Horror books, by definition, are meant to keep you up a bit longer at night, wondering if the shadow outside your window is really the tree that has stood there forever or some newfound apparition.

As a living legend, when Stephen King recommends a book, his opinion holds weight, and that goes double when it's a recommendation for a horror book. King has never been an author stingy with his ...

Kristy Ambrose has been writing professionally since 2010. She dabbles in various genres, but her favorites are fantasy and science fiction. She creates everything from fanfiction to serialized novels ...

“This Is My Body,” by Lindsay King-Miller, is just one of the month’s notable horror releases. By Gabino Iglesias Gabino Iglesias is the horror columnist for The New York Times Book Review. He is a ...

I have an unpopular opinion among horror readers: I don't think Stephen King is that good. He's prolific, wildly so, and I did enjoy his 1977 and 1987 hits "The Shining" and "Misery." But I read a lot ...

In Kerry Cullen’s uncanny debut, “House of Beth,” a queer 20-something finds that “straight” life comes with serious strings (and spirits) attached. By Jenny Wu Our columnist reviews “Strange Houses” ...

Halloween is fast approaching – and what a great time to read a horror tale! Except, instead of spine tingling ghost stories or chilling (and often gory) crime tales, let’s check out a different genre ...

'There's nothing else like this,' one of the owners said of the new Brooklyn horror bookstore The Twisted Spine/Instagram The Twisted Spine is New York City's first-ever horror bookstore! The retailer ...

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, ...

STEVENS POINT − Christopher Micklos, a Wisconsin horror author and filmmaker, will bring his "Tick Town" book tour to Stevens Point this weekend, according to a community announcement. Micklos will ...