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Black Horror Fiction Has Always Been Here. What's Changed Is The Attitudes of Gatekeepers.

Black Horror Fiction Has Always Been Here. What's Changed Is The Attitudes of Gatekeepers.

Contributors to the new anthology Out There Screaming discuss the long history of Black horror fiction and supernatural social justice stories.

By Molly Odintz | October 13, 2023

Lou Berney On The Immense Appeal of Ordinary Characters

Lou Berney On The Immense Appeal of Ordinary Characters

Advice for crafting believable, complex, and always surprising everyday people.

By Lou Berney | October 13, 2023

The Devil Made Me Do It

The Devil Made Me Do It

Nine demon and possession novels to lose yourself in this Spooky Season

By Jennifer McMahon | October 12, 2023

Melissa Adelman and Nora Murphy On the Art of Suburban Suspense

Melissa Adelman and Nora Murphy On the Art of Suburban Suspense

Read a conversation between two psychological thriller authors at the top of their game.

By CrimeReads | October 12, 2023

The Mystery of Memory and Identity

The Mystery of Memory and Identity

Caitlin Starling on crafting a doppelgänger horror story around the idea of memory loss.

By Caitlin Starling | October 12, 2023

My First Thriller: Jeffery Deaver

My First Thriller: Jeffery Deaver

How Deaver went from publishing the wrong novels to writing his breakout thriller.

By Rick Pullen | October 11, 2023

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10 Years Later, "Prisoners" Eerily Predicted Our Current Moment

By Zack Budryk | October 11, 2023

How Today's Top Authors Find the Right Balance for the "Literary Thriller"

By Jean Kwok | October 11, 2023

“A Matter of Opinion”: Three Crimes and the Myths Surrounding Them

By Sam Rebelein | October 10, 2023

J.M. Redmann on A Lifetime of Crafting Queer Crime Fiction

J.M. Redmann on A Lifetime of Crafting Queer Crime Fiction

Ellen Hart interviews the iconic writer about the past, present, and future of lesbian sleuths in mystery fiction.

By Ellen Hart | October 10, 2023

America’s Obsession with Asylums

America’s Obsession with Asylums

Or, How Visiting an Abandoned Lunatic Asylum Laid the Foundation for a Young Adult Novel

By Tracy Hewitt Meyer | October 10, 2023

Writing Influences: A Cuban-Miami Identity & the Periphery of Santeria

Writing Influences: A Cuban-Miami Identity & the Periphery of Santeria

"I wanted to explore different ways this inherited power could be both a burden and a gift, and how often our diasporic heritage is built on silence."

By Vanessa Montalban | October 10, 2023

Learning to Love Thrillers and Their Morally Compromised Characters

Learning to Love Thrillers and Their Morally Compromised Characters

Tim Lane was a stay-at-home dad who found he needed thrillers about people pushed to extremes.

By Tim Lane | October 9, 2023

The Backlist: Revisiting Steve Hamilton’s 'The Lock Artist' with Elle Cosimano

The Backlist: Revisiting Steve Hamilton’s 'The Lock Artist' with Elle Cosimano

Polly Stewart is in discussion with today's top crime writers, returning to some of their favorite books.

By Polly Stewart | October 6, 2023

Jesse Q. Sutanto on Toxic Friendships, Shrinking Attention Spans, and Finding the Muse

Jesse Q. Sutanto on Toxic Friendships, Shrinking Attention Spans, and Finding the Muse

"My characters are very well-behaved because they know I won't hesitate to kill them if they dare stray from the outline."

By Molly Odintz | October 6, 2023

The Four Corners of Subjectivity

The Four Corners of Subjectivity

How do crime writers get readers to "care about" characters who do terrible things?

By Jake Lamar | October 6, 2023

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