Movie masterpieces like The Exorcist and Psycho have perfectly constructed narratives, proving just how crucial great writing ...

Part of the difficulty horror writing faces has to do with the defenses that modern readers bring to genre fiction. Like virtually every other genre, horror only came into its own as a discrete mode ...

This year's Haunting Hooks competition, judged by New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron, dared contestants to write an original opening to a spooky story about cursed objects SAN MATEO, ...

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 ...

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Like many, local author Lora Senf's love for writing came from an intense enjoyment of reading in her childhood. Through the words of John Bellairs and Stephen King, Senf found her passion and ...

Want to read something really scary? Horror writing is very much alive – ALIVE! – in San Antonio. In recent years, the city has spawned a horde of horror scribes and stories set in the 210, with works ...

Folklore, legends and spooky stories have existed as long as the fires they’re often told around. Musing over ghosts, monsters and the unexplainable is an ancient pastime. You don't have to be Stephen ...

Cuthbert’s third book, Self-Made Monsters, is a hybrid collection of feminist horror, and contains stories and poems featuring women as villains and victims, as bystanders and enablers, exploring the ...

Panick's founders include a coterie of entertainment and comics industry veterans, including several from the world of DC. By Borys Kit Senior Film Writer Actor David Dastmalchian is diving back into ...

Maggie Boccella is a certified Babe With the Power and lover of all things pop culture. She’s a News Editor at Collider, as well as a Rotten Tomatoes and The Cherry Picks approved critic, who ...