Halloween

20 spooky short stories you can read for free online.

 
By Emily Temple  October 23, 2023
Halloween

Halloween at 45: How Horror’s Scariest Franchise Makes Sense of the Senseless

By Michael Kraus  October 13, 2023
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What do cats and poets have in common?

By Emily Temple  September 11, 2023
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5 spooky story collections you probably haven’t read—but should.

By Katie Yee  October 31, 2022
Book Recommendations

The Art of the Hand-Sell: 31 Spooky, Eerie, and Uncanny Books for Halloween

By Katie Yee  October 31, 2022
horror films

Must Sex Always Mean Death When it Comes to Horror Movies?

By Tyler Malone  October 31, 2022
Scary Books

Read These 10 Books That Actually Scared Us… If You Dare

By Emily Temple  October 26, 2022
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Turns out there’s an actual Frankenstein Castle in Germany—complete with legendary mad scientist.

By Emily Temple  October 25, 2022
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Some topical literary Halloween costumes for 2022.

By Jessie Gaynor  October 4, 2022
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This year, The Simpsons has a Halloween special devoted to Stephen King’s It.

By Jonny Diamond  September 12, 2022
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Goosebumps titles for today’s biggest books.

By Walker Caplan  October 29, 2021
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If you find yourself in mortal danger this weekend, remember the last words of these famous writers.

By Emily Temple  October 29, 2021
Horror

Do Motives Matter When It Comes to Movie Horror?

By Tyler Malone  October 29, 2021
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In his free time, William Makepeace Thackeray loved sketching witches and ghouls.

By Walker Caplan  October 26, 2021
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Ten topical literary Halloween costumes for 2021.

By Jessie Gaynor  October 14, 2021
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The 10 best Goosebumps covers, ranked.

By Jessie Gaynor  October 8, 2021
Storybound

Marian Crotty Performs Her Short Story “Halloween”

By Storybound   September 28, 2021
TV

How the Iconic Late-Night TV Character of Elvira Came to Be

By Cassandra Peterson  September 24, 2021
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Remember the days when a literary radio broadcast could cause mass panic?

By Katie Yee  October 30, 2020
horror films

Wonder or Horror? On the Dark Side of Our Reverence for Nature

By Tyler Malone  October 30, 2020
Ghosts!

How Scary Are Ghost Stories in This Pandemic Year of Wildfires, Hurricanes, and Police Violence?

By M Dressler  October 30, 2020
Halloween

A Brief History of the Creepiness of Human Bones

By Roy A. Meals, MD  October 30, 2020
Ghosts!

Ghosts, Demons, and Depression: Writers and Their Many Hauntings

By Claire Cronin  October 30, 2020
The Hub

The Addams Family is actually about the importance of books.

By Katie Yee  October 28, 2020
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Read on, if you dare: 20 books that are laced with sinister magic.

By Katie Yee  October 5, 2020
Movies

The Witches looks just as zany as any late-1990s Disney Halloween movie.

By Aaron Robertson  October 2, 2020
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