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Revisiting Robert B. Parker’s Spenser Series

Feb 10 • Matthew Louis

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Flash Fiction by Arbogast

Feb 2 • Vigilante Crime & Pulp

Top 5 Oversized Halfwits From Crime Fiction

Last week we discussed archetypes, one being the big, dumb brute a la Lennie from Of Mice and Men. Perhaps more than any other genre, crime fiction has…

Jan 27 • Vigilante Crime & Pulp

Introducing Flash Fiction Friday

If you’ve got a mean piece of original flash fiction ready to go, or want to knock something out on short notice, check out the below!

Jan 23 • Vigilante Crime & Pulp

Poisonous Fake Archetypes in Fiction

A dad lecture on the crap people are reading and watching these days.

Jan 21 • Matthew Louis

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