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  • The Amish Fence

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    Youโ€™ve seen the Amish culture in books, movies and even in exaggerated โ€œreality shows.โ€ Without electricity, automobiles, TV, radio or other modern conveniences, the Amish drive horse drawn buggies,…

  • What Makes a Forest Such a Seductive Setting for Fiction?

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    The woods have been a popular setting in literature for centuries, from the Grimm Brothers to todayโ€™s bestsellers, but what makes a forest such a seductive setting for fiction?…

  • How to Write Fiction about True Crime

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    If you are going to write a sensational, news-worthy crime story into your fiction, you have a few models for how to proceed. First, there is the Gone Girl…

  • 10 New Books Coming Out This Week

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    Another week, another batch of books for your TBR pile. Happy reading, folks. * Vanessa Chan, The Storm We Made (Marysue Ricci/S&S) โ€œAn intricate puzzle in which [Chan] deftly…

  • The Rise of โ€œMom-Noirโ€

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    It was a few weeks in that I realized why I was finding motherhood such a shock to the system. As I leaned over the sink to tearfully rinse…

  • How to Corral Your Nightmares for Use in Your Next Novel

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    Will robots dream of us in the same way that we dream about them? They say that AI can โ€œhallucinateโ€, right? Hadnโ€™t Philip K. Dick warned us about all…

  • The Best Speculative Crime Fiction of 2023

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    This yearโ€™s offering of scifi and fantasy crime fiction leans heavily towards alternative history and near-future imaginings, but with plenty of bizarre and magical detours into the just plain…

  • An Unconventional Christmas Novel by an Unconventional Writer

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    The Christmas Egg, first published in 1958, is an unconventional Christmas crime novel by an unconventional writer. Mary Kelly was one of the most talented British novelists to write…

  • The Best Horror Fiction of 2023

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    This yearโ€™s top horror novels distinguished themselves not only through quality but with their use of metaphor to approach societal ills obliquely. Through the lens of horror, and the…

  • The Best Crime and Suspense Anthologies of 2023

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    The CrimeReads editors make their selections for the best crime anthologies released in 2023. * Shane Hawk and Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (eds),ย Never Whistle at Night (Vintage) โ€œSpine-tingling…


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