In 1815, Lord Byron challenged guests to write a ghost story—and 18-year-old Mary Shelley crafted “Frankenstein.” In this video, Iseult Gillespie shares everything you need to know to read Mary Shelley’s classic novel.

“I wanted to capture the existential horror of war and place it within the context of the supernatural.” Alistair Rey contributed the story "What Hath God Wrought?" In this interview, the author talks about legend vs. history, mixing horror with the Old West, and the challenges of historical fiction.

Exploring the series that revolves around a world inhabited by supernatural characters. Including the novels in order, the Sookie Stackhouse short story collections, plus quotes from the author.

“What's the creepiest thing you've ever seen…" The short story collection Something Wicked This Way Rides features some two-dozen authors exploring the Old West with a twisted view…

List of book series that feature monsters, magic, folklore, urban fantasy, science gone wrong, alien invasions, zombies, vampires, and the supernatural.

“Showing that ‘horror’ things do happen in Texas was a lot of fun for me.” The author's fascination with Cryptids, and being such an eclectic writer.

“I had to get the western part right.” More about the short story collection Something Wicked This Way Rides, with some two-dozen authors exploring the Old West with a twisted view…

Celebrating Toho's legendary kaiju, plus Godzilla’s enemies (like King Ghidorah and Mechagodzilla) and Godzilla’s allies (like Kong, Mothra, and Rodan).

“The Old West is such an enduring setting because it embodies adventure, danger, and oftentimes isolation.” More about the short story collection Something Wicked This Way Rides with some two-dozen authors exploring the Old West with a twisted view…

Octavia E. Butler’s storytelling pushed the boundaries of what Black people were allowed to be in science fiction.

“My stories are mainly driven by ideas—weird, cool, frightening, whatever.” More about the short story collection Something Wicked This Way Rides, with some two-dozen authors exploring the Old West with a twisted view…

“Conflict is the lifeblood of a great story.” 

“Genre fiction has existed even as far back as the Bard himself.” More about the short story collection Something Wicked This Way Rides, with some two-dozen authors exploring the Old West with a twisted view…

The show spawned a number of tie-in books, including a series of novels that expanded on the stories in the Supernatural universe. Find a complete list—more books related to the show!

Looking for a zombie story? You can’t swing an undead cat without hitting another one. If you want some help narrowing down the field, here are some zombie novels worth checking out.

Here are more than two-dozen authors who write about magic, magic practitioners, and those who live in a world of magic.

Many films have used the Count as a villain, while others have used him as a title character—or invoked his name as a buzzword or as shorthand…