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    The Backlist: Margot Douaihy and Polly Stewart Revisit Patricia Highsmith's 'Edith's Diary'

    The Backlist: Margot Douaihy and Polly Stewart Revisit Patricia Highsmith's 'Edith's Diary'

    Discussing Highsmith's classic of toxic suburbia

    By Polly Stewart | July 17, 2024

    Choose Your Own Adventure: Whodunnit

    Choose Your Own Adventure: Whodunnit

    Part game, part quiz, part Mad-Libs

    By Olivia Rutigliano | July 10, 2024

    The Weird Fiction <br>That Influenced an <br>Even Weirder Writer

    The Weird Fiction
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    By Evan J. Peterson | July 10, 2024

    Chris Offutt on Nature, Appalachia, and the

    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."

    By Chris McGinley | July 9, 2024

    Choose Your Own Adventure: Noir

    Choose Your Own Adventure: Noir

    Part game, part quiz, part Mad-Libs

    By Olivia Rutigliano | July 3, 2024

    Rob Hart on ‘Assassins Anonymous’ and the Dark Appeal of the Assassin Genre

    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."

    By Nick Kolakowski | June 27, 2024

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    The Backlist: Joe R. Lansdale on a Forgotten Classic of Southern Noir

    The Backlist: Joe R. Lansdale on a Forgotten Classic of Southern Noir

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    Alejandro Nodarse on Writing a Thriller About the Real Miami

    Alejandro Nodarse on Writing a Thriller About the Real Miami

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

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    Greg Iles On a Lifetime <br>of Crime Writing

    Greg Iles On a Lifetime
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    The author of the Penn Cage novels reflects on his iconic character and his long fight against historical amnesia

    By Matthew Coleman Turbeville | June 5, 2024

    Far From Home: Exile in Fiction

    Far From Home: Exile in Fiction

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    Gary Phillips Reflects on His Reissued Classic Novel of the LA Uprisings

    Gary Phillips Reflects on His Reissued Classic Novel of the LA Uprisings

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    The Other Border: Crime Fiction on the 49th Parallel

    The Other Border: Crime Fiction on the 49th Parallel

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    Expand Your Mind with These Psychedelic Mysteries

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