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12 Creepy Tales - Edgar Allan Poe
12 Creepy Tales - Edgar Allan Poe
- Author: Edgar Allan Poe
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
This is a collection of 12 creepy stories by that master of creepiness, Poe. The Black Cat; The Fall of the House of Usher, The Raven; The Tell Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, the Premature Burial and six others that are a shuddering...
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 4 - Various
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 4 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in this collection for the first...
The Flaw in the Crystal - May Sinclair
The Flaw in the Crystal - May Sinclair
- Author: May Sinclair
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Literary Fiction
One of May Sinclairβs βuncannyβ stories, this novella explores many of Sinclairβs most treasured themes: the bounds of marriage, the conflict between flesh and spirit, the complexity of human emotions in relation to other humans, the practical...
Ghost Story Collection 004 - Various
Ghost Story Collection 004 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
A collection of ten pieces, read by various readers, about the unreal edges of this world in legend and story; tales of love, death and beyond. If just one story prickles the hair on the back of your neck, or prickles your eyelids with the touch of...
The House on the Borderland (Version 2) - William Hope Hodgson
The House on the Borderland (Version 2) - William Hope Hodgson
- Author: William Hope Hodgson
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Science Fiction
This story helped propel 19th Century gothic fiction in the direction of βcosmicβ horror. In fact, H.P. Lovecraft lists it as among his greatest influences. It begins simply enough: with two friends stumbling upon a ruined and curious house while...
The Sorrows of Satan - Or, the Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire - Marie Corelli
The Sorrows of Satan - Or, the Strange Experience of One Geoffrey Tempest, Millionaire - Marie Corelli
- Author: Marie Corelli
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
In this 1895 Faustian novel by British author Marie Corelli, we follow the journey of Geoffrey Tempest. Initially a starving and penniless writer, his good fortune comes upon him in the form of a huge inheritance, and the friendship of a character...
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (version 3) - Robert Louis Stevenson
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (version 3) - Robert Louis Stevenson
- Author: Robert Louis Stevenson
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction
The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is the original title of a novel written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson that was first published in 1886. It is about a London lawyer named Gabriel John Utterson who investigates strange...
The History of the Caliph Vathek - William Beckford
The History of the Caliph Vathek - William Beckford
- Author: William Beckford
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction
This is one of the earliest Gothic novels. The Caliph Vathek is one of the wealthiest and most powerful men who ever lived. But this is not enough for him. He seeks also forbidden knowledge, and doesn't care who he has to hurt to get it. Aided by...
A Book of Bargains - Vincent O'Sullivan
A Book of Bargains - Vincent O'Sullivan
- Author: Vincent O'Sullivan
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
This is a volume of short horror stories by American-born short story writer, poet and critic Vincent O'Sullivan. Sometimes considered the last of the decadents, O'Sullivan was a notable literary figure of his time, a friend of Oscar Wilde, and a...
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain - Charles Dickens
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain - Charles Dickens
- Author: Charles Dickens
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction
The Haunted Man and the Ghostβs Bargain, A Fancy for Christmas-Time, (better known as The Haunted Man and the Ghostβs Bargain) is a novella by Charles Dickens first published in 1848. It is the fifth and last of Dickens' Christmas novellas. The...
Tales of Old Japan - Lord Redesdale
Tales of Old Japan - Lord Redesdale
- Author: Lord Redesdale
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Tales of Old Japan by Lord Redesdale is a collection of short stories focusing on Japanese life of the Edo period (1803 - 1868). It contains a number of classic Japanese stories, fairy tales, and other folklore; as well as Japanese sermons and...
Humorous Ghost Stories - Various
Humorous Ghost Stories - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Humorous Fiction
Includes: An introduction by Dorothy Scarborough -- The Canterville ghost / by Oscar Wilde -- The ghost-extinguisher / by Gelett Burgess -- "Dey ain't no ghosts" / by Ellis Parker Butler -- The transferred ghost / by Frank R. Stockton -- The mummy's...
The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux
The Phantom of the Opera - Gaston Leroux
- Author: Gaston Leroux
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Plays / Romance
An old theatre under new management; a diva who thinks she can sing; a young ingenue who really can; a masked man who wreaks havoc if he doesn't get his own way. Secrets, intrigues, falling chandeliers! The Phantom of the Opera is here! (Summary by...
St Andrews Ghost Stories - William Thomas Linskill
St Andrews Ghost Stories - William Thomas Linskill
- Author: William Thomas Linskill
- Genre: Myths / Legends & Fairy Tales / Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Seventeen ghost stories (fourth edition published 1921) centered around the ruined medieval cathedral of Saint Andrew in the Scots city of that name. The author was famous in his time for his interest in ghostly apparitions. ( David Wales)...
The Hill of Dreams - Arthur Machen
The Hill of Dreams - Arthur Machen
- Author: Arthur Machen
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
The novel recounts the life of a young man, Lucian Taylor, focusing on his dreamy childhood in rural Wales, in a town based on Caerleon. The Hill of Dreams of the title is an old Roman fort where Lucian has strange sensual visions, including ones of...
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 009 - Various
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 009 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
A collection of fifteen stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder....
PD Goth - Various
PD Goth - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
A collection of spooky stories culled from etexts found on Project Gutenberg (Summary by BellonaTimes)...
Brood of the Witch Queen - Sax Rohmer
Brood of the Witch Queen - Sax Rohmer
- Author: Sax Rohmer
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
A swan suffers a mysterious death, its neck wrung by apparent supernatural forces. A young woman dies alone in a hospital room, apparently strangled by mysterious means. Sir Michael Ferrara is found strangled in his bedroom with no one else there....
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 027 - Various
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 027 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder....
The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig' - William Hope Hodgson
The Boats of the 'Glen Carrig' - William Hope Hodgson
- Author: William Hope Hodgson
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Historical Fiction
Eighteenth-century sailors adrift in a lifeboat encounter strange lands and weird creatures in their search for home. A creepy tale of nautical adventure. - Summary by Jason Mills...
The Parasite (version 2) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
The Parasite (version 2) - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Author: Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction
In this short novel of 1894, Conan Doyle describes a character with seemingly extraordinary powers. Are these powers occult or are they only in the minds of other people? There is no Sherlock Holmes to solve this mystery. (Summary by Delmar H....
The Octave of Claudius - Barry Pain
The Octave of Claudius - Barry Pain
- Author: Barry Pain
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
One night, Dr. Gabriel Lamb saves the life of Claudius Sandell. He takes him home and treats him excellently, nursing him back to health. However, Dr. Lamb's motives were really not quite altruistic, and Claudius may have to pay an extraordinary...
Manfred - George Gordon, Lord Byron
Manfred - George Gordon, Lord Byron
- Author: George Gordon Lord Byron
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Plays
Manfred is a dramatic poem in three acts by Lord Byron, and possibly a self confessional work. A noble, Manfred, is haunted by the memory of some unspeakable crime. In seeking for forgetfulness and oblivion, he wanders between his castle and the...
The House on the Borderland - William Hope Hodgson
The House on the Borderland - William Hope Hodgson
- Author: William Hope Hodgson
- Genre: General Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction
In 1877, two gentlemen, Messrs Tonnison and Berreggnog, head into Ireland to spend a week fishing in the village of Kraighten. While there, they discover in the ruins of a very curious house a diary of the man who had once owned it. Its torn pages...
In Search of the Unknown - Robert W. Chambers
In Search of the Unknown - Robert W. Chambers
- Author: Robert W. Chambers
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Humorous Fiction / Nature & Animal Fiction
Robert Chambers was a contemporary of Lovecraft, and this book consists of "weird supernatural tales" in a somewhat similar manner, except that the emphasis is on humor rather than horror. The narrator works for the newly opened Bronx Zoo in New...
The Last of the Valerii - Henry James
The Last of the Valerii - Henry James
- Author: Henry James
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
An unnamed American painter resident in Rome serves as narrator in this story, watching as his god-daughter Martha, becomes the wife of Prince Marco Valerio. The young bride is eager to use some of her American fortune in the service of archeology...
Citadel of Fear - Francis Stevens
Citadel of Fear - Francis Stevens
- Author: Francis Stevens
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Gertrude Barrows Bennett was the first major female writer of fantasy and science fiction in the United States, publishing her stories under the pseudonym Francis Stevens. Bennett wrote a number of highly acclaimed fantasies between 1917 and 1923...
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 1 - Various
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 1 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction / Anthologies
In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in this collection for the first...
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 016 - Various
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 016 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder....
Tales of the Uneasy - Violet Hunt
Tales of the Uneasy - Violet Hunt
- Author: Violet Hunt
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Published 1900 onward / Single Author Collections
Nine twisty-turny tales of tragic human drama, played out in Victorian parlors, death beds and lonely country roads. This collection of Violet Hunt writings has all the requirements for short story entertainment: flirtatious beauties, mismatched...
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 019 - Various
Short Ghost and Horror Collection 019 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
A collection of twenty stories featuring ghoulies, ghosties, long-leggedy beasties and things that go bump in the night. Expect shivers up your spine, the stench of human flesh, and the occasional touch of wonder....
The Bright Messenger - Algernon Blackwood
The Bright Messenger - Algernon Blackwood
- Author: Algernon Blackwood
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Gothic Fiction / Fantasy Fiction
Julian LeVallon, born and raised alone in the Jura Mountains, is referred to psychiatrist Dr. Edward Fillery for care in London. But is LeVallon merely a schizophrenic with a secondary personality, "N.H." (non-human), or is he really an Elemental...
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 3 - Various
Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Volume 3 - Various
- Author: Various
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction / Suspense / Espionage / Political & Thrillers
In the six volumes of the Library of the World's Best Mystery and Detective Stories, Julian Hawthorne presents us thrilling and mysterious short stories from all corners of the world. Some of the stories appeared in this collection for the first...
Black Magic: a Tale of the Rise and Fall of the Antichrist - Marjorie Bowen
Black Magic: a Tale of the Rise and Fall of the Antichrist - Marjorie Bowen
- Author: Marjorie Bowen
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Gothic Fiction
Witches, spells, ghosts, pacts with the Devil, occult rituals, love triangles, popes and the Anti-Christ are some of the ingredients of this chilling early horror work (set in the middle-ages) by Marjorie Bowen that some consider to be the ultimate...
The Mystery of the 'Ocean Star' - A Collection of Maritime Sketches - William Clark Russell
The Mystery of the 'Ocean Star' - A Collection of Maritime Sketches - William Clark Russell
- Author: William Clark Russell
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Crime & Mystery Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction
This is a collection of short stories of mystery and romance, set at sea, in the times of the great sea voyages....
Dracula (version 3) - Bram Stoker
Dracula (version 3) - Bram Stoker
- Author: Bram Stoker
- Genre: Action & Adventure Fiction / Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Gothic Fiction
Famous for introducing the character of the vampire Count Dracula, the novel tells the story of Dracula's attempt to move from Transylvania to England so he may find new blood and spread the undead curse, and the battle between Dracula and a small...
The Beetle - Richard Marsh
The Beetle - Richard Marsh
- Author: Richard Marsh
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Detective Fiction
A story about a mysterious oriental figure who pursues a British politician to London, where he wreaks havoc with his powers of hypnosis and shape-shifting, Marsh's novel is of a piece with other sensational turn-of-the-century fictions such as...
The Strange Visitation - Marie Corelli
The Strange Visitation - Marie Corelli
- Author: Marie Corelli
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction / Published 1900 onward
The Strange Visitation is a Christmas ghost story in the spirit of Dickens' A Christmas Carol. It was commissioned by the Strand as a supplement to its December volume of that year. - Summary by A. Gramour...
The Parenticide Club - Ambrose Bierce
The Parenticide Club - Ambrose Bierce
- Author: Ambrose Bierce
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914?), best known as journalist, satirist and short story writer. Cynical in outlook, economical in style; Bierce vanished while an observer with Pancho Villa's army. Four grotesque short stories about murder within the...
Wandering Ghosts - Francis Marion Crawford
Wandering Ghosts - Francis Marion Crawford
- Author: Francis Marion Crawford
- Genre: Horror & Supernatural Fiction
This is a collection of seven ghost stories by Francis Marion Crawford. The volume includes all of the essential ingredients for good ghost and horror stories, such as mysterious deaths, haunted houses, and even vampires. - Summary by Carolin...
