Alex Schulman: In Order To Heal From The Trauma of My Past, I Had To Stop Ignoring It

Alex Schulman: In Order To Heal From The Trauma of My Past, I Had To Stop Ignoring It

"The past lives, and perhaps our power lies in how we interpret it"

By Alex Schulman | November 1, 2021

Harare, Zimbabwe: Writing Crime in a Tough Town

Harare, Zimbabwe: Writing Crime in a Tough Town

An African capital with turbulent politics and an impressive literary output.

By Paul French | November 1, 2021

How Crime Fiction Can Help Us Understand The Many Layers of Violence in Society

How Crime Fiction Can Help Us Understand The Many Layers of Violence in Society

"We’re wired for small-scale, agonistic conflict, where we feel, at a gut level, that we have agency."

By Joy Castro | November 1, 2021

What Makes a Psychological Thriller?

What Makes a Psychological Thriller?

Nicci French on the fine line that divides everyday life and the raw material of psychological thrillers.

By Nicci French | October 29, 2021

Growing Up Spooky

Growing Up Spooky

A fond remembrance of the ghoulish geek culture of 1960s & 70s.

By Keith Roysdon | October 29, 2021

Five Eerie Tales of Folk Horror

Five Eerie Tales of Folk Horror

Tom Cox looks at a few favorite stories that "touch on the uncanny and mystical in a low-key way"

By Tom Cox | October 29, 2021

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By Tess Little | October 28, 2021

Horror Fiction In The Age of Covid: A Roundtable Discussion

Horror Fiction In The Age of Covid: A Roundtable Discussion

"Horror is not a genre but a feeling, it’s often said." –Alma Katsu

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9 YA Survival Thrillers To Get Your Heart Pounding This Fall

9 YA Survival Thrillers To Get Your Heart Pounding This Fall

These novels ask the scariest question of all:
what wouldn't you do to survive?

By Rektok Ross | October 26, 2021

John Banville: How Bram Stoker's <em>Dracula</em> Became a Surprising, Deathless Classic

John Banville: How Bram Stoker's Dracula Became a Surprising, Deathless Classic

More than a century later, the novel still invites revisits and reinterpretations. It's also much stranger than you might remember.

By John Banville | October 22, 2021

8 Thrillers and Mysteries with Underlying Supernatural Elements

8 Thrillers and Mysteries with Underlying Supernatural Elements

Combining the supernatural with the "real world" can be a challenge, but the results are infinitely rewarding.

By C.J. Cooke | October 22, 2021

Exclusive Cover Reveal: <br>Two Nights in Lisbon

Exclusive Cover Reveal:
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By CrimeReads Excerpts | October 22, 2021

Scary, Spooky, and Sleuth-y: A List of Crime Books Set On or Around Halloween

Scary, Spooky, and Sleuth-y: A List of Crime Books Set On or Around Halloween

Tara Laskowski recommends plenty of Halloween-themed crime stories to read this October

By Tara Laskowski | October 21, 2021

October's Best Psychological Thrillers

October's Best Psychological Thrillers

New neighbors, locked rooms, surrogate mothers, and more.

By Lisa Levy | October 21, 2021

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