Susan Hill's classic ghost story, The Woman in Black, is a gothic novel about Arthur Kipps, a London lawyer who is summoned to the funeral of Alice Drablow, a reclusive widow, to settle her estate. As ...

Let it snow! When the weather outside is frightful, it’s time for classic ghost stories and mysteries — even if you’re only wrapping them up as presents for lucky friends and family. Need a few ideas?

Craving a scare this October? Get into the spirit of spooky seasons with these frightening narratives, from horror novels for Halloween to gothic classics to curl up with as autumn descends into ...

Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s bestselling fiction is both widely varied and firmly rooted — tied to the culture of the Canadian immigrant’s native Mexico and tethered to the genres she has loved since ...

We love being scared, but only if it’s the right type of scared. We prefer great terrifying stories, the kind of nightmares we can get away from by putting down our novel. Fortunately, there are ...

At 91, literary master Wang Meng is breathing new life into China’s classic ghost stories. His latest book, Extreme Tales of ...