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A Short History of Horror

October 28, 2016 Leo Braudy 0

A Short History of Horror Horror fiction arose in the late eighteenth century with such works as Horace Walpole’s The Castle of Otranto, Matthew G. Lewis’s The Monk, and Ann Radcliffe’s Mysteries of Udolpho. Frankenstein […]

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Top 10 Best Historical Thrillers

October 27, 2016 Robert Masello 0

Top 10 Best Historical Thrillers As someone whose own books freely mix history and mystery, fact and fiction, I have always been a sucker for novels that do the same. The best of the breed […]

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THE BEST EARLY SPY NOVELS

October 26, 2016 Colin Roderick Fulton 0

THE BEST EARLY SPY NOVELS It can be genuinely argued that literature within the spy genre is something that is almost uniquely British. Similarly, it is beyond doubt that British involvement in the world of […]

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Top Ten Ransom Letters of Note

October 24, 2016 Helen Callaghan 0

Top Ten Ransom Letters of Note “Remember that this is your only chance to recover your son.” In this chilling case of upper-crust sociopathic killers who wanted to commit the “perfect murder,” Nathan Leopold and […]

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The Ten Best Forensic Thrillers Ever?

October 21, 2016 Jefferson Bass 0

The Ten Best Forensic Thrillers Ever? Jon Jefferson is the “writer” half of the duo Jefferson Bass. The duo’s other half—the “forensic genius” half—is Dr. Bill Bass, founder of the University of Tennessee’s Body Farm. […]

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Breaking the Silence

October 19, 2016 Holly Muller 0

Breaking the Silence I’ve always been drawn toward difficult subjects; if a thing is shrouded in silence, I want to lift the corner of that shroud and take a look. My Austrian father’s past was […]

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A Novel Inspired by a Prodigy

October 18, 2016 James Grippando 0

A Novel Inspired by a Prodigy What would you say about a three-year-old who wanted to grow up to build the world’s largest telescope? First off, you’d probably guess that child was a boy. That […]

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A True Story: An Hero of War in the Pacific, Spying Behind Philippines and an Unbreakable Spirit…

October 12, 2016 John Bruning 0

A True Story: An Hero of War in the Pacific, Spying Behind Philippines and an Unbreakable Spirit… In 2010, before I went to Afghanistan as an embedded photojournalist, I road-tripped across the American West, stopping […]

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Top 10 Middle East Thrillers

October 4, 2016 Brian Andrews and Jeffrey Wilson 0

Top 10 Middle East Thrillers As Navy veterans-turned-thriller-writers, we are often asked what we read. We thought it would be fun to share with you some of our favorite Middle East thrillers. Some will be […]

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Seven Stories That Will Make You Think Twice About Selling Your Soul to the Devil

October 3, 2016 J. Lincoln Fenn 0

Seven Stories That Will Make You Think Twice About Selling Your Soul to the Devil Seems like an obvious deal to pass on, right? Oh sweet summer child, this is humanity we’re talking about. There’s […]

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