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On the Internet, We're All Unreliable Narrators

On the Internet, We're All Unreliable Narrators

"There’s been a kind of freedom in realizing that I can never be real enough on the internet."

By Olivia Muenter | June 14, 2024

In Memory Of Thuglit, The Lit Mag You Should Have Read

In Memory Of Thuglit, The Lit Mag You Should Have Read

James Queally on the life and times of a bygone noir institution.

By James Queally | June 14, 2024

Madeline Claire Franklin: <br>I'm Tired of Talking About Sexual Assault

Madeline Claire Franklin:
I'm Tired of Talking About Sexual Assault

"The news and world events repeatedly showed me that our world has not heard enough stories about SA, no matter how tired I was of thinking about it."

By Madeline Claire Franklin | June 14, 2024

<em>Batman: Mask of the Phantasm</em> is the Best Batman Movie

Batman: Mask of the Phantasm is the Best Batman Movie

Jesse Pasternack on a beloved classic animated film.

By Jesse Pasternack | June 13, 2024

June's Best International Crime Fiction

June's Best International Crime Fiction

Post-Soviet noir, Egyptian social criticism, Japanese metafiction, and a thriller from France

By Molly Odintz | June 13, 2024

How Rudyard Kipling's 'Kim' Helped Create Modern Espionage

How Rudyard Kipling's 'Kim' Helped Create Modern Espionage

Kipling's tale of imperial adventure whipped Britain into a frenzy for spies. Soon, a new agency was created.

By Hugh Wilford | June 13, 2024

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The Lure of Faraway Places in Crime Fiction

By Kimberly Belle | June 13, 2024

Quiz: Can You Identify These Opening Lines of Classic Mystery and Crime Novels?

By Olivia Rutigliano | June 12, 2024

Lovely, Dark and Deep: Why the Pacific Northwest is the Perfect Setting for Murder

By Sarah Crouch | June 12, 2024

The Lure of the Jailhouse Confessional

The Lure of the Jailhouse Confessional

From 'Lolita' to 'The Stranger,' confessional novels draw readers in only to upend expectations.

By Carol LaHines | June 12, 2024

The Spy Who Helped Bring the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. back from the Brink of Nuclear War

The Spy Who Helped Bring the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. back from the Brink of Nuclear War

"In 1983 a man named Oleg Gordievsky saved the world."

By Steve Berry and Grant Blackwood | June 12, 2024

James Lee Burke on Hemingway, Orwell, and a New Chapter in the American Battle Against Fascism

James Lee Burke on Hemingway, Orwell, and a New Chapter in the American Battle Against Fascism

Another wide-ranging conversation on the state of a nation's soul.

By David Masciotra | June 11, 2024

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

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"

By John Copenhaver | June 11, 2024

On Body Shaming, Women's Rage, and the Power of the Thriller

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

By Lori Brand | June 11, 2024

Why Humor is one of the Sharpest Tools in a Writer’s Arsenal

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

By Rob Hart | June 11, 2024

The Making of a Reality Show Villain

The Making of a Reality Show Villain

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

By Jodi McAlister | June 10, 2024

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