Sourcing family friendly frightening fiction can be a bit challenging. That said, while straightforward horror texts rarely ...

The psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud discussed the roots of the uncanny in the familiar, something that is altered just enough to ...

Note that these aren't just dark fantasy films--they're often classified as horror from various sources, they just happen to ...

Halloween fun comes alive with five-word horror stories, stirring up creativity and chills. Listeners share their ...

Seeing the cover of Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1981) has a powerfully Proustian effect on me: my ...

So, while Halloween is “scary”, we can see it as scary in a way that kids can control, enjoy and even learn from. They are ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark was based on Alvin Schwartz’s iconic collection of short horror ...

A central Ohio native, Stine has written hundreds of spooky tales for young readers—most notably, the hugely successful ...

Mead Public Library and the Sheboygan Press teamed up on a scary story contest for students in grades 3-12. Seven winners ...