What’s scarier: seeing something jump out at you, or knowing that it could, and imagining how and when? My bet’s on the latter. Anticipatory fear is the worst. As such, I always find the book version of a spooky tale more frightening than a film or TV show, because my mind will conjure up horrors no special […]
With Halloween right around the corner, it’s time to brush up on your scary storytelling skills. Do you have what it takes to terrify the tykes? Are you ready to personally never sleep again due to the fallout of good, ghoulish bedtime reading? If so, here are six ways to deliver a fearful fable that […]
You can often spot a young Stephen King fan in the making. She’s the young reader who has always gravitated to the macabre, the fantastical, the almost-too-scary-but-not-quite books and stories. He’s the kid who is always pushing the limits when it comes to watching scary movies; the most enthusiastic ghost story teller on the camping […]
Growing up, my aunt and uncle owned a haunted mansion in Newport, Rhode Island. The house (although house is a bit of a misnomer in this case–estate? manor?) was dark and drafty even in the hottest days of August. Painted a deep red, it was rumored that something terrible happened there a long, long time ago. […]
