This year's Haunting Hooks competition, judged by New York Times bestselling author Kalynn Bayron, dared contestants to write an original opening to a spooky story about cursed objects SAN MATEO, ...

Write a captivating opening to a scary story in 50 words or less! Entries open now through Friday, October 13, with R.L. Stine's top pick to be announced on Halloween The writing contest offers a ...

Jorge Luis Borges once demeaned the dictionary, writing, “It is often forgotten that [dictionaries] are artificial repositories, put together well after the languages they define. The roots of ...

Jorge Luis Borges once demeaned the dictionary, writing, “It is often forgotten that [dictionaries] are artificial repositories, put together well after the languages they define. The roots of ...

Dictionary writing is “a kind of writing that wants to go unnoticed,” says Joseph M. Romero, an assistant professor of classics at Mary Washington College. “It may disconcert the reader to learn that ...