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    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

    On Listening to Your Stories: Writing Across Genres in a Shelf-Specific World

    On Listening to Your Stories: Writing Across Genres in a Shelf-Specific World

    Kate Maruyama on horror and...not fiction.

    By Kate Maruyama | March 12, 2025

    Why We Find Bad Friendships So Compelling, In Fiction and IRL

    Why We Find Bad Friendships So Compelling, In Fiction and IRL

    "The intensity of the connection becomes the intensity of the repulsion."

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    10 Romantic Thrillers To While Away the Long Hours

    10 Romantic Thrillers To While Away the Long Hours

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    Gabino Iglesias: Let's Talk About Some New Books

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