short story Archives - Desperate Living

How the macabre Stephen King short story was morphed into a nonsensical virtual reality sci-fi action film.

A collection of Bangladeshi folk horror stories that is impressively creepy and original.

Exploring the lesser-known film and TV adaptations of Ray Bradbury’s disturbingly prophetic tale of virtual reality and smart homes.

Steven Spielberg’s debut feature, and the Richard Matheson short story that it is based on, remain masterclasses in paranoid terror.

Looking at a pair of stories that revive a grand old tradition of stand-alone short fiction.

The horror anthologies ‘edited’ by the Hammer Films star.