Horror short stories are a wonderfully effective incubator for ideas that might not work on a novel-length level, and they’re also perfectly suited to October nights spent reading in bed.

Considered by many to be the best-ever chronology of horror short stories, the book traces the genre and from its earliest iterations to modern day. (Well, modern at its time of publish in 1997.) ...

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These 12 horror books don’t rely on ghosts or gore—they haunt through memory, guilt, grief, and the darkness we carry within ...

This thrilling anthology of short stories, edited by Marie O’Regan ... particularly disturbing (in the best horror book way).

Over the past 50 years, Stephen King has dominated the horror genre, both in books and movies, but some may be wondering ...

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Each year as Halloween approaches, I grow nostalgic for the spooky anthologies that first introduced me to “scary stories ... by Valancourt Books — gathers the best short fiction by ...

As Jeremy Dauber writes at the start of his casually magisterial, endlessly erudite “American Scary,” “You can write America’s history by tracking the stories it tells itself to unsettle ...

Scary Books for 10 Years Olds ... "Dark Tales" by Devashish Sardana Summary: This collection of short stories explores various aspects of horror, from psychological to supernatural, offering ...