California and the Occult: A Summer Travel Guide!

California and the Occult: A Summer Travel Guide!

Kelsey James takes you up and down the West Coast to see the most mysterious sights open to the public

By Kelsey James | July 11, 2025

The Bad Dogs of Crime Fiction and Film

The Bad Dogs of Crime Fiction and Film

It's not common, but occasionally in the genre, there's a bloodthirsty hound

By Gregory Galloway | July 10, 2025

Why Daylight Killings (in Life and Literature) Are So Deeply Disturbing

Why Daylight Killings (in Life and Literature) Are So Deeply Disturbing

Christopher J. Yates on the darkness of daylight.

By Christopher J. Yates | July 10, 2025

Social Thrillers That Will Make You Wonder Who You Can Trust

Social Thrillers That Will Make You Wonder Who You Can Trust

Your sister, your neighbor, a kind stranger... they're all potentially dangerous.

By Anna Barrington | July 8, 2025

Top 10 Time Travel Books

Top 10 Time Travel Books

Elly Griffiths on the special magic of time travel fiction.

By Elly Griffiths | July 8, 2025

Why Criminal Profiling Is A Pop Culture Myth

Why Criminal Profiling Is A Pop Culture Myth

Eric Rickstad on the books and movies that taught us to believe in an imaginary world of criminal profilers.

By Eric Rickstad | July 8, 2025

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Why Luxury Hotels Are Gold for Crime Novelists

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Dana Elmendorf on Cold Cases Reopened by the Dead

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The Author Who Ran an Ultramarathon to Write a Thriller

The Author Who Ran an Ultramarathon to Write a Thriller

Amy McCulloch faced the question; just how far would you go in the name of research?

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The Haunting Influence of Setting, and An Old Villa in Tuscany

The Haunting Influence of Setting, and An Old Villa in Tuscany

Daco S. Auffenorde on "the silent puppeteer of gothic fiction."

By Daco Auffenorde | July 1, 2025

25 New and Upcoming Horror Novels to Look Out for This Summer (and Beyond)

25 New and Upcoming Horror Novels to Look Out for This Summer (and Beyond)

Gothic sagas, crazed splattergore, hellish journeys, and so many antichrists

By Molly Odintz | June 27, 2025

The Spooky Femme's Guide to Summer Reading

The Spooky Femme's Guide to Summer Reading

These novels are perfect for bringing "that fall magic into your sticky summer life"

By Danie Shokoohi | June 27, 2025

Re-imagining the American West for Modern Horror Audiences

Re-imagining the American West for Modern Horror Audiences

Why horror is the perfect antidote to "false nostalgia for tropes of the American West’s gory saga"

By Nick Belardes | June 27, 2025

Headless Bodies and Why We're Obsessed With Them

Headless Bodies and Why We're Obsessed With Them

Simon Toyne on the strange allure of stories about severed heads.

By Simon Toyne | June 26, 2025

I Wanted To Write a Crime Novel Set in Paterson, NJ – Nordic Noir Fixed the Path

I Wanted To Write a Crime Novel Set in Paterson, NJ – Nordic Noir Fixed the Path

Melanie Anagnos on finding her New Jersey by way of Scandinavian crime fiction.

By Melanie Anagnos | June 25, 2025

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