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5 Key Tips for Writing About the Neurodivergent Without Stereotyping

5 Key Tips for Writing About the Neurodivergent Without Stereotyping

A neurodivergent psychotherapist (and author) offers up guidance on creating your ND characters

By Harper Kincaid | April 6, 2023

The Case for Complex Characters of Color

The Case for Complex Characters of Color

Disha Bose wants a world in which morally complex women of color in novels are as common as the Lisbeth Salanders and Amy Dunnes.

By Disha Bose | April 5, 2023

Ling Ling Huang On Body Horror, Identity, and Makeovers

Ling Ling Huang On Body Horror, Identity, and Makeovers

Performance helps us live in the world. Body horror helps us acknowledge what's underneath.

By Ling Ling Huang | April 4, 2023

How An Obsession with Raptors and An Obscure Event From History Inspired an Environmental Thriller

How An Obsession with Raptors and An Obscure Event From History Inspired an Environmental Thriller

"Eagles hunting wolves?...Even at the time, I knew this was the seed of a story."

By James A. McLaughlin | April 4, 2023

A Family Vacation, A Mysterious Discovery, and the Beginning of a Novel

A Family Vacation, A Mysterious Discovery, and the Beginning of a Novel

"How had this phone survived two weeks in the sea? How had it ended up washing right back up on our beach? Who doesn’t have a password screen?"

By Megan Miranda | April 4, 2023

Jennifer Banash On The Lady Gaga Conspiracy Theory That Inspired Her Novel

Jennifer Banash On The Lady Gaga Conspiracy Theory That Inspired Her Novel

"I became fascinated by the depths that some of these online threads went to discredit Gaga, to paint her as a literal Fame Monster."

By Jennifer Banash | April 3, 2023

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City of Poe: Baltimore, 1979

City of Poe: Baltimore, 1979

Michael Gonzales on that first, uncanny encounter with his new home city.

By Michael Gonzales | March 30, 2023

Turning the White Savior Trope on Its Head

Turning the White Savior Trope on Its Head

L. S. Stratton on the problematic nature of a pervasive plotline.

By L. S. Stratton | March 28, 2023

How I Used My Characters to Travel During Lockdown

How I Used My Characters to Travel During Lockdown

Amulya Malladi on pandemic isolation and the power of imagination.

By Amulya Malladi | March 28, 2023

Crime and the City: Cyprus

Crime and the City: Cyprus

An island paradise, but also a fraught geopolitical frontline.

By Paul French | March 27, 2023

Murder in the Air? The Mysterious Death of Stunt Pilot B.H. DeLay

Murder in the Air? The Mysterious Death of Stunt Pilot B.H. DeLay

Was it an accident...or the first case of "aerial murder"?

By Dean Jobb | March 27, 2023

Why Are Audiences So Captivated by Locked-Room Mysteries?

Why Are Audiences So Captivated by Locked-Room Mysteries?

Gigi Pandian considers the ultimate escapist puzzle.

By Gigi Pandian | March 24, 2023

In Praise of The Cross Genre Novel

In Praise of The Cross Genre Novel

'More and more fiction crosses the boundaries of so called "genre"'

By Jacqueline Winspear | March 24, 2023

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