Why Vampires Are Back in Vogue

Why Vampires Are Back in Vogue

Rachel Harrison considers the endless possibilities of a genre that is "truly eternal"

By Rachel Harrison | September 10, 2024

Do We Stick Around after Death?

Do We Stick Around after Death?

What Personal Experience Has–and Hasn’t–Taught Me

By Beth Castrodale | September 10, 2024

Drugs and Distance: Taking on the Opioid Crisis in Thriller Form

Drugs and Distance: Taking on the Opioid Crisis in Thriller Form

Betsy Hartmann on finding the craft and the purpose.

By Betsy Hartmann | September 9, 2024

Four Gothic and Neo-Gothic Novels About Mothers

Four Gothic and Neo-Gothic Novels About Mothers

"Maternal figures not only propel Gothic plots but heighten their terror."

By Gail Lukasik | September 6, 2024

Are You the Scorpion or the Frog? Horror as Social Commentary

Are You the Scorpion or the Frog? Horror as Social Commentary

"[H]orror is drawn from our connections with each other, and makes us reconsider the roles we play in each other’s lives."

By Vincent Tirado | September 5, 2024

Horror, Hauntings, and HGTV

Horror, Hauntings, and HGTV

"I admit I find the home improvement shows far scarier than the paranormal ones."

By Sarah Pinsker | September 5, 2024

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Reinstating Mystery to the Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde

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Templates, Not Fantasies: Complicated Final Girls and Why We Need Them

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What is a Screwball Thriller?

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Gothic Fiction with a Twist

Gothic Fiction with a Twist

Olesya Salnikova Gilmore on contemporary fiction's newfound fascination with gothic fiction and its vast potential.

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Why Our Fascination with Urban Legends Will Never Die

Why Our Fascination with Urban Legends Will Never Die

"What if, just this once, the legend is real?"

By Vincent Ralph | August 30, 2024

Books In Which Things Are Terrible Even Before the Haunted Cabin Shows Up

Books In Which Things Are Terrible Even Before the Haunted Cabin Shows Up

This fall and winter, horror turns to rustic retreats, lakeside vacation spots, and woodsy rentals for setting inspiration

By Molly Odintz | August 29, 2024

What Would It Take for Our Friends and Family to Become Murderers?

What Would It Take for Our Friends and Family to Become Murderers?

Anna E. Wahlgren finds inspiration in exploring "how things can go so disastrously wrong."

By Anna E. Wahlgren | August 29, 2024

The Toxic Legacy: Coming-of-Age In Psychological Suspense

The Toxic Legacy: Coming-of-Age In Psychological Suspense

These young protagonists must choose between continuing their family's manipulations—or breaking the cycle completely

By M. M. DeLuca | August 28, 2024

8 Brooding Gothic Mysteries Set On the British Isles

8 Brooding Gothic Mysteries Set On the British Isles

"There’s something to be said for the particular feeling that the British Isles conveys, especially when a Gothic story is at play"

By Dawn Kurtagich | August 28, 2024

How Superstition Becomes Something More Dangerous

How Superstition Becomes Something More Dangerous

Sam Ripley explores the darker side of a little harmless superstition

By Sam Ripley | August 28, 2024

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