“Preview: It Lives! Andrew Repasky McElhinney on A Chronicle of Corpses” by William Blick

PREVIEW: “Aren’t all genre films structuralist in nature? Isn’t everyone either obeying or disobeying genre conventions?”

“Welcome to L.A. – Introduction to Neon Nightmares: L.A. Thrillers of the 1980s” by Brad Sykes

BOOK EXCERPT: “This new breed of L.A. Thrillers created a neon-glazed wave of over-the-top action, unbridled sexuality, and outrageous humor that altered the cinematic landscape forever….”

“Talking Angel Dare: Christa Faust on The Get Off” by Brian Greene

INTERVIEW: “What I really wanted to do within the arc of these three books was to invite the reader to question why certain characteristics and actions are considered gendered in the first place….”

“Destined to Remember: Anthony Giacchino on The True Crimes of Black Hand New York Podcast” by William Blick

INTERVIEW: “I think that there is an untold story about immigration in the country. When you hear about immigration, it is used politically…. It is more that there has always been a history of tension when groups of new people come to this country….”

Five-Two: Poems on Crime to Relaunch in April

BLOGS: “Seeking your honest, powerful reactions to what you see as crime, couched in poetic technique…”

Dancing on the Edge of the Abyss: Goodisville 2025

BLOGS: Join the Goodis bus tour on March 2 when we’ll visit Philadelphia locations tied to the noir master….

“The Kitchen-Sink Crime Drama: William Boyle on Saint of the Narrows Street” by WIlliam Blick

INTERVIEW: “I call it ‘kitchen sink crime drama.’ I was influenced by the realism of the 1950s and 1960s…novels, plays, and movies like Saturday Night and Sunday Morning, This Sporting Life, and Look Back in Anger. They are all a big influence on this work….”

“Too Much of a Noir Ending?: on Late Noir” by Anees Aref

REVIEW ESSAY: “With their bold technical style and themes, Touch of Evil, Elevator to the Gallows, and other late-noirs discussed below opened the door for many later masters….”

“From Sun to Sun and ‘Biblical Noir’: An Interview with Kenneth Wishnia” by William Blick

INTERVIEW: “One of my favorite types of ‘noir’ is the more “hopeful” one…’one more job and I am getting out’….The other type which is more relevant today is that there are ‘noble projects’ that are doomed from the beginning because of how things have been set up….”

“Honor” by J. D. Horn

FICTION: “There was a run of three years straight when Rose’s family came out on top, and Myrna’s six feet under. But then Myrna’s family had double wins, three times over a decade. The law of averages had held true….”