H.P. Lovecraft was one of horror's most prolific writers, and stories like The Colour Out of Space and The Call of Cthulhu show how dark he could get.

We spoke with author Wendy Wagner about the Northwest Oregon-set "Girl in the Creek," and how she became editor-in-chief of ...

In the horror movie landscape, the word “remake” can tend to make fans super cautious. For every hit, there are a dozen lazy reboots that barely understand the original’s appeal. But ever so often, a ...

This Is how You Lose The Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone is a sci-fi love story that, contrary to the way most queer literary love affairs turn out, doesn’t involve one or both lovers ...

TODAY’S WORD — SLUMLORD (SLUMLORD: SLUM-lord: A landlord who receives profits from poorly maintained properties.) Average mark 15 words Time limit 20 minutes Can you find 19 or more wor… ...

TODAY’S WORD — MELAMINE (A resin with a high melting point.) Average mark 25 words, time limit 40 minutes Can you find 36 or more words in MELAMINE? The list will be published tomorrow.… ...

Dennis Lehane adapts the 'Firebug' podcast about the search for a serial arsonist into a nine-episode drama series.

That’s It, The F-Word Is Officially Boring Just go ahead and say it, nobody minds anymore. Political leaders cursing into hot mics was just the final boss of "f**k" losing all its punch and ...

Seattle Storm coach Noelle Quinn had strong words about Indiana Fever guard Caitlin Clark on Tuesday night.

The word ‘soccer’ remains at the heart of one of the most enduring, if comparatively low-key and petty fronts of the culture war. At its most basic level, it’s a transatlantic disagreement ...

Michelle Obama is reflecting on three powerful words that her mother Marian told her during her final days before she died in May 2024 at age 86.

Merriam-Webster tracks the words that enter our language. Find out which debuted each year from 1950-2010 in this new words of the year list.