Best horror book overall − The Silent Companions by Laura Purcell, published by Raven Books: £9.19, Amazon.co.uk Best for ghost stories − Ghost edited by Louise Welsh, published by Head of ...

House of Leaves By Mark Z. Danielewski. An arch, quasi-academic story about a lost documentary film and its critical meaning may not seem to have the makings of a masterpiece of horror — even if ...

Each year as Halloween approaches, I grow nostalgic for the spooky anthologies that first introduced me to “scary stories.” I recall, with particular fondness, “Haunted Houseful ...

Scary Stories to Ruin Your Sleep With Halloween around the corner, Gilbert Cruz talks to the Book Review editors Tina Jordan and Sadie Stein about their favorite creepy books.

Although genuinely terrifying books have a lot of merit, the intentions of horror stories are not always to have readers cowering in terror, unable to even finish the story. Authors like Stephen ...

The original trilogy of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books weren’t only iconic for writer […] By Patrick Cavanaugh. Movies 11.04.20.

Filmmaker André Øvredal brought to life Alvin Schwartz and Stephen Gammell’s beloved Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark books for a Halloween-themed adventure, with the nature of the books and ...

Taylor Hunsberger, a children’s librarian at the East Flatbush branch of the Brooklyn Public Library, reflects on the ways ...

"This new book is sort of the first time I think I've done like a let's-tell-a-scary-story kind-of-feeling one. The other ones are edgy, but I think it kind of sneaks up on you a little bit ...