• Genres

    Mixing Genres Is All About Messing With Structure

    "Knowing what people are expecting allows you to subvert the trope. Expectation is its own red herring, built right into your reader."

    October 22, 2020  By Stuart Turton
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    Bringing the Traditional Murder Mystery to India

    RV Raman has loved Agatha Christie style murder mysteries his whole life. But where were the stories from India?

    October 22, 2020  By RV Raman
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    Seven Great Thrillers That Take Readers to Far-Flung Places

    Now is the time to travel to the Indian Ocean and the mountains of New Zealand from the comfort of books.

    October 22, 2020  By Rose Carlyle
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    'Rebecca' at Eighty: The Women Behind the Hitchcock Classic

    In 1938, Joan Harrison read a galley of Daphne Du Maurier's masterpiece. She wouldn't rest until she had the rights to adapt it.

    October 21, 2020  By Christina Lane
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    The 52 Best, Worst, and Strangest Draculas of All-Time, Ranked

    There's a lot at *stake* when it comes to picking pop culture's best Dracula. *Count* them down with us.

    October 21, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    The Dark Legacy of America's Deadliest Train Wreck

    On the "White Death" disaster in Stevens Pass, Washington

    October 21, 2020  By Daco Auffenorde
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    Our Culture's Ongoing, Ever-Evolving Fascination with "The Mad Scientist"

    An author of sci-fi thrillers reflects on distrust of science.

    October 21, 2020  By Jane Gilmartin
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    Edgar Allan Poe and and the Rise of the Modern City

    "The Man of the Crowd" was arguably Edgar Allan Poe's first detective story. It's also one of his strangest.

    October 20, 2020  By Scott Peeples
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    Sapphic Chiller Double Feature

    Gothic horror has long been a home for lesbian and queer women. These pairings of books and movies push the conversation forward.

    October 20, 2020  By emily m. danforth
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    Toronto: Crime Fiction in North America’s Safest City

    The mystery scene is booming in Canada's largest city.

    October 19, 2020  By Paul French
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