A novel that already has an adaptation on the way starring Margaret Qualley and Thomasin McKenzie, Victorian Psycho follows a ...

Between 2022 and 2023, sales of horror and ghost stories jumped by an incredible fifty-four percent in value, and in early ...

Resolve to read more books in 2026—and start right here with io9’s first list of the year rounding up all the new sci-fi, ...

We’ve officially made it to Spooky Season. September is here, the gateway to Halloween is open, and that means in the horror publishing world, everyone is putting out some of their absolute best. This ...

While the masses may get their seasonal dosage of fear from the screen, there is a largely untapped market in the horror genre: books. Many believe reading to be a comforting, if not obsolete activity ...

Here are some of the best short stories and horror novellas from Stephen King to help you finish your 2025 reading challenge!

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We hold these fears to be self-evident: Go outside alone to see what’s making that noise, that weird skittering, metallic scratching, and you won’t be returning to your couch. Answer your phone at ...

The author of “Vampires of El Norte” and “The Possession of Alba Díaz” recommends books that dial up the darkness by turning back the clock. By Isabel Cañas Isabel Cañas is a Mexican American ...

From war and genocide to grief and obsession, these stories turn terror into a language for what cannot be faced directly.

New Yorkers just might find something scarier than a rent increase inside a new offbeat storefront. The Twisted Spine, the Big Apple’s first horror-focused bookstore, opened in Brooklyn this month, ...