The iconic horror writer is making things witchy with his new book. And yes, it will still chill you to your bones.

Many of Grady Hendrix’s books remix classic horror ideas in order to develop fresh new lore, from vampires (“The Southern ...

RASCOE: Now, given that Grady Hendrix's past horror novels have featured demonic possession, vampires, a haunted house, you might think that the devil will show up in this newest one, "Witchcraft ...

Another question: will you buy pink clothes or blue ones, or, as in the new book “Witchcraft for Wayward Girls” by Grady ...

Set in a home for unwed mothers during one hot summer in the 70s, Grady Hendrix's Witchcraft for Wayward Girls explores power ...

Ahead of the publication of “Witchcraft for Wayward Girls,” Grady Hendrix spends a weekend at home in Charleston.

Combine that with the dark arts, as Grady Hendrix does in “Witchcraft for Wayward Girls,” and you’ve got the makings of a fantastic body horror novel. Actually, it’s so much more than that.

I’m having God’s baby.” Audio excerpted with permission of Penguin Random House Audio from WITCHCRAFT FOR WAYWARD GIRLS by Grady Hendrix, read by Leslie Howard, Hillary Huber and Sara Morsey.

NPR's Ayesha Rascoe talks with Grady Hendrix about his latest horror novel, "Witchcraft for Wayward Girls," in which the witches are not the worst evil-doers, the humans are.