The trappings of noir are nothing if not versatile. You just need a city—fantastical or not—with space for the moral shades of gray that allow protagonists to explore their light and dark sides. There are tropes—the detective stand-in’s moral relativism being a primary example—but they’re relatively loose, less rules than guidelines to keep the narrative moving. A […]
Many stories and novels published today use already known/established monsters, ones with an embedded history thanks to folktales from around the world, but work to give them a new or different twist. Monsters such as the kraken, vampires, selkies, kitsune, griffins, harpies, chimera, werewolves, unicorns, and more. Q: What are some of your favorite stories […]