Seeing the cover of Alvin Schwartz’s Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (1981) has a powerfully Proustian effect on me: my stomach drops a little bit and a shiver of twinned fear and delight runs down ...

Sourcing family friendly frightening fiction can be a bit challenging. That said, while straightforward horror texts rarely serve family audiences, the gothic is a mode of storytelling that has a long ...

Halloween is just a few weeks away, and it’s officially the spookiest time of the year. Parents who want to share their love for horror with their children don’t always have a lot of options. For ...

When it comes to the realm of horror, most films are distinctly made for adults, as they often include blood and gore, or heavy topics like horrific murders or tragedies. Also, their primary purpose ...

Taylor Hunsberger is a culture writer, poet, and children’s librarian at the East Flatbush branch of the Brooklyn Public Library. She has presented work on the topic of children’s horror literature at ...