Hilarious — and spooky — hijinks ensue in this third installment in Jeff Kinney’s wickedly funny Diary of an Awesome Friendly Kid series. Fans of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series won’t want to miss this laugh-out-loud glimpse into Rowley’s ghoulishly grin-inducing imagination. Here, Jeff Kinney discusses the inspiration for his latest Rowley Jefferson book and what […]
To celebrate Halloween, we asked our bloggers to name the scariest books they’ve ever read, and most of them got the heebie-jeebies just thinking about their answer. They explored the deepest, darkest parts of their minds to recall that story still haunting them today. We recommend these horrifying books with caution—they could make you sleep […]
I grew up in Japan, where, in addition to fireworks and temple festivals, it’s a cultural tradition to tell scary stories during the humid summer months. Spooky stories are popular during that time of year for a couple different reasons. First, Japanese Buddhists believe that spirits return to their ancestral home during the month of […]
A 2010 study found that women like true crime disproportionately more then men because they have a heightened fear of crime—they want to learn how to prevent being a victim, how to survive being a victim, warning signs to watch for, and escape tips and survival strategies. I find that so insulting. Not to speak […]
This August, the worst nightmares of a generation will come to life in the film adaptation of Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, Alvin Schwartz’s anthology of American folktales originally published in 1981. But why is a recent Oscar-winning filmmaker producing an adaptation of a decades-old book aimed at elementary school kids? Well, probably […]
