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Templates, Not Fantasies: Complicated Final Girls and Why We Need Them

Templates, Not Fantasies: Complicated Final Girls and Why We Need Them

If we can see ourselves reflected in the Final Girl, we can learn from her how to survive

By Cheryl Isaacs | September 4, 2024

Why Thrillers Matter

Why Thrillers Matter

"[W]hen heroes defeat villains...they also defeat the worst in ourselves."

By Mike Maden | September 4, 2024

Ava Glass: Me and the Spies

Ava Glass: Me and the Spies

The author of the Emma Makepeace novels recounts her unusual (and ambiguous) history of dealing with spies.

By Ava Glass | September 4, 2024

Attica Locke: That’s a Wrap

Attica Locke: That’s a Wrap

With 'Guide Me Home', Attica Locke Concludes Her Highway 59 Series Featuring Texas Ranger Darren Mathews

By Nancie Clare | September 3, 2024

What is a Screwball Thriller?

What is a Screwball Thriller?

"The exact recipe: one cup of zany, a pinch of parody, a dash of humor, and a quarter cup of thriller."

By Sandra Block | September 3, 2024

Gothic Fiction with a Twist

Gothic Fiction with a Twist

Olesya Salnikova Gilmore on contemporary fiction's newfound fascination with gothic fiction and its vast potential.

By Olesya Salnikova Gilmore | September 3, 2024

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Books In Which Things Are Terrible Even Before the Haunted Cabin Shows Up

Books In Which Things Are Terrible Even Before the Haunted Cabin Shows Up

This fall and winter, horror turns to rustic retreats, lakeside vacation spots, and woodsy rentals for setting inspiration

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What Would It Take for Our Friends and Family to Become Murderers?

What Would It Take for Our Friends and Family to Become Murderers?

Anna E. Wahlgren finds inspiration in exploring "how things can go so disastrously wrong."

By Anna E. Wahlgren | August 29, 2024

Two Sherlockians and a Former Journo Walk into a Zoom Call…

Two Sherlockians and a Former Journo Walk into a Zoom Call…

Nicholas Meyer and Leslie Klinger discuss Meyer’s new 'Sherlock Holmes and the Telegram from Hell.' Nancie Clare listens in and asks one question.

By Nancie Clare | August 28, 2024

The Toxic Legacy: Coming-of-Age In Psychological Suspense

The Toxic Legacy: Coming-of-Age In Psychological Suspense

These young protagonists must choose between continuing their family's manipulations—or breaking the cycle completely

By M. M. DeLuca | August 28, 2024

8 Brooding Gothic Mysteries Set On the British Isles

8 Brooding Gothic Mysteries Set On the British Isles

"There’s something to be said for the particular feeling that the British Isles conveys, especially when a Gothic story is at play"

By Dawn Kurtagich | August 28, 2024

How Superstition Becomes Something More Dangerous

How Superstition Becomes Something More Dangerous

Sam Ripley explores the darker side of a little harmless superstition

By Sam Ripley | August 28, 2024

On the Trail of <em>The Five Red Herrings</em>, A Sayers Novel That Stands Apart

On the Trail of The Five Red Herrings, A Sayers Novel That Stands Apart

Martin Edwards shines a spotlight on a long-neglected but essential text from Dorothy L. Sayers

By Martin Edwards | August 27, 2024

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