• Gothic

    The Faceless Old Woman Who Secretly Lives in Your Home

    Jeffrey Cranor and Joseph Fink

    "Here is what the sea smells like."

    March 25, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    A Sense of Dread Is the Key to Dark Fiction—These Five Women Authors Have Mastered It

    Five short stories that conjure up an immediate and inescapable feeling that something bad is about to happen.

    March 24, 2020  By Rachel Harrison
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    Architecture in Fiction—It's More Than Just a Setting

    Six Architecturally Inspired Novels

    March 18, 2020  By Suzanne Redfearn
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    The Animals at Lockwood Manor

    Jane Healey

    "It was the night of the ball and Lockwood had come alive."

    March 10, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    The Sublime Isolation of the Scottish Isles

    Out of the way places make for the best mysteries, and other reasons why many a crime writer has heard the siren song of Scotland's 800+ islands.

    March 4, 2020  By Douglas Skelton
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    The Woman in Black, and the Ongoing Effort to Make New York City a Little More Gothic

    A haunting play debuts at a New York City theater famous for innovative and unsettling productions.

    February 28, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Gothic Themes Bring Us Together

    Everyone loves Gothic tropes: dark mansions, misty moors, and creepy families with lots of secrets

    February 26, 2020  By Catherine Cavendish
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    The Girl in the Mansion:
    How Gothic Romances Became Domestic Noirs

    Domestic suspense is the modern incarnation of the mid-century Gothic romance.

    February 20, 2020  By Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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    'The Outsider' Is a Classic Monster Story. So Why Disguise It as a Detective Show?

    HBO's new Stephen King adaptation plays a complex genre game.

    February 7, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Books to Read When Winter Isolation Sets in and Cabin Fever Takes Over

    It's cold outside. Stay indoors and open a good thriller.

    January 30, 2020  By Greg Bastianelli
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