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What Is the Legacy of Walter Hill?

What Is the Legacy of Walter Hill?

Hill’s gritty films mix westerns, crime and, improbably, musicals.

By Keith Roysdon | October 18, 2023

Safe Places: On Writing Books for Teens about Teen Issues

Safe Places: On Writing Books for Teens about Teen Issues

"These stories find continuing relevance by tackling issues and themes common to teens across generations."

By Kellie M. Parker | October 18, 2023

5 Historical Mysteries Featuring Unforgettable, Unconventional Women

5 Historical Mysteries Featuring Unforgettable, Unconventional Women

Transport yourself to a different time and place with historical fiction.

By Ritu Mukerji | October 18, 2023

Six Books About Women Working Together

Six Books About Women Working Together

Celebrating the power that comes from collaboration.

By Sarah Davis-Goff | October 18, 2023

100 years of Supernatural Searching

100 years of Supernatural Searching

Or, what the 1920s teach us about grief, fraud, and spiritualism.

By Anbara Salam | October 17, 2023

David L. Ulin on Capturing the Special, Despairing Noir of the West

David L. Ulin on Capturing the Special, Despairing Noir of the West

Tod Goldberg is in conversation with the longtime critic and first-time novelist.

By Tod Goldberg | October 17, 2023

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From Broadway Musicals to Thrilling Mysteries: A Writing Life in Two Acts

By Heather Hach | October 17, 2023

Lately I’ve Been Dressing For Revenge: What Taylor Swift Teaches Us About Genre Fiction

By Mandy McHugh | October 17, 2023

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

By CrimeReads | October 16, 2023

The Existential Crisis of Home Invasions: A Reading List

The Existential Crisis of Home Invasions: A Reading List

Nolan Cubero explores a deep-seated fear, and the authors who have explored it best.

By Nolan Cubero | October 16, 2023

October's Best Psychological Thrillers

October's Best Psychological Thrillers

Searing social criticism, gothic romance, and plenty of family secrets.

By Molly Odintz | October 16, 2023

A Visit to the Trans-Allegheny Asylum; or, On Hauntings and History

A Visit to the Trans-Allegheny Asylum; or, On Hauntings and History

"Explaining the night, carving down the sum total of the experience into words is damaging—the easier it is to talk about, the less extraordinary it becomes."

By Nora Fussner | October 16, 2023

<em>Halloween</em> at 45: How Horror’s Scariest Franchise Makes Sense of the Senseless

Halloween at 45: How Horror’s Scariest Franchise Makes Sense of the Senseless

On the Many Masks of Michael Myers, from Unknowable Force of Nature to Explainable Antagonist

By Michael Kraus | October 13, 2023

Black Horror Fiction Has Always Been Here. What's Changed Is The Attitudes of Gatekeepers.

Black Horror Fiction Has Always Been Here. What's Changed Is The Attitudes of Gatekeepers.

Contributors to the new anthology Out There Screaming discuss the long history of Black horror fiction and supernatural social justice stories.

By Molly Odintz | October 13, 2023

On the Perils of Adult Guardianship, An Industry Rampant with Fraud and Abuse

On the Perils of Adult Guardianship, An Industry Rampant with Fraud and Abuse

Court-appointed guardians have few qualifications, little oversight, and enormous potential for exploitation.

By Diane Dimond | October 13, 2023

Lou Berney On The Immense Appeal of Ordinary Characters

Lou Berney On The Immense Appeal of Ordinary Characters

Advice for crafting believable, complex, and always surprising everyday people.

By Lou Berney | October 13, 2023

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