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Thrillers that Capture the Complexities of Motherhood

Thrillers that Capture the Complexities of Motherhood

Kimberly McCreight on "the fraught push-pull of the complicated mother-daughter dynamic"

By Kimberly McCreight | July 30, 2024

Crafting the Real and Surreal in Eco-Horror

Crafting the Real and Surreal in Eco-Horror

Nicholas Belardes on not turning away from unreal and mysterious occurrences in nature that can help us craft our stories

By Nick Belardes | July 29, 2024

Gated Community Noir

Gated Community Noir

These seemingly nice neighborhoods conceal dark secrets

By Molly Odintz | July 26, 2024

The Unintentional Unreliable Narrator

The Unintentional Unreliable Narrator

These narrators can't be trusted, but that doesn't mean their obfuscations are deliberate

By Sara Driscoll | July 26, 2024

Queer Horror: YA Edition!

Queer Horror: YA Edition!

Jill Baguchinsky recommends 7 great young adult horror novels featuring queer themes and characters

By Jill Baguchinsky | July 25, 2024

The Literature of Obsession, Addiction, and Disease

The Literature of Obsession, Addiction, and Disease

These novels use mental and physical illness and unhealthy behavior to explore the larger toxicity of society itself

By Michael Seidlinger | July 25, 2024

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6 Crime and Horror Books Featuring Unusual Narrators

By Heather Chavez | July 24, 2024

Meta-Morphoses: Crafting a Book-Within-the-Book in a Thriller

By Lisa Kusel | July 24, 2024

Memory, Subjectivity, and the Rashomon Effect

By Sarah Easter Collins | July 19, 2024

8 Thrillers and Horror Novels Set at Terrible Summer Camps

8 Thrillers and Horror Novels Set at Terrible Summer Camps

These books will have you sending a postcard to your parents begging to come home early...

By Molly Odintz | July 19, 2024

Psychological Thrillers In Which Houses Have Secrets Of Their Own

Psychological Thrillers In Which Houses Have Secrets Of Their Own

To turn a home into a character, you must first give it something to hide.

By Carinn Jade | July 18, 2024

Sarah Pearse On Crafting Atmospheric Suspense

Sarah Pearse On Crafting Atmospheric Suspense

"To effectively evoke an intense sense of atmosphere, I need to have spent a lot of time in the setting myself"

By Sarah Pearse | July 18, 2024

The Backlist: Margot Douaihy and Polly Stewart Revisit Patricia Highsmith's 'Edith's Diary'

The Backlist: Margot Douaihy and Polly Stewart Revisit Patricia Highsmith's 'Edith's Diary'

Discussing Highsmith's classic of toxic suburbia

By Polly Stewart | July 17, 2024

The Trees Did It: Five Novels Where Nature Gets Involved in the Crime

The Trees Did It: Five Novels Where Nature Gets Involved in the Crime

Alisa Alering on what happens when the natural world gets "entangled in human crimes, blurring the lines between victim, accomplice, and perpetrator."

By Alisa Alering | July 17, 2024

Destination Thrillers: The Lure of the Unknown

Destination Thrillers: The Lure of the Unknown

Stephanie DeCarolis on novels that show us nowhere is safe, and "danger can find us even in the most beautiful places."

By Stephanie DeCarolis | July 16, 2024

How Gore Vidal's 1968 Blockbuster Novel About a Trans Woman Took Aim at the Patriarchy

How Gore Vidal's 1968 Blockbuster Novel About a Trans Woman Took Aim at the Patriarchy

Revisiting 'Myra Breckinridge'

By David Masciotra | July 16, 2024

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