Director Denis Villeneuve's adaptation provokes mixed reactions among Ars staffers.

On what would have been the late Discworld creator’s 72nd birthday, Terry Pratchett’s production company Narrativia has announced a new development deal to create “truly authentic … prestige adaptations that remain absolutely faithful to [his] original, unique genius”.

Cory Olsen, aka The Tolkien Professor, explains how Tolkien’s hobbit stories got fused with his earlier mythologic work around languages he created to become the Tolkien universe inhabited by…

In Bram Stoker’s iconic vampire novel Dracula, the eponymous count warns his pursuers, “My revenge is just begun! I spread it over centuries, and time is on my side.” Those who have read the novel or watched one of its countless adaptations will know that the count’s threat was empty. His revenge, and the count himself, were literally cut short. But while Dracula the character was killed, Dracula the book remains immortal, with horror readers and authors of all eras since genuflecting to its example.

Possibly the coolest creepiest Steampunk taxidermy creatures you will ever behold...

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Shirley Ann Grau, a Pulitzer Prize-winning fiction writer whose stories and novels told of both the dark secrets and the beauty of the Deep South, has died. She was...

Beautiful Dream Worlds created in a small studio apartment by a Korean Artist.

There is a huge, real-world pay-off for readers of a new fantasy novel by James Frey, creator of I Am Number Four and other books in the best-selling Lorien Legacies young adult franchise. The American writer is offering US$500,000 (S$640,000) in solid gold to the first reader to solve the complex puzzle in Endgame: The Calling, out on shelves today.

Japanese Miniature Model Artist, Satoshi Araki’s diorama art crafts are incredibly detailed and realistic.

A list of 10 less-familiar mythological creatures.

Every other house can suck it

Vin Diesel plays the last remaining witch hunter who must battle against an uprising of witches in modern day New York. ‘The Last Witch Hunter’ also stars Rose Leslie, Elijah Wood and Michael Caine. In theaters October 23, 2015.

The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America are pleased to announce the 2014 Nebula Awards winners (presented 2015), as well as the honorees for the Ray Bradbury Award for Outstanding Dramat...

Harry Potter is my new favorite thing, though it struck me as odd that people actually gave a shit about Dumbledore’s sexuality recently.

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