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

‘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

‘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

‘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

Jeffrey Round: On Becoming a Mystery Writer

James Moran

Features Interviews

May 28, 2015 7 min read

“I'm an inveterate wanderer and snoop [....] Whether I'm on a bike or in a car, I stick my nose in places that most people avoid just to see what curiosities they hold, especially at night.” 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...

‘Blackmail, My Love’ by Katie Gilmartin

Victoria Brownworth

Mystery Reviews

January 8, 2015 10 min read

Blackmail, My Love is a book to read for the page-turning mystery, but to savor for the nuance and detail and heart-breaking reality of what it was to be a lesbian or a gay man in 1951 Read More

Lesbian Mysteries for Fall

Victoria Brownworth

Features Mystery

October 25, 2014 10 min read

"Mischief Night. Halloween. Day of the Dead. Howling winds. Footsteps in the leaves. Murder most foul. Mysteries and autumn just go together. There’s nothing better than curling up with a good mystery on a chill autumn night." 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

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

‘Vienna’ by William S. Kirby

‘The Lemoncholy Life of Annabelle Aster’ by Scott Wilbanks

‘The Ghost Network’ by Catie Disabato

Jeffrey Round: On Becoming a Mystery Writer

‘Orient’ by Christopher Bollen

‘Things Half in Shadow’ by Alan Finn

Lesbian Mystery Lammy Finalists

‘Blackmail, My Love’ by Katie Gilmartin

Lesbian Mysteries for Fall

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