Written in 1882, "A Christmas Dream, and How It Came True," covered many of the same themes as Dickens' classic, albeit with ...

It's based on the semi-autobiographical short stories of radio personality Jean Shepherd. Many of the characters featured in A Christmas Story were inspired by real-life people and events from ...

Kindness can appear in the most unexpected moments: a small gesture, a helping hand, or a few kind words. In these 11 short true stories, simple acts of compassion lit up dark times. Some came from ...

The details of Ed Gein’s real story are disturbing, and they form the basis of a new Netflix series. “I blame all my trouble on my mother,” Gein told the police, according to that article. “I never ...

Diego Pineda has been a devout storyteller his whole life. He has self-published a fantasy novel and a book of short stories, and is actively working on publishing his second novel. A lifelong fan of ...

io9 is proud to present fiction from Lightspeed Magazine. Once a month, we feature a story from Lightspeed’s current issue. This month’s selection is “Teach Them a Story to Teach Them Kindness” by B.

As a teenager in the late 1970s, Steve Richardson was sweeping and stocking shelves at a toy store on the edge of L.A.’s Skid Row when he noticed the first signs of a monumental change in the city.

Four years after it was originally intended to be released, “The Unbreakable Boy” is now in theaters, and yes, it’s based on a true story about a real family. The film centers on Austin (Jacob Laval), ...

Movies based on true stories are much more heart-touching than the fictional ones. The fact that these events have taken place in real life gives the viewers goosebumps and a sense that reality can be ...

What “Long Story Short” has on its mind, it turns out, is quite a lot. This is a show about grief, the pandemic, cycles of life and Judaism — not just Jewishness, of which there are countless ...