Ink-Stained Wretch
Nick KolakowskiNick Kolakowski on crime fiction, bleak movies, weird history, and other fun stuff; paid subscribers also have access to exclusive fiction!
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In Praise of One-Dimensional Villains
I’m coming around to the idea that the best way to kill a compelling villain isn’t bullets, fire, or magic—it’s giving them too much backstory.
I was chatting the other day with a film producer about movie villains of the 1980s and 90s, Da...
'Skeleton Crew' and the Slow Death of the Short Story
I’m re-reading some stories from Stephen King’s “Skeleton Crew” right now, amidst everything else going on, because I wanted to analyze how he engineered suspense in a few instances. I hadn’t cracked the book in years, and I was surprised a...
'Sugar' Returns, Because We Did Something Bad in a Past Life
If you’re an Apple TV user, or you drift around the more movie- and TV-centric regions of the web, you’ve likely picked up that “Sugar,” starring Colin Farrell, is coming back for a second season.
If you’re unfamiliar with the series, and...
"Serpent in the Grove" and the AI Death of Literature
I started experimenting with AI during the early stages of the pandemic, when OpenAI was still a little “nonprofit” and you could rig together a blithering, borderline-moronic LLM with just your localized PC hardware and a small dataset. As...
'A Violent Masterpiece' and the Need for Political Art
Apologies for the month-long radio silence; I’ve been flitting across the Atlantic, dealing with work stuff, finishing up a horror screenplay for the Blacklist + Tubi contest, and last but certainly not least, figuring out whether my curren...
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Nick Kolakowski is the author of several crime novels, including “Where the Bones Lie." His work has been nominated for the Anthony and Derringer awards, and his short story “Scorpions” appeared in The Best Mystery and Suspense 2024.
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