We’re Having a Collision here! How True Crime and Fiction Intersect In preparing to teach a class next semester on popular fiction—including science fiction, mysteries, horror, thrillers, and fantasy—I’m learning and thinking a lot about these genres, even after having written a novel marketed as a psychological thriller and another described as a mystery. Studying […]
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The Top Ten Yuletide Mysteries Part I
The Top Ten Yuletide Mysteries The Top Ten Yuletide Mysteries Things moving around on the roof in the middle of the night. Strange men coming down the chimney. Packages everywhere, marked Do Not Open. Guys wearing fake beards, disguised as a third-century saint, Nicholas of Myra, ringing bells and commanding passersby to toss money into […]
Top ten thrillers about secret organizations
Top ten thrillers about secret organizations We grow up with conspiracies. Even as children, we watch our parents enter a room and close the door before they talk. Our parents love us and mean well. But what of others who do not? The fear that a secret organization, unknown and unaccountable, is shaping our […]