• Features

    Four Gothic and Neo-Gothic Novels About Mothers

    "Maternal figures not only propel Gothic plots but heighten their terror."

    September 6, 2024  By Gail Lukasik
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    How the Detectives of Scotland Yard Solved Their First Big Case

    In the summer of 1842, the 'Bermondsey Horror' kept London transfixed, as the newly formed detective squad launched an investigation.

    September 6, 2024  By Simon Read
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    Are You the Scorpion or the Frog? Horror as Social Commentary

    "[H]orror is drawn from our connections with each other, and makes us reconsider the roles we play in each other’s lives."

    September 5, 2024  By Vincent Tirado
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    Horror, Hauntings, and HGTV

    "I admit I find the home improvement shows far scarier than the paranormal ones."

    September 5, 2024  By Sarah Pinsker
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    Reinstating Mystery to the Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde

    The case for considering the classic story as crime fiction

    September 5, 2024  By Tim Major
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    The Birth of Britain's "Commando" Units

    After the Dunkirk evacuation, the British military needed a new approach. Its resident wizard was called to devise a scheme.

    September 5, 2024  By Robert Hutton
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    The Time I Met Adam West

    Olivia Rutigliano on a surreal encounter with a legend.

    September 4, 2024  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Templates, Not Fantasies: Complicated Final Girls and Why We Need Them

    If we can see ourselves reflected in the Final Girl, we can learn from her how to survive

    September 4, 2024  By Cheryl Isaacs
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    Why Thrillers Matter

    "[W]hen heroes defeat villains...they also defeat the worst in ourselves."

    September 4, 2024  By Mike Maden
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    Ava Glass: Me and the Spies

    The author of the Emma Makepeace novels recounts her unusual (and ambiguous) history of dealing with spies.

    September 4, 2024  By Ava Glass
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