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On Horror, Heavy Metal, and Why We Love to Be Scared

On Horror, Heavy Metal, and Why We Love to Be Scared

Metallica Guitarist Kirk Hammett May be the World's Biggest Horror Fan

By Steve Almond | October 31, 2017

Inside <em>The World of Lore</em>: A Spooky Podcast Jumps to Page and Screen

Inside The World of Lore: A Spooky Podcast Jumps to Page and Screen

Christina Newland Talks to the Man Behind the Monstrous Creatures

By Christina Newland | October 31, 2017

Isabel Allende on Harry Potter, Dostoyevsky, and the Gift of Reading

Isabel Allende on Harry Potter, Dostoyevsky, and the Gift of Reading

The Author of In the Midst of Winter on the Books in Her Life

By Literary Hub | October 31, 2017

Why Are We Obsessed with Onscreen Bloodletting?

Why Are We Obsessed with Onscreen Bloodletting?

A Brief History of Gore, Splatter, and the Art of Fake Blood

By Tyler Malone | October 31, 2017

9 Off-the-Beaten Path Horror Books to Read this Halloween

9 Off-the-Beaten Path Horror Books to Read this Halloween

From Comics Anthologies to Genre-Bending Novels and More

By Cassidy Foust | October 31, 2017

The Day My VW Beetle Morphed Into a Hot Rod

The Day My VW Beetle Morphed Into a Hot Rod

For Freeman's, David Searcy Recalls Younger Days

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Take a Literary World Tour Alongside Paul Manafort’s Dirty Money!

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In Mid-Life, The Wonderful Non-Deliverance of Ayahuasca

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"I Hurtle Towards Aging and Decrepitude With a Lighter Heart"

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Absences and Inhumanity: 5 Works of Abstract Horror

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How to Skewer a Novel: Éric Chevillard on Florian Zeller

How to Skewer a Novel: Éric Chevillard on Florian Zeller

A Legendary French Critic Weighs in on "a book to laugh at and then forget."

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Science vs. Religion: Travels in the Great American Divide

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Dinty W. Moore Tries to Find the Mythical Middle Ground

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