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Saratoga Schaefer on Exploring Portrayals of Drinking and Sobriety in Genre Fiction

Saratoga Schaefer on Exploring Portrayals of Drinking and Sobriety in Genre Fiction

The author of 'Serial Killer Support Group' explains why they wanted to write a novel with an alternative depiction of sobriety.

By Saratoga Schaefer | March 27, 2025

How To Tell If Your Bucolic Small Town Is Actually a Gateway to Hell

How To Tell If Your Bucolic Small Town Is Actually a Gateway to Hell

On the perils of trusting what's just too good to be true

By Emily Carpenter | March 27, 2025

Bog Gothic, or

Bog Gothic, or "Bogothic": When Bogs Seep Into Literature

"[B]ogs and bog bodies are excellent material for a thriller, mystery novel, or scary story."

By Johanna Van Veen | March 25, 2025

Kill Your TV: How a Childhood Free of the Idiot Box Gave Katy Hays the Power of Attention

Kill Your TV: How a Childhood Free of the Idiot Box Gave Katy Hays the Power of Attention

"I am wired, I notice with increasing frequency, for things that develop more slowly, more deliberately."

By Katy Hays | March 25, 2025

How to Create a Character for Our (or Any Other) Unjust Time

How to Create a Character for Our (or Any Other) Unjust Time

Ron Currie on writing fiction through a dark period.

By Ron Currie | March 25, 2025

The Role of Family Secrets in Crime Novels and Thrillers

The Role of Family Secrets in Crime Novels and Thrillers

How family histories and secrets serve as catalysts for criminal behavior and plot development.

By January Gilchrist | March 21, 2025

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Four Mystery Novels That Explore Legacy

By Benjamin Bradley | March 21, 2025

Writing a Character Through a Psychotic Breakdown

By Nicci French | March 19, 2025

Connie Briscoe Talks Setting, Suspense, and Moral Ambiguity with Karin Slaughter

By Karin Slaughter | March 18, 2025

Mining Gig Work for the Plot

Mining Gig Work for the Plot

Hannah Deitch recalls her days as the SAT tutor and how she turned that role into a crime novel.

By Hannah Deitch | March 18, 2025

7 Spectacular Books that Mix Mystery with Romance

7 Spectacular Books that Mix Mystery with Romance

Bellamy Rose on a classic combination of genres.

By Bellamy Rose | March 18, 2025

6 Mysteries That Will Make You Turn Back to Page One

6 Mysteries That Will Make You Turn Back to Page One

Aggie Blum Thompson on the art of the late chapter reveal.

By Aggie Blum Thompson | March 14, 2025

Scientist Storyteller: Crafting a Thin Line Between Science Fiction and Science Fact

Scientist Storyteller: Crafting a Thin Line Between Science Fiction and Science Fact

"When an author draws upon real science—rather than “in a galaxy far, far away—where does the known world end and the imagined one begin?"

By Michael Nayak | March 14, 2025

The Best Psychological Thrillers of March 2025

The Best Psychological Thrillers of March 2025

Featuring failed pop stars, reclusive writers, secretive billionaires, prying sleuths, and post-menopausal assassins

By Molly Odintz | March 13, 2025

How Emma van Straaten Wrestled with Her Mixed Race Identity and Wrote a Thriller

How Emma van Straaten Wrestled with Her Mixed Race Identity and Wrote a Thriller

The author of 'Creep' reflects on her journey.

By Emma van Straaten | March 13, 2025

How TV Procedurals Make What’s Bad Feel So Good

How TV Procedurals Make What’s Bad Feel So Good

On "the procedural as its own separate space in mystery storytelling."

By Ruthie Knox and Annie Mare | March 13, 2025

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