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    Publishing Is a Nightmare: 31 Horror Films about Writing, Reading, and the Book Business

    Publishing Is a Nightmare: 31 Horror Films about Writing, Reading, and the Book Business

    Fill your October with the horrors of literature.

    By Celia Mattison | October 1, 2021

    12 Novels You Should Read This October

    12 Novels You Should Read This October

    New fiction from John le Carré, Val McDermid, Michael Connelly, James Han Mattson, and more.

    By CrimeReads | October 1, 2021

    Of Baptists and Bootleggers: Remembering My Moonshine-Making Ancestors

    Of Baptists and Bootleggers: Remembering My Moonshine-Making Ancestors

    Making moonshine is a great American tradition. So is cracking down on its manufacture.

    By Daryl Gregory | October 1, 2021

    The Books, Tragedies, and Unsolved Mysteries That Inspired a New Novel Connecting Italy and New York

    The Books, Tragedies, and Unsolved Mysteries That Inspired a New Novel Connecting Italy and New York

    Vito Racanelli on Itavia Flight 870, Leonardo Sciascia, and more.

    By Vito Racanelli | October 1, 2021

    How to Add a Layer of Fear to Your Fiction

    How to Add a Layer of Fear to Your Fiction

    When it comes to getting the physiognomical effects of fear right, who cares why your characters are afraid. What matters is how they experience fear.

    By DiAnn Mills | October 1, 2021

    Every James Bond Movie, Ranked

    Every James Bond Movie, Ranked

    From Connery to Craig, here are the best takes on 007

    By Olivia Rutigliano | September 30, 2021

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    I Write About Monsters Because I Fear Becoming One

    By Catriona Ward | September 30, 2021

    The Lady Chatterley's Lover Trial and the Infamous Question That Laid Bare the Hypocrisy of British Obscenity Law

    By Christopher Hilliard | September 30, 2021

    The Lure of the Old Manor: Books in Which A House is Both Setting and Character

    The Lure of the Old Manor: Books in Which A House is Both Setting and Character

    "A house can embody the mood of a whole novel"

    By Kate Moretti | September 30, 2021

    From Pen Stroke to Key Stroke: On Slander in Suspense

    From Pen Stroke to Key Stroke: On Slander in Suspense

    Poisoned pen letters were a staple of Golden Age crime fiction. Now, writers are using new technologies continue the tradition.

    By Laura Griffin | September 30, 2021

    The Forgotten History of the Far-Right, Pro-Nazi, Anti-Semitic

    The Forgotten History of the Far-Right, Pro-Nazi, Anti-Semitic "Christian Front"

    In the lead-up to WWII, a powerful organization of American Catholics worked to support Hitler and Nazi Germany.

    By Charles R. Gallagher | September 29, 2021

    How a Book by an Ex-KGB Officer Upended Joseph Weisberg's World

    How a Book by an Ex-KGB Officer Upended Joseph Weisberg's World

    In 2004, the future creator of 'The Americans' was working for the CIA when he read a book by Victor Cherkashin and recognized himself in descriptions of the KGB workplace.

    By Joseph Weisberg | September 29, 2021

    The Rise of Gothic Domestic

    The Rise of Gothic Domestic

    A look at eight novels that twist our idea of home into something truly terrifying.

    By Darcy Coates | September 29, 2021

    Do Bookless Libraries Signal The End of the Printed Word?

    Do Bookless Libraries Signal The End of the Printed Word?

    A writer contemplates the new era of computers in libraries (instead of, well, books).

    By Dorothy St. James | September 29, 2021

    Fancy Anders Goes To War: Exclusive Excerpt and Illustrations Preview!

    Fancy Anders Goes To War: Exclusive Excerpt and Illustrations Preview!

    Check out Fay Dalton's gorgeous illustrations for the novella by Max Allan Collins.

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