Dystopian near-future fantasies of violent white revolution and genocide—most infamously, William L. Pierce's The Turner Diaries (1978)—are the most well-known and studied fictions by white extremists. They are, however, not the only genre through which the extreme far-right engage with popular culture. In this article, we explore how popular historical fictions can accomodate white extremist presence and propagandising. We analyse generic conventions in the medieval murder mystery The Black Flame (2001) by self-identified neo-Nazi Harold A. Covington (1953–2018), showing that the book shares trends and tropes with contemporary medievalisms, including in historical crime fiction and other popular genres and media. By focussing on these conventions, we seek common places in the popular that can, paradoxically, create space for the fringe extreme.

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通俗小说和白人极端主义：新纳粹意识形态和中世纪犯罪小说

关于暴力白人革命和种族灭绝的反乌托邦近期幻想——最臭名昭著的是威廉·L·皮尔斯的《特纳日记》（1978 年）——是白人极端分子最著名和研究最多的小说。然而，它们并不是极右翼与流行文化接触的唯一类型。在本文中，我们探讨了流行的历史小说如何适应白人极端主义的存在和宣传。我们分析了中世纪谋杀之谜黑色火焰中的通用约定(2001) 由自我认同的新纳粹分子 Harold A. Covington (1953-2018) 撰写，表明这本书与当代中世纪主义有着共同的趋势和比喻，包括历史犯罪小说和其他流行类型和媒体。通过关注这些惯例，我们在流行中寻找共同的地方，自相矛盾地，为边缘极端创造空间。