On wellness culture, horror fiction, and shifting the blame

On wellness culture, horror fiction, and shifting the blame

"Horror has always understood that care can become control."

By Dawn Kurtagich | October 22, 2026

Folk Horror on Film

Folk Horror on Film

Seventeen movies with sinister pagan festivals, cultish locals, and witchy witches for you to watch through your fingers, this Halloween season.

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 22, 2026

Have Yourself a Scary Little Christmas: Essential Holiday Horror Reading

Have Yourself a Scary Little Christmas: Essential Holiday Horror Reading

Kevin Johnson rings in the season.

By Kevin Johnson | October 22, 2026

Anna Maloney on Writing Badass, Believable Older Women in Thrillers

Anna Maloney on Writing Badass, Believable Older Women in Thrillers

The author of The 10:12 explores the promise of elderly sleuths' experience and invisibility

By Anna Maloney | October 22, 2026

5 Horror Stories with Settings Just as Creepy as Their Characters

5 Horror Stories with Settings Just as Creepy as Their Characters

Katherine Daniel shares spooky fiction whose locales feel like living, fearsome figures

By Katherine Daniel | October 22, 2026

Zelly Ruskin on Gaslighting, Relationships, and Psychological Suspense

Zelly Ruskin on Gaslighting, Relationships, and Psychological Suspense

Exploring the promise of writing thrillers for processing intense emotions

By Zelly Ruskin | October 22, 2026

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  • The Telephone: A New History
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  • Don't Stop Snowing
  • The Key Biscayne Affair
  • Vocal Break: On Women, Music, and Power
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  • Ten Lives: How What We Have Shapes Who We Are

All the Horror Fiction We've Recommended This Fall (So Far)

By Molly Odintz | October 21, 2026

Olivia Blacke's Favorite Halloween-Themed Reads (Plus a Haunted Bookstore Tour)

By Olivia Blacke | October 21, 2026

Harry Hunsicker on Transforming Grief into Conflict in Crime Fiction

By Harry Hunsicker | October 21, 2026

Peter Swanson: 7 Great Stories of Suspense in a House by the Sea

Peter Swanson: 7 Great Stories of Suspense in a House by the Sea

Mystery fiction will always thrive in atmospheric coastal homes.

By Peter Swanson | October 20, 2026

Natalie Kikic on Croatian Folklore, Female Rage, and Writing a Gothic Novel

Natalie Kikic on Croatian Folklore, Female Rage, and Writing a Gothic Novel

The author of The Haunting of Lavender House explores the myth of the mora

By Natalie Kikić | October 20, 2026

Matthew Gavin Frank on Kim Wall and the Ethics of Sensationalistic True Crime

Matthew Gavin Frank on Kim Wall and the Ethics of Sensationalistic True Crime

How a story about submersible enthusiasts morphed into a study of human depravity

By Matthew Gavin Frank | October 20, 2026

Paige Shelton on What Bones Can and Can't Reveal in Mysteries

Paige Shelton on What Bones Can and Can't Reveal in Mysteries

A look into forensic anthropology and DNA evidence from the author of The Bone Woman

By Paige Shelton | October 20, 2026

There's a

There's a "true crime concert documentary" about David Byrne

And it's directed by John Wilson!?

By Olivia Rutigliano | October 19, 2026

J.H. Markert on the Cult Leaders That Inspired His New Novel

J.H. Markert on the Cult Leaders That Inspired His New Novel

The author of The Chain House reflects on Jim Jones, Marshall Applewhite, and others

By J.H. Markert | October 19, 2026

The Backlist: Sarah Weinman on a Classic Domestic Thriller, 'The Hours Before Dawn'

The Backlist: Sarah Weinman on a Classic Domestic Thriller, 'The Hours Before Dawn'

Weinman and Polly Stewart discuss Celia Fremlin's 1958 novel.

By Polly Stewart | October 19, 2026

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