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Terrifying Literary Horror Set In Beautiful, Familiar Places

Terrifying Literary Horror Set In Beautiful, Familiar Places

"No space is safe from ghosts, murders, secrets, injustice, corruption, and other hauntings."

By Yvonne Battle-Felton | October 25, 2024

It Takes a Village (To Solve a Murder)

It Takes a Village (To Solve a Murder)

Will Ferguson and Ian Ferguson on archetypes, story requirements and people they've met.

By Will Ferguson and Ian Ferguson | October 24, 2024

How Writing a Novel Helped One Writer Capture a Changing Dublin

How Writing a Novel Helped One Writer Capture a Changing Dublin

30 years after moving to Ireland, Jenny Wilson O'Rallaghallaigh found new understanding of her adopted nation's dramatic evolution

By Wilson O'Raghallaigh | October 24, 2024

The Place of Murder

The Place of Murder

How setting has come to define great crime fiction – in Scandinavia, Britain, and the desert of the American Southwest.

By Sydney Graves (Kate Christensen) | October 23, 2024

Argh! True Crime Stories of Porch Piracy

Argh! True Crime Stories of Porch Piracy

Kate Carlisle rounds up the most brazen tales of real life package thieves

By Kate Carlisle | October 23, 2024

In a Bleak Midwestern Noir, an Author Finds Cause for Hope

In a Bleak Midwestern Noir, an Author Finds Cause for Hope

A.F. Carter on finding signs of life in a downtrodden setting.

By A.F. Carter | October 23, 2024

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The Bible as Crime Story

The Bible as Crime Story

Kenneth Wishnia considers ancient tales as crime fiction

By Kenneth Wishnia | October 21, 2024

How Kevin Costner's Maligned Epic – 'The Postman' – Offered a Glimpse into America's Future

How Kevin Costner's Maligned Epic – 'The Postman' – Offered a Glimpse into America's Future

David Masciotra revisits the 1997 film and finds a message about a divided nation and the rise of fascism.

By David Masciotra | October 18, 2024

Sex, Shame, and XXX Billboards: An Impossibility of Existence in Horror, and America

Sex, Shame, and XXX Billboards: An Impossibility of Existence in Horror, and America

"Repression—religious or otherwise—is the horror. Ignorance is what we should fear."

By C.J. Leede | October 17, 2024

Indian Migration to North America: A Tale Worth Telling

Indian Migration to North America: A Tale Worth Telling

Asha Greyling on the unsung immigrant community that helped build the foundation of America.

By Asha Greyling | October 16, 2024

Giving a French Twist to a Classic American Archetype

Giving a French Twist to a Classic American Archetype

How A British author came to write a French district attorney, or, "juge d'instruction"

By Ian Moore | October 16, 2024

Anthony Bourdain on the Life and Legacy of a Cook: Typhoid Mary

Anthony Bourdain on the Life and Legacy of a Cook: Typhoid Mary

"Mary Mallon was a cook. And her story, first and foremost, is the story of a cook."

By Anthony Bourdain | October 15, 2024

You Can Go Home Again, Or, Finding The Past Through Fiction

You Can Go Home Again, Or, Finding The Past Through Fiction

Writing can be a method of excavating the places we once roamed, now changed irrevocably

By Marybeth Mayhew Whalen | October 15, 2024

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