The inaugural One of Us Midwest Horror Fest will be held at Public Space One in Iowa City Sept. 6. In Iowa City, writers can thrive. The city’s “City of Literature” designation and the Iowa Writers’ ...

John Carpenter delivered a masterclass in mixing sci-fi concepts with growing paranoia in The Thing.

Erika T. Wurth grounds her horror fiction in historical contexts to underscore the genre’s roots in cultural storytelling. (Michael Teak) We often view horror as a genre of fiction defined by a dark ...

The 20th century was the first to yield a steady stream of horror fiction from its turn to its end. Pelan (Darkside) takes advantage of this bountiful legacy by reprinting one outstanding horror tale ...

Maddie Fisher is a writer, journalist and game developer. She was born and raised on the east coast, having started working in games journalism over ten years ago. She tends to enjoy musical theater, ...

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” ...

An advanced copy of Scream with Me! Horror Films and the Rise of American Feminism by Eleanor Johnson found me in the simmering heat of summer 2025, just in time for Independence Day. I tore into the ...

Brad LaCour is a Senior List Writer for Collider. Based out of Los Angeles, California, Brad lives close enough to the stars but is too busy to find out where exactly they live. Brad is fairly certain ...

From his earliest gaming memories playing Spyro 2 on the PlayStation, to being obsessed with the swing-out animations in Marvel's Spider-Man, Cameron has always been, and continues to be, in love with ...