The religious right called the game evil. TSR couldn’t keep up with demand. The desire to visit an enchanted world of the sort one might read about in books probably dates to the early 17th century.

On the back cover of “Beartooth,” a blurb from novelist Junot Diaz compares it to “A Simple Plan,” which is both high praise and a very dangerous game to be playing. “A Simple Plan ...

It's said to be the 80s arcade game that spawned an urban legend. Polybius was rumoured to be so addictive it caused severe side effects in those who played it. Those players were said to be part ...

Stories can be many things in these books: rigid shackles or malleable ... to feel on edge when reading a story about how literally dangerous stories are. There’s a constant sense of a lurking ...