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Lyndsay Faye on Victorian Writing

December 12, 2019 Lyndsay Faye 0

Lyndsay Faye on Victorian Writing What are women useful for? The question has plagued humanity since the dawn of time. Certain answers are more obvious than others: we excel at pregnancy by comparison to men. […]

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The Mathematics of Mystery

December 11, 2019 Sulari Gentill 0

The Mathematics of Mystery Some novelists are all but born knowing they should write.  Some study literature, or creative writing, become experts is the academic form of the art.  Some belong to families of writers […]

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Is True Crime Good for You?

December 11, 2019 Mitzi Szereto 0

Is True Crime Good for You? I never gave much thought to true crime until I began working on my new true crime anthology series. Suddenly it occurred to me that I’d been a consumer […]

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Search of “Dunits”

December 10, 2019 Mark de Castrique 0

Search of “Dunits” We’re all familiar with the term “Whodunit.” Classic mysteries by authors like Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Agatha Christie, and Dorothy L. Sayers set the standard that has endeared the genre to millions […]

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Who The Spies Really Were

December 8, 2019 Lawrence Dudley 0

Who The Spies Really Were Most of us hold a certain image in our minds of who a spy is: Ian Fleming’s James Bond— particularly as interpreted by the movies, John le Carré’s George Smiley, […]

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Ten Great Crime Stories Set During the Holidays

December 7, 2019 Meg Gardiner 0

Ten Great Crime Stories Set During the Holidays As we head toward the cold, night-wrapped end of the year, let us reflect on crime classics that take place in December. The holidays have it all: […]

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A CRIME WRITER IS BORN

December 6, 2019 Catherine Ryan Howard 0

A CRIME WRITER IS BORN In 1981 my parents purchased a JVC HR-3660, one of the first VHS-based VCRs commercially available in Ireland. It was top-loading, weighed more than thirty pounds and had a row […]

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MY TOP TEN AUSTRALIAN MYSTERIES WITH A UNIQUE SENSE OF PLACE

December 5, 2019 Sara Foster 0

MY TOP TEN AUSTRALIAN MYSTERIES WITH A UNIQUE SENSE OF PLACE The diverse Australian landscape offers a wealth of opportunities for the mystery and thriller writer. Beyond the cosmopolitan cities it’s a harsh, unforgiving country, […]

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So what actually is Folk Horror?

December 4, 2019 Martyn Waites 0

So what actually is Folk Horror? In times of national – and international – uncertainty we often turn to genre fiction for escapism and entertainment. This has been borne out throughout the Twentieth Century. Vicious […]

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The True Grist of Oklahoma Thrillers

December 3, 2019 Kris Lackey 0

The True Grist of Oklahoma Thrillers Oklahoma!—a mostly bouncy show—also has a murder in it. My native state has only been a state for about a hundred years. Long before statehood, the land was traversed […]

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