Herein lies 15 horror stories so eerie they will haunt you for days, yet you won't be able to stop turning the pages.

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The Haunting of Hill House’s success on Netflix proves that, like the Shirley Jackson book, many other horror classic novels ...

Entries from Brandon Sanderson, Simon Stålenhag, T. Kingfisher, Annalee Newitz, and more arrive to close out 2025.

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Fairy-tale elements dominate this season’s fantasies, gothic atmosphere pervades the horror novels, and tech-based anxiety ...

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When we read a horror novel, it activates the brain’s fear response, releasing adrenaline and other stress hormones that put us on high alert, allowing us to experience a thrill without being in real ...

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 ...

There are a lot of lists every October recommending books that will give you a fright for Halloween. But one person's yikes can be another person's yawn. So we decided to go beyond subjective ...