• Noir/Hardboiled

    The Weird Fiction
    That Influenced an
    Even Weirder Writer

    Author and performance artist Evan J. Peterson on the speculative noir that informed his new novel

    July 10, 2024  By Evan J. Peterson
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    Chris Offutt on Nature, Appalachia, and the "Code of the Hills"

    "In the hills, nature is a constant force—beautiful and relentless. At times brutal. The sounds of bird and wind in the leaves is a constant backdrop to the life I experienced as a child and as an adult."

    July 9, 2024  By Chris McGinley
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    Choose Your Own Adventure: Noir

    Part game, part quiz, part Mad-Libs

    July 3, 2024  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Rob Hart on ‘Assassins Anonymous’ and the Dark Appeal of the Assassin Genre

    "The assassin fits within that same mold as the gunslinger or the private eye or the ronin samurai. They're guided by an internal moral compass that sometimes feels more precise than the law. So I think there's some wish fulfillment there."

    June 27, 2024  By Nick Kolakowski
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    In Memory Of Thuglit, The Lit Mag You Should Have Read

    James Queally on the life and times of a bygone noir institution.

    June 14, 2024  By James Queally
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    James Lee Burke on Hemingway, Orwell, and a New Chapter in the American Battle Against Fascism

    Another wide-ranging conversation on the state of a nation's soul.

    June 11, 2024  By David Masciotra
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    Why Humor is one of the Sharpest Tools in a Writer’s Arsenal

    Levity doesn't undercut the power of a novel—it amplifies the emotional weight of a scene

    June 11, 2024  By Rob Hart
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    The Backlist: Joe R. Lansdale on a Forgotten Classic of Southern Noir

    Lansdale and Polly Stewart discuss James Ross's 1940 novel, 'They Don't Dance Much'

    June 10, 2024  By Polly Stewart
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    Alejandro Nodarse on Writing a Thriller About the Real Miami

    "We know what you think of us. We’re putting on the show, remember?"

    June 7, 2024  By Alejandro Nodarse
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    Greg Iles On a Lifetime
    of Crime Writing

    The author of the Penn Cage novels reflects on his iconic character and his long fight against historical amnesia

    June 5, 2024  By Matthew Coleman Turbeville
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