• Western

    Billy the Kid’s Fictional Afterlife: From the Ridiculous to the Sublime

    Nick Kolakowksi takes a closer look at fictional portrayals of Billy the Kid through the ages.

    March 25, 2022  By Nick Kolakowski
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    Is “The Counselor” Cormac McCarthy’s Overlooked Masterpiece?

    The 2013 noir was a mostly derided flop. But what if it's actually one of McCarthy's more brilliant works?

    March 18, 2022  By Nick Kolakowski
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    How Lee Child's Killing Floor Was Transformed Into "Reacher"

    After years of waiting, Reacher fans have a new hero—and a story that goes back to the beginning. Lee Child's biographer, Heather Martin, looks at the brand new series.

    February 3, 2022  By Heather Martin
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    Craig Johnson on Spirituality, the West, and the Plight of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women

    A missing person poster at a library on the Crow Reservation was the inspiration for the newest Longmire novel.

    September 21, 2021  By CrimeReads 
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    Why Are Westerns So Violent? Because They Have To Be.

    To write about the Old West without incorporating violence is to do a grave injustice to the historical victims of colonialism, genocide, sexual violence, and cultural erasure.

    August 25, 2021  By Gordy Sauer
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    James Lee Burke on Organized Labor, Corporate Evils, and the Plot to Dumb Down America

    The author's newest novel is a searing portrait of the 1960s American West and corporate exploitation.

    August 16, 2021  By David Masciotra
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    How to Write an Effective Villain

    Scouring classic thrillers for tips on how to write villains that will keep haunting readers long after the last page is read.

    June 8, 2021  By Paul Howarth
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    Tana French Talks Westerns, Folklore, and The Comfort of Crime Fiction

    "I think one of the reasons we read (and write) crime novels is to understand and process dark places, and this year definitely counts."

    November 5, 2020  By Molly Odintz
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    Western Noir: Smashing Together Two Genres, What Do You Get?

    If the western is about delivering justice and noir is about the depths of the void, how can the two genres coexist?

    October 26, 2020  By Nick Kolakowski
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    The Dark Legacy of America's Deadliest Train Wreck

    On the "White Death" disaster in Stevens Pass, Washington

    October 21, 2020  By Daco Auffenorde
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