Posted on July 7, 2022 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

The creators of the smash-hit show Stranger Things have more projects in store, and several of them have literary roots....

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Posted on June 16, 2022 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

While June 16, 1818, has long been held as the day that Mary Shelley sat down (or, rather, sat up)...

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Posted on April 25, 2022 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

This is exactly what a Millennial with a case of the Mondays needs: the option to buy Goosebumps-themed sneakers. Author...

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Posted on March 1, 2022 at 10:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

An appropriately eerie donation has been made to the Poe Museum in Richmond, Virginia. The Guardian reports that literary collector...

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Posted on December 30, 2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

You might think that A Christmas Carol is the most-adapted ghost story of all time. And you’re possibly right, given...

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Posted on December 14, 2021 at 8:00 AM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Shirley Jackson, horror author and short-story master, was born on this day in 1919. She is best known for her...

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Posted on October 27, 2021 at 2:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Think you’re too old for middle-grade horror tales like R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps series? Well, think again. Madelyne Xiao, like bookworms...

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Posted on October 11, 2021 at 3:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Fall of the House of Usher” is coming to Netflix. The short story will serve as...

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Posted on September 20, 2021 at 12:00 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A rare first-edition copy of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein has sold at auction for $1.17 million. That’s well over the expected...

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Posted on September 9, 2021 at 2:30 PM by Sadye Scott-Hainchek

A new Stephen King short story is exclusively available through a website that allows charities to fundraise by selling digital...

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