• Features

    Drop is a Rom Com Psychological Thriller for our Surveillance Age

    The film excels at representing the practical dangers of living in a digital world

    April 11, 2025  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    The Terrifying Draw of the Desert

    Adam Plantinga on a lifelong fascination with the desert and its dangers.

    April 11, 2025  By Adam Plantinga
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    A Duty of Care: Barbara Early on Doing Justice to Jessica Fletcher

    Checking in with the author of the new, 'Rear Window' inspired 'Murder, She Wrote' mystery.

    April 11, 2025  By John B. Valeri
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    Eric Rickstad and Don Winslow on Suspense, Serial Killers, and Dismantling Pop Culture Myths

    Authors in conversation.

    April 10, 2025  By Don Winslow
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    Constructing a Fictional Serial Killer

    How California's most notorious killers helped inspire Omar Hussain's debut novel.

    April 10, 2025  By Omar Hussain
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    Small Towns and Murder Mysteries: An Enduring Fascination

    Kelly Mullen on Villisca, Iowa and the The Villisca Axe Murders

    April 10, 2025  By Kelly Mullen
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    Wes Anderson Has Made a Crime Movie! Possibly!

    "The Phoenician Scheme" is an espionate/heist comedy... we think.

    April 9, 2025  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Lost Grandeur: Decaying Settings in Fiction         

    "There’s just something about the feeling of a place that has been deeply neglected..."

    April 9, 2025  By C.J. Dotson
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    Three Kinds of Freak: Writing Heroes and Stories that Dismantle the Status Quo

    Zee Carlstrom on writing more interesting characters.

    April 9, 2025  By Zee Carlstrom
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    Belinda Bauer On Obsession, Greed, and the Dangerous World of Rare Egg Trafficking

    "[E]very word is fighting for space on the page and on the screen...I get in, I say what I need to, and I get out."

    April 9, 2025  By Jenny Bartoy
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