• Suspense

    Shadow Sands

    Robert Bryndza

    "Kate Marshall took a breath and dove into the cold water."

    October 26, 2020  By CrimeReads Excerpts
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    I Never Loved Rebecca

    On the unnamed narrator of Daphne du Maurier's classic.

    October 23, 2020  By Kit Frick
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    Edward Gorey designed the sets for the 1970s Broadway run of Dracula

    As expected, they're very beautiful, very creepy, and very fun.

    October 22, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Mixing Genres Is All About Messing With Structure

    "Knowing what people are expecting allows you to subvert the trope. Expectation is its own red herring, built right into your reader."

    October 22, 2020  By Stuart Turton
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    Seven Great Thrillers That Take Readers to Far-Flung Places

    Now is the time to travel to the Indian Ocean and the mountains of New Zealand from the comfort of books.

    October 22, 2020  By Rose Carlyle
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    'Rebecca' at Eighty: The Women Behind the Hitchcock Classic

    In 1938, Joan Harrison read a galley of Daphne Du Maurier's masterpiece. She wouldn't rest until she had the rights to adapt it.

    October 21, 2020  By Christina Lane
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    The 52 Best, Worst, and Strangest Draculas of All-Time, Ranked

    There's a lot at *stake* when it comes to picking pop culture's best Dracula. *Count* them down with us.

    October 21, 2020  By Olivia Rutigliano
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    Our Culture's Ongoing, Ever-Evolving Fascination with "The Mad Scientist"

    An author of sci-fi thrillers reflects on distrust of science.

    October 21, 2020  By Jane Gilmartin
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    Edgar Allan Poe and and the Rise of the Modern City

    "The Man of the Crowd" was arguably Edgar Allan Poe's first detective story. It's also one of his strangest.

    October 20, 2020  By Scott Peeples
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    Sapphic Chiller Double Feature

    Gothic horror has long been a home for lesbian and queer women. These pairings of books and movies push the conversation forward.

    October 20, 2020  By emily m. danforth
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