Mystery Archives

Blacklight: Casey McKittrick’s ‘Murder on Faux Pas Island’: Golden Age-Style Mystery Casts Female Impersonator as Amateur Detective

November 25, 2015 2 min read

In his first Pancetta Brulée mystery, Casey McKittrick pays homage to the Golden Age mysteries of the ‘20s and ‘30s, but with twist Read More

Blacklight: Greg Herren’s ‘Orion Mask’: An Engrossing Romantic Mystery Connects Place to Character

John Copenhaver

Mystery Romance

October 27, 2015 2 min read

In his acknowledgments, Herren writes that, as a teenager, he loved romantic suspense and read widely in that sub-genre. In this novel, that love is apparent, and place, as is the case in gothic romances, plays an important role Read More

‘Vienna’ by William S. Kirby

Sara Rauch

Mystery Reviews

October 18, 2015 2 min read

Vienna brings together the crime and intelligence of a Holmes story but with a twist: “Sherlock” and “Watson” appear as women—Vienna and Justine, respectively—and to further twist the usual, the unlikely duo are lovers Read More

Blacklight: Richard Stevenson’s ‘Why Stop at Vengeance?’: A Fast-Paced Thriller Uncovers Evangelical Anti-gay Conspiracy in Uganda

John Copenhaver

Mystery Opinion

September 28, 2015 2 min read

Why Stop at Vengeance? shows us how evangelical missionaries can harness political backing and propaganda for their hate-mongering in countries with political and economic instability Read More

‘The Lemoncholy Life of Annabelle Aster’ by Scott Wilbanks

Anna Call

Mystery Reviews

September 22, 2015 2 min read

Half epistolary crime drama and half love song to Victorian-era America, The Lemoncholy Life of Annabelle Aster is a sweet, fun romp Read More

Blacklight: Commentary on the Past, Present, and Future of LGBTQ Crime Fiction

John Copenhaver

Mystery Opinion Reviews

August 13, 2015 1 min read

"My hope is that this column will promote quality crime stories written by or about our community..." Read More

‘The Ghost Network’ by Catie Disabato

Heather Seggel

Fiction Mystery

June 9, 2015 2 min read

The Ghost Network is a mystery, though less a whodunit than a philosophical koan. It's a layered and twisted trip through the real and fictional, pop and political Read More

‘Orient’ by Christopher Bollen

John Bavoso

Mystery Reviews

May 4, 2015 1 min read

Bollen crafts a series of interweaving threads with impressive finesse and detail, and it’s a testament to his talent that the reader can become equally invested in them as they are in getting to the roots of the murders and arson that begin to pepper the narrative Read More

‘Things Half in Shadow’ by Alan Finn

Vince Liaguno

Mystery Reviews

April 26, 2015 2 min read

Alan Finn mines the fertile history of post-Civil War Philadelphia and the country’s obsession with Spiritualism during that period to craft a superbly rich, historically-detailed whodunit in Things Half in Shadow Read More

Lesbian Mystery Lammy Finalists

Victoria Brownworth

Mystery Reviews

March 19, 2015 7 min read

Still catching up on the Lammy finalists? Here are the remaining three finalists in Lesbian Mystery. (You can read my...

Reviews

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Random

‘Beyond Binary: Genderqueer and Sexually Fluid Speculative Fiction’ edited by Brit Mandelo

Features

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

Interviews

Bonds & Boundaries: A Conversation with Dale Corvino

Dreaming up a Hopeful Future: A Conversation with Grist authors on queer climate fiction

“What if it was both and all of the above?”: An interview with CJ Hauser

Excerpts

An Excerpt from Sleep Tight Satellite: Stories by Carol Guess

Read This! Excerpt from the delicacy of embracing spirals by mimi tempestt

Read This! Excerpt from American Gospel by Miah Jeffra

Blacklight: Casey McKittrick’s ‘Murder on Faux Pas Island’: Golden Age-Style Mystery Casts Female Impersonator as Amateur Detective

Blacklight: Greg Herren’s ‘Orion Mask’: An Engrossing Romantic Mystery Connects Place to Character

‘Vienna’ by William S. Kirby

Blacklight: Richard Stevenson’s ‘Why Stop at Vengeance?’: A Fast-Paced Thriller Uncovers Evangelical Anti-gay Conspiracy in Uganda

‘The Lemoncholy Life of Annabelle Aster’ by Scott Wilbanks

Blacklight: Commentary on the Past, Present, and Future of LGBTQ Crime Fiction

‘The Ghost Network’ by Catie Disabato

‘Orient’ by Christopher Bollen

‘Things Half in Shadow’ by Alan Finn

Lesbian Mystery Lammy Finalists

Unearthing Queer Archive in Early 1990’s West Palm Beach, Florida

The Mars House: Science Fiction and the Hazards of Imagination

Maps of Belonging: Italian Trans Geographies

The High Stakes of Young Adulthood: A Review of Idlewild by James Frankie Thomas

People Collide by Isle McElroy: A Review

Reviewing Bad Gays; or how we use the past to shape the future

A Review of Cassandra Khaw’s The Salt Grows Heavy

If property is theft, then what is a photograph? A Review of The Unintended by Monica Huerta