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The authors of 'Fiend' and 'Why I Love Horror' sat down for a conversation about how the horror genre has evolved — and why readers get to reap the benefits The horror genre is having a major moment ...

When she's not writing bestselling horror novels, Catriona Ward is reading them - here are five of her favourites ...

It has been another banner year for literary horror. Somehow, as the world gets scarier, the writers penning our nightmares still manage to keep up. What follows is merely a sprinkling — a light blood ...

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Not a single author in this short appreciation started writing yesterday. Not a single one just fell off the proverbial turnip truck. Daniel Kraus has written almost 30 books in the past couple of ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. IOWA CITY — A few writers say there is one conspicuous absence from Iowa City’s literature scene: horror ...

Joe Hill doesn’t have to go very far to find the scariest book ever. Just up a rung on his family tree. The bestselling horror author of "King Sorrow" knows he’s biased, but the “correct answer” is ...

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. The authors of 'Fiend' and 'Why I Love Horror' sat down for a conversation about how the horror genre has evolved — and why readers get ...

Ask a horror writer what influences them, and the answer often involves religion or history. When it opens Nov. 21, an exhibition at the American Writers Museum in Downtown Chicago called American ...

Joe Hill doesn’t have to go very far to find the scariest book ever. Just up a rung on his family tree. “That's the gold standard when it comes to scaring the pants off people. No one's ever going to ...