Published Works


Interview

“Paper Cuts | Ep 58 | ONCE THESE HILLS Cover Reveal with Chris McGinley.” Www.youtube.com, www.youtube.com/watch?v=o84b16YBlMo. Accessed 17 Jan. 2024.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o84b16YBlMo

 

“Chris McGinley on Appalachian Literature and Noir.” CrimeReads, 9 Jan. 2024, crimereads.com/chris-mcginley-on-appalachian-literature-and-noir/. Accessed 18 Jan. 2024.

https://crimereads.com/chris-mcginley-on-appalachian-literature-and-noir/

 

More Published Works

"Virginia Kellogg: The Forgotten Screen Writer Behind a String of Classic Noirs." Crimereads, 19 June 2020

https://crimereads.com/virginia-kellogg-the-forgotten-screenwriter-behind-a-string-of-classic-noirs/

 


"CRIME AND REDEMPTION IN THE FILMS OF THE DARDENNE BROTHERS." Crimereads, 3 Feb. 2022

https://crimereads.com/dardenne-brothers-crime/

 


"HOW THE FRENCH CONNECTION REINVENTED (AND EXPLODED) THE POLICE PROCEDURAL." Crimereads, 2 Sept. 2021

https://crimereads.com/how-the-french-connection-reinvented-and-exploded-the-police-procedural/

 


"ZOË LUND AND THE DIALECTICAL METHOD OF BAD LIEUTENANT." Crimereads, 4 Feb. 2021

https://crimereads.com/zoe-lund-and-the-dialectical-method-of-bad-lieutenant/

 

 

"AMERICA’S FIRST CRIME NOVEL WAS RURAL NOIR—WE SHOULD STILL BE READING IT." CrimeReads, 12 Mar. 2020, 

https://crimereads.com/americas-first-crime-novel-was-rural-noir-we-should-still-be-reading-it/

 

 

"The Lost Appalachian Novels of Hubert Skidmore." Deep South Magazine, 15 Sept. 2021, 

https://deepsouthmag.com/2021/09/15/the-lost-appalachian-novels-of-hubert-skidmore/

 

McGinley, Christopher. “A Reconsideration of Edwin Torres’ “Q&A”: An Odd 1970s Thriller Novel.” MysteryTribune, 12 Apr. 2020, mysterytribune.com/a-reconsideration-of-edwin-torres-qa-an-odd-1970s-thriller-novel/. Accessed 17 Jan. 2024.

https://mysterytribune.com/a-reconsideration-of-edwin-torres-qa-an-odd-1970s-thriller-novel/

 

 

"My Rugby Life. My Writing Life." Reckon Review, 10 Sept. 2023

https://reckonreview.com/my-rugby-life-my-writing-life/

 

Book Reviews

"Love, Loss, and the Lioness." on Mark Powell's The Lioness. Reckon Review, 27 Jan. 2023, 

https://reckonreview.com/love-loss-and-the-lioness/

 

"Horror in the Hills." on CW Blackwell's Song of the Red Squire Reckon Review, 18 Nov. 2022, 

https://reckonreview.com/horror-in-the-hills/

 

"Brutal and Beautiful."  on CD White's Lambs of Men. Reckon Review, 28 Oct. 2022, 

https://reckonreview.com/brutal-and-beautiful/

 

"Sin & Righteousness in Appalachia." on Michael Cody's A Twilight Reel. Reckon Review, 30 Sept. 2022

https://reckonreview.com/sin-and-righteousness-in-appalachia/

 

"The Full Horizon of Loss." on David Joy's When these Mountains Burn. Reckon Review, 11 Feb. 2022

https://reckonreview.com/the-full-horizon-of-loss/

 

Book reviews for “Mystery Tribune”

https://mysterytribune.com/the-killing-hills-by-chris-offutt-is-a-must-read-in-appalachian-noir/

 

Short Stories by the author 

"The Screech Owl." ReckonReview, 23 Aug. 2021.

https://reckonreview.com/screech-owl/

 

The Boar Hog. 27 May 2021, cutleafjournal.com/fiction/the-boar-hog/.

https://cutleafjournal.com/fiction/the-boar-hog/