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,

FICTION / VAMP

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 28, 2024
October 28, 2024

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

October 27, 2024
October 27, 2024

Trapped in the bite

I woke up with the taste of blood in my mouth

October 26, 2024
October 26, 2024

The ghost of Arun Das

Raise no alarm, if on a night dimly lit,

May 4, 2024
May 4, 2024

VAMP

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. 

February 23, 2024
February 23, 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.

February 10, 2024
February 10, 2024

Screams and Schadenfreude

TRIGGER WARNING: Suicide, death, and gore.

January 10, 2024
January 10, 2024

White-eyed Corpse

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

December 5, 2023
December 5, 2023

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?

December 3, 2023
December 3, 2023

Hunt

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

December 2, 2023
December 2, 2023

Séance In The 70's

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