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 ...

There definitely is an art to writing short stories, and even more so for short-short stories. As the following tales prove, ...

EXCLUSIVE: Spanish screenwriter Javier Gullón has been tapped to adapt Final Boarding, a horror film for Sony’s Screem Gems, based on a short story by Clarence Hammond. Plot details for the film are ...

“Longlegs” writer-director Osgood Perkins has returned this month with “The Monkey,” another nightmarish horror film with a shockingly violent edge. The similarities between the two movies more or ...

Writing short stories presents a unique challenge, requiring a careful balance of creativity, structure, and brevity. With the advent of artificial intelligence (AI), writers now have access to tools ...

Joe Chianakas, a Peoria native, finds inspiration for his writing from his hometown. Chianakas' latest novel, "Darkness Calls," draws upon his childhood experiences here. His other works include the ...

There’s plenty of horror-related media out there for this time of year. Whether it’s slasher films, YouTube videos or video games, you can always count on a digital screen to whisk you into some ...

Stephen King is a legendary writer who’s tackled every type of publishing medium you can think of. The “King of Horror” has written novels, short stories and novellas, screenplays, comics, essays, and ...

In another recent Halloween-themed post here, I discussed the psychology behind the nature of ghost stories and, to a degree, horror stories more generally. In response to a comment about what I ...

Spooky season is upon us and what better way to get in the spirit than by cuddling up with a good book? Horror novels are the perfect way to imbibe in Halloween time. When they’re good, they’re fully ...