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    <em>The Old Man and the Gun</em> is a Happy Memory

    The Old Man and the Gun is a Happy Memory

    Olivia Rutigliano looks at Robert Redford's bank-robbing pseudo-swan-song

    By Olivia Rutigliano | August 22, 2025

    The Golem of Circuitry: On the Power of Language and the Rise of Artificial Intelligence 

    The Golem of Circuitry: On the Power of Language and the Rise of Artificial Intelligence 

    "Since I’m currently fixated on... narratives that explore the potentiality of artificial existence, I started connecting dots between the invention of imitative life, the actual spark of divinity, and the puissance of language itself."

    By Lyndsay Faye | August 22, 2025

    Small Town America: Five Books that Serve Up a Perfect Setting for Murder

    Small Town America: Five Books that Serve Up a Perfect Setting for Murder

    "[A] closed community is a perfect microcosm of everything that’s good and bad about human beings."

    By Vaseem Khan | August 22, 2025

    Writing Neurodivergence in Crime Fiction

    Writing Neurodivergence in Crime Fiction

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    By Amie Schaumberg | August 21, 2025

    On Horror, Grief, and the Mothers Who Won’t Hear You

    On Horror, Grief, and the Mothers Who Won’t Hear You

    Ania Ahlborn on the secret scariest part of the horror story.

    By Ania Ahlborn | August 21, 2025

    Linda Castillo on Keeping Her Kate Burkholder Series Fresh and Frightening After 17 Books

    Linda Castillo on Keeping Her Kate Burkholder Series Fresh and Frightening After 17 Books

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    Mike Phillips On Colonial Theft, Reparations, and the Genesis of a Classic

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