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Robert Bloch

Writing Fiction from Real Life

By Christi Daugherty

March 9, 2020

Late on the night of May 29, 1997, a talented young musician named Jeff Buckley walked into a tributary channel of the Mississippi River near Memphis, and disappeared. At the time, his star was in the ascendancy—his first album had received widespread acclaim. He was 30 years old, dark-haired and beautiful, with a voice that…

Discount: Psycho: Sanitarium by Chet Williamson

By Crime HQ

September 29, 2017

Psycho: Sanitarium by Chet Williamson tells the story of Norman Bates's time in a mental institution during the 23-year hiatus between Robert Bloch's original Psycho and the sequel that sees Bates go on a killing spree in Hollywood—get a digital copy for only $2.99 through the month of October! The original Psycho novel by Robert…

Psycho: Sanitarium: New Excerpt

By Chet Williamson

April 8, 2016

Psycho: Sanitarium by Chet Williamson tells the story of Norman Bates's time in a mental institution during the 23-year hiatus between Robert Bloch's original Psycho and the sequel that sees Bates go on a killing spree in Hollywood (Available April 12, 2016). The original Psycho novel by Robert Bloch was published in 1959 and became…

Sherlock Holmes and the Killer Bees: A Taste for Honey

By Chad Eagleton

April 28, 2015

From Robert Downey Jr.’s period, pulp-action hero to Benedict Cumberbatch’s autism-spectrum, modern genius to Hugh Laurie’s narcissistic Dr. House to Vincent D’Onofrio’s troubled Detective Robert Goren, we’ve seen nearly every conceivable iteration of the Great Detective. What may surprise you, however, is that the first serious, novel-length Holmes pastiche would also later start the killer…

“Psycho” Killers Are People Too

By Dennis Palumbo

April 30, 2013

From Edward Hyde to Hannibal Lecter, to the serial killer in practically every James Patterson novel, what would the world of mystery thrillers be without the psychopathic, criminally disturbed villain?  It’s practically a sub-genre in itself. Yet, as a therapist as well as a mystery writer, I can’t tell you how often I’ve read thrillers…

Psychos Anthology

Fresh Meat: Psychos: Serial Killers, Depraved Madmen, and the Criminally Insane, edited by John Skipp

By Lakis Fourouklas

September 12, 2012

Psychos: Serial Killers, Depraved Madmen, and the Criminally Insane, edited by John Skipp, is a crime anthology featuring stories by master storytellers including Neil Gaiman, Lawrence Block, and Ray Bradbury (available September 25, 2012). As we read in John Skipp’s cheerful introduction: This just in: SOME PEOPLE KILL PEOPLE! It’s the hideous headline heard daily,…

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