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    What to Stream This October: Crime Movies So Scary They're Almost Horror

    What to Stream This October: Crime Movies So Scary They're Almost Horror

    Nothing says "October" like some thrilling, genre-blending films.

    By Olivia Rutigliano | October 15, 2021

    Six Thrillers That Use Unusual Structures to Build Suspense

    Six Thrillers That Use Unusual Structures to Build Suspense

    These authors build suspense through their unique story structures.

    By Nicole Mabry and Steph Mullin | October 15, 2021

    Under Your Skin: The Horror of the Inexplicable

    Under Your Skin: The Horror of the Inexplicable

    "it’s the off-kilter portrayal of the mundane, where reality comes unstitched in a vaguely sickening way, that really gets under your fingernails..."

    By Andy Marino | October 15, 2021

    Shop Talk: S.A. Cosby Is Late to This Interview and It's Because of Some Dead Bodies

    Shop Talk: S.A. Cosby Is Late to This Interview and It's Because of Some Dead Bodies

    Crime writers talking writing routines, putting in the work, and what to do when you get a call in the middle of the night about some bodies.

    By Eli Cranor | October 14, 2021

    Mysterious and Haunted New York City

    Mysterious and Haunted New York City

    Kate Belli on the city's haunted locations and the authors inspired by them.

    By Kate Belli | October 14, 2021

    That Gothic Feeling: 11 Masterpieces of Romantic Suspense

    That Gothic Feeling: 11 Masterpieces of Romantic Suspense

    Greg Herren on 20th century gothic fiction and the novels that made him fall in love with a genre.

    By Greg Herren | October 13, 2021

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    Five Great Mystery Novels Set at Carnivals and Fairs

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    By Gus Moreno | October 12, 2021

    An American Outrage: Journalism, Race, and the Clinton Avenue Five

    An American Outrage: Journalism, Race, and the Clinton Avenue Five

    "During the half decade I spent as a reporter in Newark, the Clinton Avenue Five rarely left my mind."

    By James Queally | October 12, 2021

    Brutal, Terrifying, and Unclassifiable: Beyond the Literary/Horror Divide

    Brutal, Terrifying, and Unclassifiable: Beyond the Literary/Horror Divide

    James Han Mattson on six literary novels that could easily have made their way over to the horror shelf.

    By James Han Mattson | October 11, 2021

    Why Body Horror Is Such an Evocative Tool in Storytelling

    Why Body Horror Is Such an Evocative Tool in Storytelling

    "Body horror is powerful because it is personal."

    By Caitlin Starling | October 8, 2021

    Books Focused on Opulent Wealth, Family Secrets & Suspense

    Books Focused on Opulent Wealth, Family Secrets & Suspense

    How Much Money Buys You An Alibi?

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    Small Towns, Big Secrets: Crime Fiction Set In Claustrophobic Communities

    Small Towns, Big Secrets: Crime Fiction Set In Claustrophobic Communities

    8 novels in which a small town is the perfect incubator for some truly grisly secrets.

    By L. Alison Heller | October 6, 2021

    Lee Child on the Invention of Fiction

    Lee Child on the Invention of Fiction

    The first humans to make up stories may just have saved us all. Or not. It's hard to know for sure.

    By Lee Child | October 5, 2021

    Sympathy for the de Vil: Reading Beyond Likability

    Sympathy for the de Vil: Reading Beyond Likability

    Readers shouldn't set too high a bar for fictional empathy—and authors shouldn't indulge in exaggerated excuses for their character's bad behavior.

    By John Copenhaver | October 5, 2021

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