• Suspense

    The Eeriness of Minnesota Nice

    Catherine Dang on the dark underbelly of all those polite, respectful interactions.

    October 13, 2021  By Catherine Dang
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    The Four Books (and One Television Show) that Helped Me Cope with Grief

    Gus Moreno on turning to literature to process the trauma of loss.

    October 12, 2021  By Gus Moreno
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    An American Outrage: Journalism, Race, and the Clinton Avenue Five

    "During the half decade I spent as a reporter in Newark, the Clinton Avenue Five rarely left my mind."

    October 12, 2021  By James Queally
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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.

    October 11, 2021  By James Han Mattson
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    Why Body Horror Is Such an Evocative Tool in Storytelling

    "Body horror is powerful because it is personal."

    October 8, 2021  By Caitlin Starling
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    Books Focused on Opulent Wealth, Family Secrets & Suspense

    How Much Money Buys You An Alibi?

    October 7, 2021  By Georgina Cross
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    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.

    October 6, 2021  By L. Alison Heller
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    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.

    October 5, 2021  By Lee Child
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    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.

    October 5, 2021  By John Copenhaver
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    Finding Inspiration in Vermont's 'Shirley Jackson and Donna Tartt Country'

    For gothic inspiration, Eric Rickstad looks to his own backyard—and to the works of Vermont's iconic authors.

    October 4, 2021  By Eric Rickstad
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