John Copenhaver Archives

Cover of The Savage Kind by John Copenhaver. Woman in Black and White photo looking at reader.

October 14, 2021 7 min read

Two teenage girls in 1940s Washington, DC, become unlikely friends and unravel a dark mystery in The Savage Kind by John Copenhaver. Read More

LGBTQ Podcasters Explore Crime Fiction Through Interviews & Witty Banter

John Copenhaver

Mystery

June 22, 2020 5 min read

Being a huge podcast fan, I’ve been thrilled to discover three podcasts recently that, in different ways, explore queer voices...

Find “Unlikeable” Characters & Unlikely Points-of-View in these Multi-layered Crime Novels

John Copenhaver

Reviews

May 17, 2020 4 min read

LGBTQ persons have been so demonized in the past that a writer can feel the social and political imperative to...

Wendy Heard’s Twisty New Thriller The Kill Club Plumbs a Fascinating Moral Dilemma

John Copenhaver

Fiction

January 28, 2020 2 min read

The Kill Club explores complex social and moral questions without sacrificing compelling storytelling. Read More

A New Publishing Venture Reissues Gay and Lesbian Crime Fiction from 60s-90s

John Copenhaver

Interviews

August 24, 2019 3 min read

ReQueered Tales acquires the rights to notable gay and lesbian mystery and suspense novels from the 60s-90s Read More

Read This! An Excerpt From the Riveting Novel ‘Dodging and Burning’

Edit Team

Excerpts

April 25, 2018 10 min read

"In a small Virginia town still reeling from World War II, a photograph of a beautiful murdered woman propels three young people into the middle of a far-reaching mystery." Read More

Blacklight: ‘All About Agatha’ Podcasters Read and Rate All of Christie’s Novels

John Copenhaver

Opinion

February 27, 2018 3 min read

All About Agatha is a smart, humorous, and frank journey through Agatha Christie’s mystery novels Read More

Blacklight: Series Debut ‘The Last Place You Look’ Promises a Complex, No-Nonsense Bisexual Heroine

John Copenhaver

Reviews

January 25, 2018 2 min read

Kristen Lepionka's new mystery launches a series featuring Roxane Weary, a bisexual private investigator whose complexities are engaging, realistic, and deeply human Read More

LGBTQ Crime Writers Draw Crowd at Bouchercon 2017

John Copenhaver

News

November 15, 2017 3 min read

During Bouchercon 2017, one of the world’s largest annual world mystery conferences, a sizable and enthusiastic group of fans, writers,...

Blacklight: In Bollen’s ‘The Destroyers’, the Sun-drenched and Seedy Greek Island of Patmos Steals the Show

John Copenhaver

Fiction

October 11, 2017 2 min read

In Bollen’s Destroyers, the sun-drenched and seedy Greek island of Patmos steals the show Read More

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

Read This! Excerpt of The Savage Kind – John Copenhaver’s New Thriller

LGBTQ Podcasters Explore Crime Fiction Through Interviews & Witty Banter

Find “Unlikeable” Characters & Unlikely Points-of-View in these Multi-layered Crime Novels

Wendy Heard’s Twisty New Thriller The Kill Club Plumbs a Fascinating Moral Dilemma

A New Publishing Venture Reissues Gay and Lesbian Crime Fiction from 60s-90s

Read This! An Excerpt From the Riveting Novel ‘Dodging and Burning’

Blacklight: ‘All About Agatha’ Podcasters Read and Rate All of Christie’s Novels

Blacklight: Series Debut ‘The Last Place You Look’ Promises a Complex, No-Nonsense Bisexual Heroine

LGBTQ Crime Writers Draw Crowd at Bouchercon 2017

Blacklight: In Bollen’s ‘The Destroyers’, the Sun-drenched and Seedy Greek Island of Patmos Steals the Show

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