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'She Has Haunted Me:' Virginia Woolf, Mothers and Me

'She Has Haunted Me:' Virginia Woolf, Mothers and Me

On Grief, Memory, Fiction, and Motherhood

By Maggie Humm | August 19, 2020

The Texas Terrors of My Childhood Imagination

The Texas Terrors of My Childhood Imagination

How a chance sighting of a Texas Chainsaw Massacre poster kickstarted a lifetime of writing horror.

By Christopher Rice | August 18, 2020

Parenting Gone Wild—In Crime Fiction

Parenting Gone Wild—In Crime Fiction

"You’ll never read a book as dramatic, as thrilling, and as unpredictable as a day in the life of a parent."

By Pamela Crane | August 18, 2020

The Second Wife

The Second Wife

Rebecca Fleet

By CrimeReads Excerpts | August 18, 2020

The Crime Fiction of New Zealand

The Crime Fiction of New Zealand

A new generation of New Zealand authors is continuing a tradition of mystery.

By Paul French | August 17, 2020

Memory and Alcohol: A Potent Combination for Fiction

Memory and Alcohol: A Potent Combination for Fiction

In suspense fiction, memory loss and amnesia from drinking are the perfect stand-in for our unreliable memories as a whole.

By Adele Parks | August 17, 2020

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When These Mountains Burn

By CrimeReads Excerpts | August 17, 2020

Ron Rash on Crime and Punishment in Appalachia

By Mae Miller Claxton | August 14, 2020

To Understand the Appeal of Cults, We Turn to Fiction

By J.P. Pomare | August 14, 2020

The Unbearable Freedom of Feral Children

The Unbearable Freedom of Feral Children

Or, We Are All Exactly as Animal as Each Other

By mariaromascomoore2 | August 14, 2020

5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This August

5 Psychological Thrillers You Should Read This August

Complex friendships, toxic relationships, and murder next door.

By Lisa Levy | August 13, 2020

Why Writing About Psychopaths Keeps Me Sane

Why Writing About Psychopaths Keeps Me Sane

On the perverse delights and vengeful satisfactions of channeling our darkest impulses into fiction.

By Nina Sadowsky | August 13, 2020

The Best Frenemies in Fiction

The Best Frenemies in Fiction

10 favorite works featuring complex relationships, shifting allegiances, and odd bedfellows galore.

By E. G. Scott | August 12, 2020

What Drives Obsession in Fiction?

What Drives Obsession in Fiction?

A Psychologist's Pointers for Exploring Obsession and Infatuation in Crime Fiction

By R. J. Jacobs | August 12, 2020

10 Novels Based on Folk Horror

10 Novels Based on Folk Horror

"The civilized world is only a heartbeat away from primal and uncanny threats."

By Jo Furniss | August 11, 2020

The Lost Classics of One of the 20th Century's Great Hard-boiled Writers

The Lost Classics of One of the 20th Century's Great Hard-boiled Writers

Fifty years on, Charles Williams' novels remain almost unbearably gripping.

By Andrew Cartmel | August 7, 2020

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