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    My First Thriller: J.D. Barker

    My First Thriller: J.D. Barker

    The incredible superpower that changed his life and made him a successful author.

    By Rick Pullen | October 17, 2024

    Journeying with Joy: Jenny Milchman on Long Roads and Launching Her First Series 

    Journeying with Joy: Jenny Milchman on Long Roads and Launching Her First Series 

    The author discusses the genesis of her new novel and the setting that has long fired her imagination.

    By John B. Valeri | October 16, 2024

    6 Great Suspense Novels Featuring Mysterious Mansions

    6 Great Suspense Novels Featuring Mysterious Mansions

    Tom Ryan on the grand, creepy Victorians of Nova Scotia and more.

    By Tom Ryan | October 15, 2024

    Elly Griffiths' 10 Favourite Short Stories

    Elly Griffiths' 10 Favourite Short Stories

    The bestselling author of the Ruth Galloway mysteries takes on the art of the short story.

    By Elly Griffiths | October 15, 2024

    Pitting Literary Fiction Against Genre Fiction Is Intrinsically Silly

    Pitting Literary Fiction Against Genre Fiction Is Intrinsically Silly

    Stop allowing the quest for literary bonafides to get in the way of creativity and enjoyment

    By Nathan Ballingrud | October 11, 2024

    A Murder of Ladies MacBeth

    A Murder of Ladies MacBeth

    Four New and Upcoming Novels Featuring the Much-Maligned Character

    By Molly Odintz | October 10, 2024

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    How Teaching – and the Return of Students Post-Pandemic – Inspired Sarah Sawyer to Write a Mystery

    How Teaching – and the Return of Students Post-Pandemic – Inspired Sarah Sawyer to Write a Mystery

    "Slowly, they returned to campus, and although I was much busier, I could feel my creative energy and curiosity return."

    By Sarah Sawyer | October 8, 2024

    5 Dark Academia Novels from the World of Dark Fantasy

    5 Dark Academia Novels from the World of Dark Fantasy

    Victory Witherkeigh on beloved sub-genre of the school novel.

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    6 Books About the Perils of Memory Manipulation

    6 Books About the Perils of Memory Manipulation

    Margot Harrison on fiction where past and present are merged and transformed.

    By Margot Harrison | October 3, 2024

    How a News Story About a Man with Geckos in His Pants Prompted Rose Carlyle's New Thriller

    How a News Story About a Man with Geckos in His Pants Prompted Rose Carlyle's New Thriller

    The bestselling author was reading the news from her home country of New Zealand one day...

    By Rose Carlyle | October 3, 2024

    7 Great Haunted House Novels Written by Women

    7 Great Haunted House Novels Written by Women

    Kelley Armstrong on her lifelong passion for a very particular kind of horror.

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    The Hinterland Dreams of the Gothic Novel

    The Hinterland Dreams of the Gothic Novel

    "[G]othic fiction may best be defined not by examples or expectations, but intimately, intuitively, for how it makes us feel"

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    Bog Is Love: The Rise of Bogcore

    Bog Is Love: The Rise of Bogcore

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