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Brutal, Terrifying, and Unclassifiable: Beyond the Literary/Horror Divide
James Han Mattson on six literary novels that could easily have made their way over to the horror shelf.
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James Han Mattson
| October 11, 2021
Why Body Horror Is Such an Evocative Tool in Storytelling
"Body horror is powerful because it is personal."
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Caitlin Starling
| October 8, 2021
Books Focused on Opulent Wealth, Family Secrets & Suspense
How Much Money Buys You An Alibi?
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Georgina Cross
| October 7, 2021
Small Towns, Big Secrets: Crime Fiction Set In Claustrophobic Communities
8 novels in which a small town is the perfect incubator for some truly grisly secrets.
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L. Alison Heller
| October 6, 2021
Lee Child on the Invention of Fiction
The first humans to make up stories may just have saved us all. Or not. It's hard to know for sure.
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Lee Child
| October 5, 2021
Sympathy for the de Vil: Reading Beyond Likability
Readers shouldn't set too high a bar for fictional empathy—and authors shouldn't indulge in exaggerated excuses for their character's bad behavior.
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John Copenhaver
| October 5, 2021
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Finding Inspiration in Vermont's 'Shirley Jackson and Donna Tartt Country'
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Eric Rickstad
| October 4, 2021
Publishing Is a Nightmare: 31 Horror Films about Writing, Reading, and the Book Business
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Celia Mattison
| October 1, 2021
12 Novels You Should Read This October
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| October 1, 2021
How to Add a Layer of Fear to Your Fiction
When it comes to getting the physiognomical effects of fear right, who cares why your characters are afraid. What matters is how they experience fear.
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DiAnn Mills
| October 1, 2021
I Write About Monsters Because I Fear Becoming One
Or, what we talk about when we talk about monsters.
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Catriona Ward
| September 30, 2021
The Lure of the Old Manor: Books in Which A House is Both Setting and Character
"A house can embody the mood of a whole novel"
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Kate Moretti
| September 30, 2021
The Rise of Gothic Domestic
A look at eight novels that twist our idea of home into something truly terrifying.
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Darcy Coates
| September 29, 2021
We Know You Remember
Tove Alsterdal, translated by Alice Menzies
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CrimeReads Excerpts
| September 28, 2021
Sara Gran Talks Publishing, Sex Magic, and Ownership for Authors
After 10 years working in Hollywood, the Claire DeWitt author is starting her own publishing company.
By
Molly Odintz
| September 20, 2021
Detroit Crime Fiction: A Literary Tradition Like No Other
Murder and Mayhem in the Motor City
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Paul French
| September 20, 2021
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