"The Institute" by Stephen King is already optioned for TV

Posted on 09/11/2019 at 03:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Two of Tuesday’s hot release are already set for TV adaptations. Deadline reports that Spyglass Media Group emerged victorious from...

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Reviews mixed for Malcolm Gladwell, Stephen King new releases

Posted on 09/11/2019 at 12:24 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Malcolm Gladwell and Stephen King both released new books yesterday, though with The Testaments by Margaret Atwood hitting shelves, you...

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Tagged As: Book reviews, Horror, Nonfiction, The Guardian, The New York Times

Stephen King: "The Institute" isn't exactly ripped from the headlines

Posted on 09/03/2019 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Margaret Atwood isn’t the only wildly popular author releasing a scary tale next week. Stephen King’s sixty-first novel, The Institute,...

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Netflix show takes inspiration from "The Turn of the Screw"

Posted on 08/15/2019 at 09:53 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Shirley Jackson provided inspiration for the first season of a Netflix horror show; now the producers are turning to Henry...

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What "Scary Stories" means to one author who's now a parent

Posted on 08/08/2019 at 02:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A massive nostalgia trip has just begun in movie theaters nationwide, with the release of Scary Stories to Tell in...

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Tagged As: Children's literature, Horror, The New York Times

"The Stand" will receive another new ending

Posted on 08/08/2019 at 12:23 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The Stand is becoming the story that never ends. Stephen King had to wrap up the original version of the...

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Tor is offering an award-winning horror novella for free

Posted on 06/25/2019 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Tor’s ebook of the month for June comes with some snazzy credentials. The Murders of Molly Southbourne won the 2018...

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Author Q&A: Steven Savile

Posted on 06/25/2019 at 08:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

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If you could send Steven Savile back to 1985 and tell him what his future held, he wouldn’t have believed...

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Why authors set out to shock

Posted on 05/07/2019 at 04:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Most of us have, at some point, come away from a book, movie, or TV show and wondered how in...

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Tagged As: Horror, The Guardian, Thriller

AMC to adapt Stephen and Owen King's "Sleeping Beauties"

Posted on 04/17/2019 at 05:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

In other slightly spooky news, a King collaboration is coming to the small screen. AMC is planning to adapt Sleeping...

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Tagged As: Horror, TV adaptation