Creepy, spooky, and scary middle grade books for kids are often readers’ favorite kinds of books. Here are the best scary books for brave readers! Because if your readers love a good jolt of ...

What kid doesn’t love a good ghost story, especially when the Halloween season rolls around? Two years ago, I had this question on my mind when I developed a two-day curriculum for an extracurricular ...

Ghost stories have long been a holiday tradition, so gather 'round the electronic hearth and watch some (or all) of these.

Your eyes are red and white candy spirals, your brain is mince pie, and Elf on the Shelf, having glared at you for weeks, has returned to his desk job with the surveillance state. We know horror at ...

Alyssa De Leo is a freelance writer based in Melbourne, Australia. She has studied both media and screenwriting, and has had her work screened at the Melbourne International Film Festival. She loves ...

In anticipation of Halloween, I just picked up a complete collection of the ‘Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark’ book series (Alvin Schwartz, 1981; 1984; 1991), which I loved as a kid (despite a few of ...

The short days and long nights of winter provide us with the opportunity for reflection on dark topics such as the ...

The winds have brought a familiar chill to the air, and the leaves are turning. Fall is back, and the Halloween season is in full swing. That means carving pumpkins, candy and, of course, ghost ...