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    This Saint Patrick's Day, you should watch <em>The Fugitive</em>

    This Saint Patrick's Day, you should watch The Fugitive

    Most people don't realize that the beloved thriller is a "Saint Patrick's Day movie," or even what that means, but it is. Oh, it is.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | March 17, 2021

    Gothic Fiction and the Deepest, Darkest Possibilities of Sibling Relationships

    Gothic Fiction and the Deepest, Darkest Possibilities of Sibling Relationships

    From Wilkie Collins and Henry James down to today's masters, these authors explore the intense space between siblings.

    By Elizabeth Brooks | March 17, 2021

    <em>Lolita</em> isn't a love story. It's a gothic horror novel.

    Lolita isn't a love story. It's a gothic horror novel.

    "Like Tom Ripley and Patrick Bateman—and Count Dracula and Hannibal Lecter—Humbert fascinates mainly because of the chasm between his sophisticated urbanity and his brutal rapaciousness."

    By Christina Baker Kline | March 16, 2021

    Forever Trespassing Into History: An Author's Reflections on Retelling Historical Episodes as Fiction

    Forever Trespassing Into History: An Author's Reflections on Retelling Historical Episodes as Fiction

    In 1900, three lighthouse keepers disappeared from a post in the Outer Hebrides. It was a story Emma Stonex needed to tell.

    By Emma Stonex | March 16, 2021

    Discover the Weird, Mythical, Mystical World of <em>Fire Bones</em>

    Discover the Weird, Mythical, Mystical World of Fire Bones

    William Boyle on a new transmedia work steeped in noir and Deep South carnivalesque

    By William Boyle | March 15, 2021

    Six Riveting Tales of Ultra-Competitive Parents

    Six Riveting Tales of Ultra-Competitive Parents

    Any parent wants the best for their child, but these parents will do anything to secure their children's futures.

    By Tracy Dobmeier and Wendy Katzman | March 15, 2021

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    The Month's Best Psychological Thrillers: March 2021

    By Lisa Levy | March 12, 2021

    Fairy Tales Are Dark For a Reason—They're Trying to Warn Us About Danger

    By Cynthia Pelayo | March 12, 2021

    The Mystery Is The Human Psyche: On Shakespeare, Crime, and Human Motivation

    By E.J. Beaton | March 12, 2021

    The Cult of the Campus Thriller

    The Cult of the Campus Thriller

    Why are readers obsessed with the super-charged atmospherics of the campus thriller? The answer is as complicated as the novels.

    By Laurie Elizabeth Flynn | March 11, 2021

    Six Deliciously Duplicitous Female Characters in Thrillers

    Six Deliciously Duplicitous Female Characters in Thrillers

    Secrets, lies, and plenty of flaws—but always interesting

    By Melissa Colasanti | March 10, 2021

    Four Classic Summer Camp Horror Movies Ready For A Re-Watch

    Four Classic Summer Camp Horror Movies Ready For A Re-Watch

    The ’80s were a blur of dodgy pop music and big hair, but they produced some awesome horror.

    By Natasha Preston | March 10, 2021

    Eight Dark Novels of Love and Obsession, Against A Mediterranean Backdrop

    Eight Dark Novels of Love and Obsession, Against A Mediterranean Backdrop

    "You can’t have a gothic story without an obsession. And what is falling in love but obsession personified? No, deified?"

    By J. T. Ellison | March 9, 2021

    The Great, Mixed-Up Literary Tradition of Doppelgangers and Imposters

    The Great, Mixed-Up Literary Tradition of Doppelgangers and Imposters

    "There’s something undeniably compelling about these men and women who take their identities into their own hands. They are, in a way, a perversion of the Great American Dream."

    By Alexandra Andrews | March 5, 2021

    10 Novels You Should Read This March

    10 Novels You Should Read This March

    The month's best in crime, mystery, and thrillers.

    By CrimeReads | March 4, 2021

    A Requiem for the Horses in the Coen Brothers' <em>True Grit</em>

    A Requiem for the Horses in the Coen Brothers' True Grit

    In this dark, weighty film, humans and animals alike
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    By Olivia Rutigliano | March 3, 2021

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