Fifty years on, Stephen King’s debut novel still retains its power to shock and disturb
Appearing in 1974, Carrie benefited from the groundswell of interest in literary horror that began with Ira Levin's Rosemary's Baby.
Canadian authors David Demchuk and Corinne Leigh Clark among the first slate of writers in Soho Press’s new horror line, Hell’s Hundred
Horror as a literary genre has seen a renaissance in recent years.
Golems, ghosts, and the horrific Schnabelperchten haunt the pages of this seasonal anthology of horror tales
As with any anthology of this kind, not all entries work equally well.
The Spooky Season: William Peter Blatty’s The Exorcist remains one of the most striking, misunderstood 20th century horror novels
Those who view The Exorcist as a frightening and transgressive story about the supernatural may appreciate it on one level, but essentially miss Blatty's point.
The Spooky Season: In two novellas and a short story, Eric LaRocca peels away the layers of poisoned relationships
The three pieces represent a triptych of horror tales that examine the various ways lack of personal connection can eat away at a person.
The Spooky Season: Joyce Carol Oates offers up fifteen tales of body horror by women
Body horror is by nature a visceral mode, and many of the writers here take full advantage of the gooier elements in their tales.
The Spooky Season: Alison Rumfitt’s second novel examines repression and abjection through the lens of extreme body horror
Brainwyrms is all about the horrors of transphobia
The Spooky Season: The past weighs heavily in a supernaturally inflected first novel from Adriana Chartrand
The more obviously generic elements of the story are less unsettling than the very real horrors of racism and family strife.
The Spooky Season: Kathe Koja’s 1991 debut, The Cipher, remains a classic of the horror genre
Reading Koja's novel in 1991 was a revelation, as well as a reminder that horror is able to deal with large themes and philosophically weighty subject matter.
The Spooky Season: Imaginative horror’s place in a disordered world
Weirdly, horror fiction is one of those places capable of provoking a sense of calm.