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Award-winning author Elly Griffiths discusses the long art of the short story, including how it offers opportunities that ...

Author and Cemetery Dance publisher Richard Chizmar, meanwhile, mined the isolation and “closed off existence” of deep Appalachia for the horror tale Memorials (Gallery, Oct.). These and other ...

On the 30th anniversary of 'Pulp Fiction,' 20 creatives including John Travolta and Samuel L. Jackson break down the making ...

So, to me it would be a challenge in an interesting way to try and figure out how that could happen, even the idea of something like Mr. Freeze, that such a great story, right? I think there's ...

This incident serves as a springboard to explore the broader narrative of how imaginative storytelling has both inspired and ...

When you look closely at the evolving and shifting morality of DC’s Trinity, one thing becomes clear: It’s never been as fixed as you might think.

Apple's first directed short ‘immersive’ movie for Vision Pro, Submerged, shows spatial movies may take more effort than your ...

Almost half of Americans fear artificial intelligence poses a threat to humans, so Newsweek asked what it has planned for us.

[This story contains spoilers from the season three finale of Heartstopper.] “I do feel like season one was the most special season. Half of us hadn’t even been on a set before, so it was very ...

Hopefully, it will create a more relatable and realistic story.” Oseman credits Finney with helping shape this and other scenes, like Elle’s talk with friend and fellow trans girl Naomi (Bel ...

Each creature is introduced, in both Irish and English, by way of their historical context, followed by a short story ... princess of Wales, for example, tells her own story of exile, while ...