• Essays

    Queering Crime Stories: Establishing a New Order in Mysteries and Thrillers

    "What if, by the end of a mystery, we don’t want to return to where we were but to a new place of openness and acceptance"

    June 11, 2024  By John Copenhaver
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    On Body Shaming, Women's Rage, and the Power of the Thriller

    Channel your anger at Diet Culture with these fiercely defiant works of psychological suspense

    June 11, 2024  By Lori Brand
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    Why Humor is one of the Sharpest Tools in a Writer’s Arsenal

    Levity doesn't undercut the power of a novel—it amplifies the emotional weight of a scene

    June 11, 2024  By Rob Hart
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    The Making of a Reality Show Villain

    Why are the most compelling contestants so often the most hated?

    June 10, 2024  By Jodi McAlister
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    Bump In the Night: Vintage Horror Illustrations Gave Us the Shivers

    Keith Roysdon on the glory days of horror, drawn for kids.

    June 10, 2024  By Keith Roysdon
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    Alejandro Nodarse on Writing a Thriller About the Real Miami

    "We know what you think of us. We’re putting on the show, remember?"

    June 7, 2024  By Alejandro Nodarse
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    Planning a Heist with Your Spouse

    For married co-authors Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka, writing a heist novel brought them even closer together.

    June 7, 2024  By Emily Wibberley and Austin Siegemund-Broka
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    What Caleb Carr Taught Me About the Families We Make

    On finding a way through life, with 'The Alienist'

    June 6, 2024  By Zack Budryk
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    K.A. Cobell: Letting My Characters Shine the Light

    "I wasn’t sure how I could create the gritty, propulsive thriller I always aim to while also sensitively weaving in an epidemic that is currently plaguing my tribal nation and hundreds of other tribes in the US, but I knew I needed to try."

    June 6, 2024  By K.A. Cobell
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    What the Story of Alvin Ridley Can Teach Us About Snap Judgements

    A defense attorney remembers his most unusual client

    June 5, 2024  By McCracken Poston, Jr.
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