Horror

FICTION / The veil of shadow

He had consistently disregarded the villagers' accounts of bhoot-prets as local folklore. To him, they were just stories to scare the gullible

FICTION / Trapped in the bite

I woke up with the taste of blood in my mouth

POETRY / The ghost of Arun Das

Raise no alarm, if on a night dimly lit,

Anyone could see that they were a couple very much in love. Always laughing at each other’s jokes. Finishing each other’s sentences. Name the cliché and you’ll find them living up to it without question.

BOI MELA 2024 / Trends in horror and graphic novels at this year’s Boi Mela

According to the publishers, the classic horror books are among their best selling novels this year.

FICTION / Screams and Schadenfreude

TRIGGER WARNING: Suicide, death, and gore.

FICTION / White-eyed Corpse

The beast bellowed below Mushfiq’s bedroom window, propelling rushes of tingles within him. He smiled.

ESSAY / On the many flavours of horror in children’s literature

What do we make of the mysterious thread that connects these stories not by genre, but by an imagination so wondrous they leave room for an underlying horror, and the many things that can mean?

The Screaming Shorts / Hunt

Talespeople presents The Screaming Shorts, partnered with Daily Star Books and Star Literature.

October 31, 2022

Spooky October reads for Halloween

Rahman’s central character Mumin, a teacher of Islamic studies in a district high school is summoned by the headmistress to help liberate her young daughter from an apparent demonic possession.

August 21, 2022

Shock value is overrated

Can shock value be overdone in horror movies?

June 6, 2022

5 books to read after you’re done binging 'Stranger Things'

These books, full of horror, humour, grisly monsters, and misfit kids, are the perfect remedy to fill the gap in your time until the show returns with more episodes.

May 9, 2022