YA horror
A.D. Aro Talks With Us About New Book ‘Bumps In The Night’ and the Dangers of Mall Trawling
In recent years there’s been a new wave of young adult horror titles from creators who grew up reading the likes of Goosebumps, Graveyard School, Strange Matter, and other assorted titles. Many ...
Welcome to Autumncrow: Cameron Chaney Discusses Building The Spookiest Town In America
The town of Autumncrow Valley, Ohio, is a magical place referred to as “The Spookiest Town In America.” In Autumncrow, practically every day is Halloween. Summer quickly comes and goes; th...
Back to ‘Graveyard School’ With Nola Thacker: Series Creator Discusses How ‘Buffy’ Served as Inspiration for the Series
The 1990s saw a wave of horror titles aimed at young adult readers being released in the wake of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps. One of the most versatile and endearing was Graveyard School. Written b...
The Strange Matter That Time Forgot – A Retrospective On The Lost and Unpublished Aspects of the YA Horror Franchise
While I was working on my interview with Marty Engle and Johnny Ray Barnes Jr. on their book series, Strange Matter, they shared information on several titles which were advertised but never drafted. ...
Welcome to Nevermore: Interview with Author Tyler Miller On His New Horror Series For Young Adults
The market for young adult horror series experienced a revitalization on the edge of the 2010s. Alongside the return of R.L. Stine’s Goosebumps in the form of the HorrorLand series, publishers ...
Haddonfield High: Remembering the YA Book Series Based on the ‘Halloween’ Films
The Halloween franchise has seen several novelizations and tie-ins over the years. But the strangest on paper might be the decision to turn Halloween into a Young Adult book series in 1997. When you l...
Was YA Horror Series Bone Chillers Almost Rereleased as Fright Club?!
Among the wave of young adult horror franchises created in the 1990s, one of the more well known was Bone Chillers. The series was created by prolific authoress Betsy Haynes, with publisher Daniel Wei...
Beyond Goosebumps: Kids Horror Books That Are All But Forgotten
Many fans have loved horror most of their lives. Before we were allowed to watch the movies, many kids got into the genre through book series like Goosebumps or Scary Stories to Te...
Five Children’s Horror Movies That are Surprisingly Good
Children’s horror is a fairly overlooked genre, which is surprising, considering that we are definitely in the age of the young adult novel. YA books are being consumed by all audiences from ju...
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