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Writing a Slasher with Brains and Heart... and Blood

Writing a Slasher with Brains and Heart... and Blood

In other words, how to write a bloodbath. With Depth.

By Brian McAuley | September 17, 2025

Shaping Conflict and Suspense with Trauma Ghosts

Shaping Conflict and Suspense with Trauma Ghosts

"Fiction is the perfect avenue to explore the exceptionalism of the human mind and its ability to evolve, create, survive, and to linger after death."

By S.L. Woeppel | September 17, 2025

Bryn Greenwood On Crime Fiction's Obsession with Kidnapped Women

Bryn Greenwood On Crime Fiction's Obsession with Kidnapped Women

"What stands out..is how starkly gendered these stories of captivity tend to be."

By Bryn Greenwood | September 17, 2025

Nick Medina Looks at 7 Books That

Nick Medina Looks at 7 Books That "Make Use of Folklore, Legend, and Myth to Leave Readers Shaken"

These ancient folktales find new relevancy in contemporary reads.

By Nick Medina | September 16, 2025

10 New Books Out This Week

10 New Books Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | September 15, 2025

5 Books that Tackle the Realities of Domestic Violence

5 Books that Tackle the Realities of Domestic Violence

Stephanie DeCarolis looks at novels that "take on this difficult subject matter in a realistic and respectful way"

By Stephanie DeCarolis | September 15, 2025

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The Big Book Tour Backstory: On the Triumphs and Travails of Selling Your New Release, One Store at a Time

By Hank Phillippi Ryan | September 10, 2025

On Finding Comfort In Death Through Writing About Immortality

By Neil Sharpson | September 9, 2025

The Fear and Fascination of Gothic Fiction

By Joe Hart | September 9, 2025

Alexandra Brown Chang and Olivia Worley Go Deep into the World of Debutantes

Alexandra Brown Chang and Olivia Worley Go Deep into the World of Debutantes

Read a conversation between the authors of two new books set amongst the intrigue and romance of high society

By CrimeReads | September 8, 2025

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

10 New Books Coming Out This Week

New offerings from the world of crime, mystery, and thrillers.

By CrimeReads | September 8, 2025

The Uncanny Power of the Subtly Supernatural

The Uncanny Power of the Subtly Supernatural

In these novels, "little more is asked of the skeptical reader except a certain suspension of disbelief."

By Amanda Chapman | September 5, 2025

On Discord, Shared Guilt, and The Power of Collective Narration

On Discord, Shared Guilt, and The Power of Collective Narration

A chorus of narrators doesn't just include the reader in the action—it implicates them.

By Lauren Oliver | September 5, 2025

Writing Queer Icons into Crime

Writing Queer Icons into Crime

A Roundtable Discussion with the Contributors to the new anthology, "Crime Ink: Iconic"

By John Copenhaver | September 4, 2025

Leigh Stein: Why I Wrote a Mystery without a Murder

Leigh Stein: Why I Wrote a Mystery without a Murder

"What if instead I wrote a gothic novel that explored another existential threat to women—the fear of aging and irrelevance?"

By Leigh Stein | September 3, 2025

Learning to Say

Learning to Say "Yes, and" as Authors: The Creative Alchemy of Cowriting a Thriller

Christina Baker Kline and Anne Burt Share What They Learned from an Unexpected Literary Partnership

By Christina Baker Kline and Anne Burt | September 3, 2025

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