• Features

    Looking Back on the 90s-Era Satanic Panic In a New Age of Conspiracy Theories

    On the "toxic Puritan cycle" that causes ordinary people to either embrace outlandish ideas or pathologize those who do

    March 15, 2024  By Maggie Thrash
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    A Seventh-Generation Nebraskan On Turning Family Tales and Omaha History into Historical Fiction

    On using history as a method of filling in the gaps from what's recorded and passed down

    March 15, 2024  By Chris Harding Thornton
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    A Brief List of Pitfalls to Avoid When You Write a Thriller

    "Don’t let the twist be obvious. But don’t let it come out of left field."

    March 15, 2024  By Kira Peikoff
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    Revisiting In the Fog, An American's Ode to England's Foul Weather

    Leslie Klinger considers setting and atmosphere in a newly reprinted classic from Richard Harding Davis

    March 14, 2024  By Leslie S. Klinger
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    The Best Debut Novels of March

    Featuring first novels from Sophie Wan, Andrew Boryga, Brendan Flaherty, and more.

    March 14, 2024  By CrimeReads 
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    Our Enduring Fascination with Criminal Couples

    From "Macbeth" to "Rope" to "Mr. and Mrs. Smith," we've always been mesmerized by the immoral romantic

    March 14, 2024  By Joel H. Morris
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    Claire Coughlan Explores Dublin's Hidden Past

    Backstreet abortions and a journalist's quest form the backbone of this powerful debut novel.

    March 14, 2024  By Peter Handel
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    Reading Your Way Into the Deeper Mysteries of Cults

    Kristen Bird on creepy cultish reads

    March 13, 2024  By Kristen Bird
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    Crime Novels for People Who (Think They) Don’t Like Crime Novels

    Strange disappearance, concealed identities, and generational sins.

    March 13, 2024  By Debra Spark
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    A Serial Killer in Iran

    The evidence pointed to one woman: but was she a monster or a victim?

    March 13, 2024  By Mitzi Szereto
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