In times of crisis, we take solace in creature comforts—the familiarity of an old fictional friend, the opportunity to e…
Four Tips For Living and Working in Isolation from a Former Submarine Officer
By Brian Andrews With the possible exception of the International Space Station, deploying on a submarine hundreds of fe…
Career Pursuit: An Interview with Gary Phillips
Weaned on the images of Kirby and Steranko in comics and Hammett and Himes in prose, Gary Phillips was born under a bad …
AudioFile Spotlight: Jason Reynolds
In Conversation with Jason Reynolds, National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature AudioFile’s Josephine Reed spoke …
BookTrib Spotlight: Sara Sligar
Art, Illness, Power – and Maybe Murder By Neil Nyren “Photography is violent. When we capture a subject in a photo, we s…
Up Close: Alma Katsu
Going into the Deep By Adam Meyer Alma Katsu has a secret. Before she started writing THE DEEP—a supernatural suspense n…
Covert Ops by J. T. Brannan
By Dawn Ius J. T. Brannan is used to writing about individuals. Each of his previous series installments, as well as sev…
Silent Shadows by Natalie Walters
Pecca Gallegos moved to the tiny town of Walton, Georgia, to protect her son and escape the dangerous lifestyle that onc…
The Black Pill by L. J. Sellers
A body wrapped in plastic turns up in the middle of the road—with no ID and no viable explanation. The pressure builds w…
I May Kill You by Keith Dixon
Serial killers are secretive animals. They keep their deeds to themselves and hope never to be found. But there’s a new …
Dead Wrong by Noelle Holten
The serial killer is behind bars. But the murders are just beginning… DC Maggie Jamieson’s past comes back to haun…
Follow You Down by Geoff Hyatt
A missing shipment of drugs, an underground ring of camgirls, and the Knights of Satan motorcycle club are all caught in…
Crimes and Survivors by Sarah Smith
It’s 1912. America is the land of Jim Crow, and a young society woman, who always thought she was white, discovers…
March 16 – 22: “How do you distance yourself from the characters you write?”
How do you distance yourself from the characters you write? Or do you? Roll up your sleeves, wash your hands, and join I…
The March 2020 Edition of The Big Thrill
Read the stories that were in the March edition of The Big Thrill.…
On the Cover: Jason Pinter by Adam Meyer
The Art of Reinvention By Adam Meyer In the opening of Jason Pinter’s new novel Hide Away, his main character, Rachel Ma…
BookTrib Spotlight: Stephanie Wrobel
A Mother/Daughter Dance of Psychological Warfare By Neil Nyren “My daughter didn’t have to testify against me. She chose…
BookTrib Spotlight: M. L. Huie
By Judy Moreno When you first meet Livy Nash, the anti-heroine of M. L. Huie’s debut, SPITFIRE, she certainly doesn’t ap…
AudioFile Spotlight: Daniel José Older
The Power of Writing and the Spoken Word By Jessie C. Grearson New York Times bestselling author Daniel José Older alway…
Career Pursuit: An Interview with Laurie R. King
By Chantelle Osman Laurie R. King is the New York Times bestselling author of 27 novels and other notable projects, incl…
Chasing the White Lion by James R. Hannibal
By Dani Brown James Hannibal’s latest novel—CHASING THE WHITE LION—involves a clever premise that encourages the reader …
February 24 – March 1: “Crossing genre takes great skill, please discuss stories that have succeeded at it.”
As authors we all know that crossing genres takes great skill. This week ITW members Jon Bassoff, Frank Zafiro, Basil Sa…
February 17 – 23: “Are broken-hearted villains suspenseful?”
This week we’re talking charcater development with ITW members Debbie Herbert, R. J. Pineiro, Allison Brennan, Fra…
February 10 – 16: “What’s love got to do with it?”
How can love drive the plot of a thriller story, or in the words of Tina Turner: What’s love got to do with it? ThatR…