• Essays

    125 Years Later, Why The Turn of the Screw Still Haunts Us

    "That queasy opacity is at the heart of the novella’s power...The reader is never sure what, exactly, is happening."

    June 5, 2023  By Kate Griffin
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    How to be a Regency Lady Sleuth

    "[C]reating a feasible and authentic lady sleuth in the Regency era is not impossible, but does take some intense research about the society and its values."

    June 2, 2023  By Alison Goodman
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    Scenes from the Wild Wild East: Snapshots of Post-Soviet Russia

    Or, finding fictional inspiration in the world of Russia in the 90s

    May 31, 2023  By Josh Haven
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    What The Quiet American Teaches Us

    Getting Involved, Graham Greene Warns Us, is both Hazardous and Inevitable

    May 30, 2023  By I. S. Berry
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    HBO’s Barry is Wile E. Coyote with a Gun

    On the Saturday-morning surreality of Bill Hader’s killing machine

    May 29, 2023  By Justin Hairston
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    The Intersection of Punk and Crime in Pop Culture and IRL

    Or, let's go do some crimes!

    May 26, 2023  By Jim Ruland
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    The Many Sins of
    Maurice E. Balk

    Curtis Evans looks back on a man who was a preacher, producer, publisher, and plagiarist. And that's just the short version.

    May 25, 2023  By Curtis Evans
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    Wicked Ways: Da Deuce in the 1980s

    Michael Gonzales on the lights & grime of Times Square as it was.

    May 25, 2023  By Michael Gonzales
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    The Making of a Cuban-American Detective Novel

    John Lantigua on Miami, Cubanía, and working at the crossroads of the Caribbean.

    May 24, 2023  By John Lantigua
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    Crafting War Games Taught Me How to Write a Novel

    "The staff loved my inventions. They had no idea the monster they’d created in me."

    May 24, 2023  By M. P. Woodward
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