and that somehow makes us so scared that we have to sleep with the lights on? Seriously? Writing horror that's genuinely scary is no mean feat. If you're an aspiring horror writer (or even just an ...

If you're writing a longer story, it's important to have multiple drafts and to try out different ways of building suspense. A lot of authors try to introduce the “scary thing” whether it be a ...

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 ...

Horror game writing elevates quality, making chilling stories and narratives immersive and unforgettable. The Cat Lady, Oxenfree, and Sunless Skies showcase the power of exceptional writing in ...

She says: "I've always been drawn to folk horror, particularly the idea that the land itself has power and can hold secrets and trauma from previous generations. I wanted to write a children's ...

Here are seven that came out in the past year or so, along with some of the author’s thoughts about scary writing. The book, released in August, is a sequel to Silva’s “Undead Folk,” an ...

We checked in with three Louisville teachers — at the elementary, high school, and college levels — about some of their favorite scary stories ... s creative writing program, and Samantha ...

Stephen King's home. The author famous for his scary writing has a new book out in time for ... More Halloween. It’s fall, the time of year when lots of readers crave spooky, atmospheric reads ...

How much had I inherited? Once again I turned to horror to process and retake control. This time, in the form of my own writing. The Black experience offered a fresh canvas for creativity and ...