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The Secret History of John le Carrรฉโs Career in the Intelligence Services
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โPeople believe what they want to believe,โ wrote David to one of his lovers. โALWAYS.โ he was referring to the โrevelationโ that Graham Greene had continued working for British…
Broiler: Exclusive Excerpt and Cover Reveal
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Despite all that Mimi Jackson knew, the chicken fajitas still looked good. Smelled good, too. She watched the dark-haired waiter balance three plates on one arm as he hustled…
Goosebumps Remixes Its Source Material to Satisfying Results
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Adapting a property like Goosebumps, R.L. Stineโs beloved series of childrenโs horror novels, for the big (or small) screen in 2023 is a tricky proposition. Each of the sixty-two…
Why Horror Fiction Matters for Telling Indigenous Stories
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Iโve been consuming horror films and books from perhaps a too young age, though itโs worked out fine for me. Itโs been a formative genre for me as a…
16 Spooky Novellas by Women and Nonbinary Authors
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Whatย makes a spooky novella so satisfying? You might as well ask why a raven is like a writing desk. (The answer, of course, is that all three things remind…
Dorothy L. Sayers and the Enduring Legacy of a Marriage of True Minds
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โOriginally delivered as the Annual Speech (28 June 2023) for the Dorothy L. Sayers Society, edited. Exactly a hundred years ago this October, Dorothy L Sayers published Whose Body?…
Dann McDorman on Exploring Literary Hijinks and Meta Mystery
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While mysteries can usually be trusted to compel the reader within the first chapter or even the first few pages, itโs rare for them to hook us from the…