A collection of spooky short fiction by Edith Wharton and a historical nonfiction narrative about a woman who claimed to be haunted. By Sadie Stein Dear readers, We all have our forms of escapism.

It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Or so we’re told. In truth, the holidays can be a frightful time. And this year is especially dreadful. If you’re like me and tend towards the melancholy and ...

Your eyes are red and white candy spirals, your brain is mince pie, and Elf on the Shelf, having glared at you for weeks, has returned to his desk job with the surveillance state. We know horror at ...

Netflix’s Ghost Stories is a collection of Indian short films by directors Anurag Kashyap, Zoya Akhtar, Karan Johar and Dibakar Banerjee — the same lineup as two other anthologies, 2013’s Bombay ...

“The brain sees what it wants to see” is the refrain Professor Goodman clings to whenever he faces the inexplicable. Unsurprisingly his rational worldview is called into question time and again in ...