• Horror

    Liann Zhang Talks Class Warfare, Toxic Influencers, and the Nature of Villainy

    Jenny Bartoy interviews the debut novelist about her genre-bending take on the social media era

    May 7, 2025  By Jenny Bartoy
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    In Defense of the
    Edgelord: On Extreme
    Horror As Good Politics

    If a fictional story feels "needlessly cruel" to you, take a look at the world outside

    April 23, 2025  By Alex Gonzalez
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    7 Terrifying Tales Examining the Nature of Fear Itself

    "The only thing to do with Fear is learn to live with it."

    April 16, 2025  By Nat Cassidy
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    Lost Grandeur: Decaying Settings in Fiction         

    "There’s just something about the feeling of a place that has been deeply neglected..."

    April 9, 2025  By C.J. Dotson
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    Three Kinds of Freak: Writing Heroes and Stories that Dismantle the Status Quo

    Zee Carlstrom on writing more interesting characters.

    April 9, 2025  By Zee Carlstrom
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    10 Great Haunted House Novels Full of Atmosphere and Secrets

    Yigit Turhan on some of the eeriest novels ever written.

    April 8, 2025  By Yiğit Turhan
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    How Grady Hendrix Came to Love Horror

    Read an excerpt and see the cover reveal for the new anthology "Why I Love Horror: Essays on Horror Literature", edited by Becky Siegel Spratford

    April 4, 2025  By Grady Hendrix
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    Bog Gothic, or "Bogothic": When Bogs Seep Into Literature

    "[B]ogs and bog bodies are excellent material for a thriller, mystery novel, or scary story."

    March 25, 2025  By Johanna Van Veen
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    Scientist Storyteller: Crafting a Thin Line Between Science Fiction and Science Fact

    "When an author draws upon real science—rather than “in a galaxy far, far away—where does the known world end and the imagined one begin?"

    March 14, 2025  By Michael Nayak
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    On Listening to Your Stories: Writing Across Genres in a Shelf-Specific World

    Kate Maruyama on horror and...not fiction.

    March 12, 2025  By Kate Maruyama
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