Check out our interview with Michelle Schad, author of the high fantasy Rise of the Phoenix series. Schad tells Monster Complex what drove her to write it, explains her unique angle for writing fantasy, and reveals her pet peeves for others in the genre.

Koji Suzuki’s The Ring horror trilogy has expanded to include more books, plus lots of movies, TV shows, comics, and video games. “All human diseases and illnesses are more or less influenced by state of mind,” the author said. Find out for more about the series!

Featuring links to news, reviews, and interviews with the award-winning poet and writer of horror, fantasy, and science fiction. “I’m often looking for a different perspective on fear,” Addison says, “while opening my own fear/pain as roots to feed what I’m writing.”

Find out more about the award-winning novel Beloved—plus about the history of author Toni Morrison, how the late author continues to be important to future readers, and the funny way that Oprah Winfrey got in touch to make a movie.

Looking at Kalayna Price’s urban fantasy series starring a witch who solves crimes speaking to the dead. “I enjoy working in a world that is recognizable but with a magical overlay,” the author says. “I like the endless possibilities available to work with.”

“I wanted to publish the kind of fiction I loved reading late nights,” Nightmare Abbey editor Tom English says. “And because I do love old SF and Horror movies and TV, articles I want to feature.”

“Most ghost stories are short stories,” the author says. “And I just wondered whether there was anything that could be revived in the ghost story to make it full length again…”

A panel discussion where authors Daniel Willcocks, Leanna Renee Hieber, and Andrea Janes talk about what makes horror fiction connect with readers. “You have to feel some kind of empathy for that character.”

Celebrating the classic novel from the father of science fiction, and lots of times that they borrowed Wells’ ideas for movies and TV—including classic Universal Monster movies, plus animated films, TV series, and more.

Ms. Marvel will be in the movie The Marvels. But she is also “dying” in a comic book. Look at all the ways we know she’ll get better—and meet LOTS of famous characters who “died” and came back.

Paranormal romance author Heather Elizabeth King has been a story teller as long as she can remember. “I grew up with five older sisters and they all loved horror movies,” she says. Find out about her Zoey Matthews mysteries, with a heroine who may be afraid of ghosts, but still gets the job done.

Horror comedy novelist Grady Hendrix explains the weird origins of his retail horror comedy novel. “I never set out to write horror. I really only wanted to write stories about the world I see around me.”

Who are YOUR favorite horror authors? We’ve got behind-the-scenes info on popular horror writers Stephen King, Tananarive Due, Mary Shelley, Koji Suzuki, Ray Bradbury, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, and many more!

Celebrating several self-published and hybrid urban fantasy authors, including Ilona Andrews, Jessica Cage, Dan Willis, Whitney Hill, N.D. Jones, N.E. Conneely, D.M. Guay, Lindsay Buroker, and lots more!

Charlaine Harris soon returns to her version of America where magic is acknowledged but despised. It is the fifth title in her Gunnie Rose series, which follows a young gunslinger a on deadly mission across an alternate version of 1930s America. The author answers questions about the series, about writing, and how Anne Rice influenced her.

Horror writer John James Minster talks about his new short story collection, his pet peeves about horror fiction, and reveals the challenges of writing short fiction vs writing novels. “What drives me is to scare myself, first. If I do that, I’m pretty sure some other reader will feel the electric tingles intended.”

The Black Stars project explores futures set in a variety of locales, from an alley in New York to an interstellar wormhole. This includes influential Black authors Nnedi Okorafor, Nalo Hopkinson, Nisi Shawl, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, C.T. Rwizi, and Victor LaValle. Find out more about each story!

With his new book on the way, we take a look at Haruki Murakami’s best-selling books. “The more I try to write about reality in a realistic way,” the author says, “the more the unreal world invariably emerges.”

Season of Skulls continues Hugo Award-winning author Charles Stross’ Lovecraftian Laundry Files series, perfect for fans of weird fiction and bureaucratic humor with a technological twist. Find out more about the series and the new book.

Celebrating now 40 years, the classic Stephen King horror novel Christine tells the story of a car possessed by dark supernatural forces. The book was also adapted—that same year—as a movie directed by John Carpenter.