Essays

The Very Human Horrors of Paul Tremblay

In Tremblay's fiction, people are forced to reckon with terrifying new realities while trying to hang onto their humanity.

October 26, 2022  By Brenna Ehrlich
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A Writer Confronts the South’s Tradition of Racist Terror

Or, why I was afraid to bring my daughter to Alabama

October 25, 2022  By Ousmane Power-Green
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Revisiting Kier-La Janisse’s Cult Classic, House of Psychotic Women, Ten Years Later

“Every woman who enjoys horror films has at some point felt the need to explain herself.”

October 24, 2022  By Elizabeth Horkley
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The Big Sleep and The Black Cat

Or, searching for queer culture in the era of hard-boiled fiction.

October 24, 2022  By Lev AC Rosen
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 Where is the ‘Street Crime’ in ‘Crime Fiction?’

Crimes that are both everyday and yet brutal seem to be front and center only in a small subset of the mystery/thriller/suspense genre. Is that taste, craft—or something that should make us all a little uncomfortable?

October 21, 2022  By Christopher Chambers
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The Devil’s in the Details: 'Reservoir Dogs' at 30

30 years later, Bruce Riordan remembers the early showing of 'Reservoir Dogs' at the Vista, and how it changed everything he thought he knew about trial preparation—and storytelling.

October 21, 2022  By Bruce Riordan
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‘The Name of the Game’: The Vintage Show That Asked, What if People Magazine Writers Solved Crimes?

In a crowded field of cops and detectives, these TV journalists followed a different path.

October 20, 2022  By Keith Roysdon
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Doctors Who Write Thrillers: A Long Literary Tradition

For decades, doctors have been bringing readers inside the high-stakes world of medical breakthroughs.

October 20, 2022  By Cristina LePort
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Gossip Girl, But Make It a Thriller

"The wealth on display in a drama like Gossip Girl is sometimes absurd but always enticing...by contrast, the wealth on display in a thriller can feel menacing."

October 19, 2022  By Ann Liang
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A Doctor, A Deduction, and A Death Averted

How doctor and writer Simon Stephenson's love for Sherlock Holmes helped him save his mother's life.

October 19, 2022  By Simon Stephenson
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