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    6 Great Novels About Missing Persons and Deeper Mysteries

    6 Great Novels About Missing Persons and Deeper Mysteries

    Adele Parks on that mysterious space between known and unknown.

    By Adele Parks | January 12, 2024

    What Sam Shepard Taught Me About Exploring The Darkness Within

    What Sam Shepard Taught Me About Exploring The Darkness Within

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    The Bizarre Pleasures of the 1980s ‘Twilight Zone’ Reboot

    The Bizarre Pleasures of the 1980s ‘Twilight Zone’ Reboot

    The 1985 series is sometimes overshadowed by the original, but it was a bastion of horror fiction talent.

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    James Grippando: 30 Years of Lightning Bolts, Percolators, and other Sources of Inspiration

    James Grippando: 30 Years of Lightning Bolts, Percolators, and other Sources of Inspiration

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    Cascadia: Crime Fiction in the Pacific Northwest

    Cascadia: Crime Fiction in the Pacific Northwest

    Paula Charles on mysteries set in and around the rainy wonderland that is the PNW.

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    A Celebration of Reporters in Cozy Mysteries

    In a small town full of secrets, who better to start digging into everybody's business?

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