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How To Kill Your Family

How To Kill Your Family

Bella Mackie

By CrimeReads Excerpts | August 2, 2022

Your Guide to the Best Crime Shows Coming Out This Month

Your Guide to the Best Crime Shows Coming Out This Month

August features a new therapy thriller, cyberattacks, and more.

By Dwyer Murphy | July 29, 2022

Never Alone: On Visitors from the Past

Never Alone: On Visitors from the Past

"I realize now that if almost anyone else had experienced a levitation as I had, they would have sprinted for the door..."

By Penny Goetjen | July 28, 2022

The Role of Small Town Gossip in Domestic Suspense

The Role of Small Town Gossip in Domestic Suspense

Liz Alterman on whispers, rumors, and thrillers

By Liz Alterman | July 27, 2022

Megan Miranda on Small Towns, Dark Tourism, and the Art of Slow-Burn Tension

Megan Miranda on Small Towns, Dark Tourism, and the Art of Slow-Burn Tension

"I try to see the tension within every relationship or situation."

By Molly Odintz | July 26, 2022

George Dawes Green On Southern Gothic Fiction, Savannah, and Dark Humor

George Dawes Green On Southern Gothic Fiction, Savannah, and Dark Humor

"I think you need a warped sense of humor that finds the darkest moments of life to be hilarious."

By Molly Odintz | July 26, 2022

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8 Unconventional Coming-of-Age Horror Novels

By Nat Cassidy | July 22, 2022

Bad Seeds and Mad Scientists: On the Build-A-Humans of 19th-Century Literature

By Silvia Moreno-Garcia | July 21, 2022

On Otherness And Terror

By Vince A. Liaguno and Rena Mason | July 20, 2022

Sarah Gailey On Loving Monsters

Sarah Gailey On Loving Monsters

"[M]onsters can teach us how to love, even when that love is itself monstrous."

By Sarah Gailey | July 19, 2022

A Roundtable Discussion on The Meaning of

A Roundtable Discussion on The Meaning of "The Other"

Authors from a new anthology examining otherness and the creation of monstrosity talk fear, society, and ostracism.

By CrimeReads | July 19, 2022

Nadine Matheson on Serial Killer Fiction, Stealing Time, and Criminal Defense

Nadine Matheson on Serial Killer Fiction, Stealing Time, and Criminal Defense

"I’ve represented people who have been accused of the most horrific of crimes and some of those people have been the vilest of people who I would be happy never to see again."

By Peter Handel | July 19, 2022

Ruth Ware On It Girls, Dark Academia, and the Pervasive British Class System

Ruth Ware On It Girls, Dark Academia, and the Pervasive British Class System

"[T]here's always that 'what if?' What if things had gone wrong, would I have had the resources and experience I have now to handle it?"

By Molly Odintz | July 18, 2022

Desperate Measures: On Ordinary People Who've Had Quite Enough

Desperate Measures: On Ordinary People Who've Had Quite Enough

"What do they do when they’re backed into a corner? What do they do when they decide enough is enough?"

By Elaine Murphy | July 18, 2022

Caves, Cellars, Crawl Spaces: The Power of Dark Passages in Suspense Fiction

Caves, Cellars, Crawl Spaces: The Power of Dark Passages in Suspense Fiction

"[C]aves, basements, and crawl spaces are our ways of visualizing the dark places within our own minds."

By Margot Harrison | July 18, 2022

The Five Best Psychological Thrillers Coming Out This July

The Five Best Psychological Thrillers Coming Out This July

Featuring new books from Ruth Ware, Jennifer Hillier, and more.

By Lisa Levy | July 15, 2022

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