Horror
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.
The Screaming Shorts / Séance In The 70's
Talespeople presents The Screaming Shorts, partnered with Daily Star Books and Star Literature
The Screaming Shorts / They came out at sunset
The deeper the night, the louder the sound.
The Screaming Shorts / Rapture
“Rapture’s coming, son. We best be happy when we embrace the Lord,” was all I heard him say as he pushed a needle into my arm.
The Screaming Shorts / Game
My mother took me on her horse and started to ride south. I clutched my bleeding arm, the pain snapping me fully awake.
1 new message
'1 new message' is the top winner of DS Books and Star Literature's Halloween writing contest Spook-off in the two-sentence fiction category.
New home
'New home' is the top winner of DS Books and Star Literature's Halloween writing contest Spook-off in the 100 word fiction category.
4 witchy romance novels to read this Halloween
The fascination with October’s magic and mystery hasn’t subdued over the centuries. And what can be more magical than falling in love in October?
Last visit
'Last visit' is one of the winning entries of DS Books and Star Literature's Halloween themed writing contest "Spook-Off". One winning 100-word flash fiction or a two-line horror story will be published each day of the week all the way till Halloween.
Midnight visitor
'Midnight visitor' is one of the winning entries of DS Books and Star Literature's Halloween themed writing contest "Spook-Off". One winning 100-word flash fiction or a two-line horror story will be published each day of the week all the way till Halloween.
3 hours past midnight
As she looked up, Rukhsana noticed her eyeballs missing.
Lift
I think it was closer tonight. I really did not want it inside the lift.
The hour of the wolf
For a wistful moment, he was born to me. Eyes closed and never to open.
Shimul
The girl stared back at her and asked a question that made Mrittika’s heart beat faster. “Don’t you recognise me?”
All she ever wanted
Elen would tell you how her hatred for her sister was so intense that she didn't know who she was without it.
