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When you think of fantasy fiction, one of the first words that comes to mind might well be ‘epic’. The genre often features tales that are vast in scope and size, spreading across multiple volumes – w

From dilapidated cottages to the site of a notorious nuclear disaster, what is behind the longing to seek out abandoned places, asks Katie Scott

IS IT TIME TO GIVE UP GOSSIP? LAURA ANTONIA JORDAN EXPLORES THE EVOLUTION OF TATTLE AND WHY NOW MIGHT BE A GOOD TIME TO QUIT THE LOOSE LIPS

Those brilliant ideas for stories that mysteriously bubble up from somewhere deep in the subconscious to wake an author in the middle of the night, and get them groping for the notebook or phone they

Folklore expert Willow Winsham explains the history behind the mystery of this fearsome witch from Slavic legend

The power of storytelling can change how we view our reality — and it can even change that reality itself, writes psychologist Jessica Zucker