• Essays

    Justice for Lucy Westenrea

    On reconsidering, and reimagining, one of the most mistreated characters in fiction

    September 11, 2024  By Kiersten White
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    Kelsea Yu: Writing Chinese Food into My Stories

    When Kelsea Yu's first thriller needed a safe haven, she knew it had to be a restaurant.

    September 10, 2024  By Kelsea Yu
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    Why Vampires Are Back in Vogue

    Rachel Harrison considers the endless possibilities of a genre that is "truly eternal"

    September 10, 2024  By Rachel Harrison
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    Do We Stick Around after Death?

    What Personal Experience Has–and Hasn’t–Taught Me

    September 10, 2024  By Beth Castrodale
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    Empathy and Crime Fiction: How Do You Make Readers Root for the “Unrootable”?

    Steve Hamilton on the magic of fiction.

    September 9, 2024  By Steve Hamilton
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    Drugs and Distance: Taking on the Opioid Crisis in Thriller Form

    Betsy Hartmann on finding the craft and the purpose.

    September 9, 2024  By Betsy Hartmann
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    Are You the Scorpion or the Frog? Horror as Social Commentary

    "[H]orror is drawn from our connections with each other, and makes us reconsider the roles we play in each other’s lives."

    September 5, 2024  By Vincent Tirado
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    Horror, Hauntings, and HGTV

    "I admit I find the home improvement shows far scarier than the paranormal ones."

    September 5, 2024  By Sarah Pinsker
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    Reinstating Mystery to the Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde

    The case for considering the classic story as crime fiction

    September 5, 2024  By Tim Major
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    Templates, Not Fantasies: Complicated Final Girls and Why We Need Them

    If we can see ourselves reflected in the Final Girl, we can learn from her how to survive

    September 4, 2024  By Cheryl Isaacs
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