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ITW Spotlight: A Paranormal NYC in “The Spectral City”

When she’s not writing bestselling and award-winning Gothic Victorian Fantasy, Leanna Renee Hieber moonlights as a licensed ghost tour guide in New York City’s Boroughs of the Dead. Perhaps that should come as no surprise. An online search for “ghosts of New York City” yields more than 80 million results,…

Jaden TerrellDecember 6, 2018

Miscellany

From Shore to Fiction: “Beneath the Lighthouse”

Julieanne Lynch is the author of Beneath the Lighthouse, an eerie story on ghosts and family tragedy. Today we have the pleasure of learning about her creative process and the inspiration behind her chilling story. But first, here is a taste of her story: Sixteen-year-old Jamie McGuiness’s sister is dead. Sinking into…

Julieanne LynchAugust 22, 2018

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Open the Door to V.E. Schwab’s “Gallant,” an Eerily Magical Homecoming

Olivia Prior knows hardly anything about her family or where she came from. Raised at the Merilance School for Independent Girls, the only link she has to anyone outside its walls is her mother’s journal — a slim, worn volume that offers very few answers as she watches her mother’s…

Chelsea CicconeMarch 2, 2022

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Dark YA Fantasy “Vespertine” Transforms a Scarred Girl Into a Woman Saint

"Rogerson's unveils a grim and intriguing world ... A dark and enthralling journey." — Kirkus —∞— Welcome to a world where spirits of the dead walk again, and nuns hold the power to quell evil with more than just prayers. In Vespertine (Margaret K. McElderry Books), our heroine and the…

Emma LongOctober 5, 2021

Fiction

Tall Poppy Review: Ghosts of the Past in “One More Day”

When someone dies, we may wish for more time with them. Just one more day. But what if that happened? What if they actually came back?This premise launches Kelly Simmons's graceful and otherworldly suspense novel, One More Day (Sourcebooks Landmark) Carrie and her husband are mired in grief after the mysterious kidnapping of…

Sandra BlockJuly 26, 2018

BooksToScreen Fiction

A Demonic Book List for Fox’s The Exorcist Miniseries!

Halloween is coming early! Lately, it feels like everything is being remade for television, from Lethal Weapon to the Divergent movies (apparently). So, when we heard that Fox was remaking The Exorcist as a miniseries, we were a bit dubious. Seriously? You’re remaking what is thought to be the greatest…

Katie HiresSeptember 23, 2016

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Darren Lee Compton on Characterization and Concept Changes

Are you thinking about changing your career? Maybe consider looking into becoming a professional monster hunter. Well, maybe not: according to Fiya Pratt Diaz, you’re basically just a glorified exterminator. If exterminating the extreme isn’t on your radar, maybe you’d prefer to just read about those monsters instead. In that…

Judy MorenoJuly 12, 2021

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Spencer K. Prescott On the Beginning of a Love of Books and Her Present Writing Process

Hummingbird: Broken Wings isn’t your typical young adult fiction novel. Here, the supernatural takes hold of a young woman who already felt like her world was falling apart and her mind failing her. What do you do when you find your life suddenly spilling over with angels, demons and witchcraft?…

BookTribJune 28, 2021

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9 Spooky Graphic Novels That Are Perfect for Halloween

It’s Halloween, and you know what that means — it’s time to light a fall candle, grab a hot drink and crack open a book that’s sure to give you the creeps. From thriller novels to tales of the paranormal, there’s no shortage of Halloween-themed books to keep you enthralled…

Cameron KimballOctober 25, 2021

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Riff on a Myth: 7 Novels Drawing Inspiration From Multicultural Ancient Sources

There’s something completely timeless and utterly attractive about mythology, folklore and the stories passed down through generations. Maybe a particular story originated in religion, or maybe through honoring heroic courage or, who can say, maybe the teller was an exasperated mom who needed to keep her kids from getting into…

Judy MorenoAugust 20, 2021