Using Black Vampire Fiction to Explore America's Horrific Past

Using Black Vampire Fiction to Explore America's Horrific Past

Hayley Dennings explores threats, erasure, and her personal history with the monstrous

By Hayley Dennings | December 8, 2025

The Past, Present, and Future of African Crime Writing: A Roundtable Discussion

The Past, Present, and Future of African Crime Writing: A Roundtable Discussion

Leye Adenle, Ciku Kimani-Mwaniki, Iris Mwanza, Mike Nikol, and Michael Sears talk all things crime fiction in Africa

By CrimeReads | December 8, 2025

Queer Crime Writers Presents: 10 New LGBTQIA+ Crime Novels to Check Out This Winter

Queer Crime Writers Presents: 10 New LGBTQIA+ Crime Novels to Check Out This Winter

10 recently released queer mysteries and thrillers to keep you reading till spring

By Queer Crime Writers | December 5, 2025

3 Ghost Stories To Help Get You in the Holiday Spirit

3 Ghost Stories To Help Get You in the Holiday Spirit

Maxie Dara revives the tradition of telling haunting tales on winter nights.

By Maxie Dara | December 5, 2025

6 Great Folk Horror Novels in Translation, Recommended by a Translator of Folk Horror

6 Great Folk Horror Novels in Translation, Recommended by a Translator of Folk Horror

Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse recommends quiver-inducing tales by Zuzana Ríhová, John Ajvide Lindqvist, and more

By Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse | December 5, 2025

6 Novels and Films Featuring Wild Historical Capers

6 Novels and Films Featuring Wild Historical Capers

Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne share the storied schemes that inspired "My Fair Frauds"

By Lee Kelly and Jennifer Thorne | December 5, 2025

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The Haunting of The Academy Theater

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Why Washington DC is the Perfect City to Set a Psychological Thriller

By Christina Kovac | December 4, 2025

Why So Many Former Intelligence Officers Write Espionage Fiction

Why So Many Former Intelligence Officers Write Espionage Fiction

Charles Beaumont on surveillance and spying in art and life

By Charles Beaumont | December 4, 2025

Why Margot Harrison Staged a Murder Mystery in Her Former Workplace

Why Margot Harrison Staged a Murder Mystery in Her Former Workplace

The author of "The Library of Fates" on using real places to imagine bookish deaths

By Margot Harrison | December 4, 2025

Tracy Clark on Writing a Black Female Detective

Tracy Clark on Writing a Black Female Detective

Exploring the tension of a cop one traffic stop away from becoming a victim

By Tracy Clark | December 3, 2025

10 Thrilling Mystery Films That Feature Trains

10 Thrilling Mystery Films That Feature Trains

Michael Ledwidge recommends his favorite locomotive flicks

By Michael Ledwidge | December 3, 2025

December's Best New Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers

December's Best New Crime Novels, Mysteries, and Thrillers

Suburban spies, deadly group chats, feminist revenge, and Red Scare investigations

By Molly Odintz | December 2, 2025

3 Badass Women Who Fought the Nazis During World War II

3 Badass Women Who Fought the Nazis During World War II

Tara Moss on Lee Miller, Nancy Wake, and her own grandmother

By Tara Moss | December 2, 2025

Where Were You When You Saw Oliver Stone’s JFK?

Where Were You When You Saw Oliver Stone’s JFK?

Chris Hauty on some seminal moments in a long cultural fascination with the JFK assassination.

By Chris Hauty | December 2, 2025

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