How to Corral Your Nightmares for Use in Your Next Novel

How to Corral Your Nightmares for Use in Your Next Novel

Colin O'Sullivan went from dreaming about robots to writing an AI thriller.

By Colin O'Sullivan | January 2, 2024

The Best Horror Fiction of 2023

The Best Horror Fiction of 2023

These novels take you deep into the darkness, only to lead you out with a flickering lantern of hope

By Molly Odintz | December 21, 2023

Alexis Soloski on Theater, Criticism, and the Mystery of Performance

Alexis Soloski on Theater, Criticism, and the Mystery of Performance

The culture critic discusses her debut novel.

By Kevin Canfield | December 19, 2023

Spiritualists and Tarot Readers Are Having A Moment

Spiritualists and Tarot Readers Are Having A Moment

Scammers, believers, and plenty of in-betweeners fill the pages of this year's gothic thrillers (and next)

By Molly Odintz | December 19, 2023

Crafting Creepy Crime Fiction in the Danish Countryside

Crafting Creepy Crime Fiction in the Danish Countryside

Sara Blaedel and Mads Peder Nordbo on a writing partnership honed in rural Scandinavia.

By Sara Blaedel and Mads Peder Nordbo | December 18, 2023

Travel Thrillers That Will Make You Reconsider Your Vacation Plans

Travel Thrillers That Will Make You Reconsider Your Vacation Plans

7 novels that effortlessly blend travel and crime

By John Marrs | December 18, 2023

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By Jillian Cantor | December 14, 2023

The 15 Best Psychological Thrillers of 2023

By Molly Odintz | December 13, 2023

Fictional Versus Real Settings: A Writer's Dilemma

By Claire Kells | December 12, 2023

Peril in Paradise: A List Of Thrillers In Which Bad Things Happen In Beautiful Places

Peril in Paradise: A List Of Thrillers In Which Bad Things Happen In Beautiful Places

"This tantalizing juxtaposition makes for thrilling, nail-biting tension"

By Annelise Ryan | December 11, 2023

'UNSUB' Is Mostly Forgotten, But It Launched a New Era of Crime Procedurals

'UNSUB' Is Mostly Forgotten, But It Launched a New Era of Crime Procedurals

A look back at a pioneering ‘scientific’ investigative show

By Keith Roysdon | December 11, 2023

Mystical Threads: Spirit Mediums and Psychics in Crime and Suspense Fiction

Mystical Threads: Spirit Mediums and Psychics in Crime and Suspense Fiction

"It’s no surprise there are plenty of great books out there that feature mediums and the mysteries of the spirit world."

By M. M. DeLuca | December 8, 2023

A Supernatural Survival Horror Reading List 

A Supernatural Survival Horror Reading List 

What doesn't kill you...

By Ally Wilkes | December 8, 2023

Dark Academia: YA Edition

Dark Academia: YA Edition

A look at four thrillers set in prep schools, boarding schools, and other elite institutions

By Cynthia Murphy | December 8, 2023

Never Vacation With Old Friends: The Locked-Room Thriller Problem

Never Vacation With Old Friends: The Locked-Room Thriller Problem

Darby Kane explains why "a fancy vacation with old friends at a secluded location is a recipe for death."

By Darby Kane | December 7, 2023

The Bane and Boon of an Unreliable Narrator

The Bane and Boon of an Unreliable Narrator

Finley Turner on thrillers, narrative, and what it really means to be unreliable.

By Finley Turner | December 7, 2023

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