• Features

    Nadine Matheson: In the Mind of a Killer

    The author considers whether her work as a criminal defense lawyer allows her to more easily move into the minds of killers.

    July 13, 2022  By Nadine Matheson
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    Theater and Other
    Criminal Acts

    What famous crime stories and films borrow from theater

    July 13, 2022  By Ann Aptaker
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    Adventures in Writing Time Travel

    Kelley Armstrong on all the details you need to get right to believably whisk your characters (and your readers) into the past

    July 13, 2022  By Kelley Armstrong
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    Closeness Breeds Contempt: On Small Town Mysteries

    "The minute something really bad happens in a small community, locals start to wonder where the rot came from..."

    July 13, 2022  By Lo Patrick
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    Trying To Do Too Much? Don't.

    Rachel Howzell Hall has some tips for how to relax, avoid burnout, and reset your creative gears.

    July 12, 2022  By Rachel Howzell Hall
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    When Kurt Vonnegut Met Norman Mailer in Cape Cod's Legendary "Helltown"

    Provincetown was a place of enchantment, light, and art. But there was a dark side to the literary life there, too.

    July 12, 2022  By Casey Sherman
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    On Dead Girls and Feminism in Horror

    "[F]eminist horror allows women to crawl out of their own victimhood and presents a story about the complexities of female terror."

    July 12, 2022  By Katrina Monroe
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    Top Secret: The Allure of the Confidential File

    "A file stamped confidential will always be a temptation, an invitation to peek into lives and stories we’re not supposed to see..."

    July 12, 2022  By Anika Scott
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    A Beginner's Guide to Using (and Exploding) Horror Tropes

    "A trope can be as complex and metaphorical as a labyrinthine haunted house, or as a simple as the image of a bloody knife."

    July 11, 2022  By Eva V. Gibson
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    10 New Books Coming Out This Week

    New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    July 11, 2022  By CrimeReads 
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