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“Predicting a Pandemic” (by Kevin Mims)
Last week on this site I expressed the opinion that most readers are not yet ready to read stories about COVID-19 for entertainment. But as Kevin Mims notes in the following essay, a number of...
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“Dorothy L. Sayers Reviews the Early Ellery Queen” (by Joe R. Christopher)
Dr. Joe R. Christopher is an Emeritus Professor in the English Department of Tarleton State University in Texas. He’s written scholarly books (including C. S. Lewis: A Biography), essays, reviews, and...
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“What Does the Word Genre Mean Anyway?” (by Chris Knopf)
A winner of the Benjamin Franklin and Nero awards and a nominee for a Derringer Award, Chris Knopf is the author of seventeen mystery and thriller novels. His work has been widely reviewed, in...
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From Cozy to Creepy, with Quirky, Nail-biting, and Scary Thrown in Along the...
California resident Denis Johnston makes his debut as a professional writer in the Department of First Stories of our current issue (September/October 2021) with the story “Snail Mail.” Like this...
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2021 is the centenary of the birth of Patricia Highsmith, one of the great masters of the psychological thriller. She’s best known for her novels, especially Strangers on a Train and The Talented Mr....
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The Uses of Water in Fiction (by Sheila Kohler)
Here’s another insightful post by award-winning author and teacher of creative writing, Sheila Kohler. Her most recent novel is the thriller Open Secrets, published by Penguin in 2020. Publishers...
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A Crime and a Confession (by C.H. Hung)
C.H. Hung writes primarily science fiction and fantasy, and her work has appeared in our sister publication Analog Science Fiction and Fact and...
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The Nun Who Read Mysteries (by William Boyle)
A native of Brooklyn, New York, William Boyle currently lives in Oxford, Mississippi. His novels have been nominated for the Grand Prix de Littérature Policière, the John Creasey New Blood Dagger, and...
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I Once Saw a Man (by Victor Kreuiter)
After making his debut as a writer in several literary magazines and Mike Shayne’s Mystery Magazine, there was a many-years-long hiatus before Victor Kreuiter finally turned again to fiction writing....
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Bound in Leather—But Not in a Creepy Way (by Kevin Mims)
Short story writer Kevin Mims is a frequent contributor to this blog site, his essays for us often insightful reviews of the body of work of one great writer in the field or another. This time, he...
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