A look at one of the most celebrated anthologies of horror for children

From “The Exorcist” to “The Amityville Horror” to “The Shining,” kids can be downright demonic. What is it about the idea of evil youngsters that scares us? After all, they’re “only children,” right?

You got the guts to write horror literature? Or are they lying on the floor in a big, sloppy mess next to you? Delve into the nightmare landscape that is your own soul. Choose your poison, and show us what you’re made of. Not for the faint of heart.

Clive Barker´s short story "Dread," originally published as part of his popular "Books of Blood" series, serves as a close examination of the collective fascination with being scared and indicts each of us in our own twisted and perverse pleasure of another’s misery.

A cornerstone of the horror literature movement, “evil” has existed in numerous forms throughout horror’s history. Yet defining what "evil" actually is becomes tricky, if not altogether elusive.

Have a burning desire to write horror or are you simply wanting to analyze it to death? Here are a few ideas to get you started!