• Suspense

    Blurred Lines: When a Novel's Author Is Also Its Narrator

    William Landay on a favorite conceit, one that may be particularly well suited to the current moment.

    March 7, 2023  By William Landay
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    Genetics, DNA, and A Difficult Question: Do We Ever Really Have Control Of Our Lives?

    J. T. Ellison on her struggles to conceive and the long conflict between nature and nurture.

    March 2, 2023  By J. T. Ellison
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    Alex North On the Pleasures of Fictional Forbidden Texts

    "It's a familiar and recurring motif in fiction: the search for a work of art that may or may not exist."

    March 2, 2023  By Alex North
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    Suspiciously Suspect: Who Is—and Isn't—an Unreliable Narrator?

    Zoje Stage on the evolution of a sometimes uncomfortable term of art

    March 1, 2023  By Zoje Stage
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    Shop Talk: Brendan Slocumb Absolutely Does Not Listen to Music While He's Writing

    Crime writers talk routine, revision, and what kind of background noise is right for the workday.

    February 28, 2023  By Eli Cranor
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    On Friendships as Catalysts

    Without these fateful fictional meetings, the characters in these works might have behaved badly, but certainly not this badly...

    February 28, 2023  By Harriet Tyce
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    The Sisterhood of Serial Death

    Women who kill (and kill again) were once rare in fiction. Not anymore.

    February 24, 2023  By Misha Popp
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    Without Shame: Female Writers on Female Psychopaths

    Julia Bartz on the new wave of psychological thrillers

    February 23, 2023  By Julia Bartz
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    The Unsettling History of Serial Killers in Colorado

    The rugged, mountainous state has a dark legacy.

    February 22, 2023  By Leanne Kale Sparks
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    The Best, Creepiest Old Houses in Fiction

    Locked doors, secret passages, decrepit roofs, weird families, and so, so much more.

    February 15, 2023  By M.E. Hilliard
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