes-Chapman
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