14 must-read short stories books like The Red God Laughed by Thorp McClusky

The Red God Laughed

By: Thorp McClusky

3.79

Format: None pages, Magazine Entry

"A strange tale about the end of human life on Earth." Short story published in Weird Tales abou…

If you liked the short stories plot in The Red God Laughed by Thorp McClusky , here is a list of 14 books like this:

Cover of The Opener of the Way by Robert Bloch

1. The Opener of the Way

By: Robert Bloch

3.78

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

The Opener of the Way is a collection of fantasy and horror short stories and was the author's firs… read more

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  • short stories
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2. The Pale Man

By: Julius Long

3.76

Format: 2 pages, ebook

A snappy obscurity tale about a man living in a small country hotel. He becomes obsessed with the a… read more

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  • short stories
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3. The Glamour of the Snow

By: Algernon Blackwood

3.93

Format: None pages, ebook

He slowly turned bewildered, heavy eyes upon the desolate mountains, stared dizzily about him, trie… read more

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  • short stories

4. The Hounds of Tindalos

By: Frank Belknap Long

3.19

Format: None pages,

Frank Belknap Long wrote a number of early Cthulhu Mythos stories. These included "The Hounds of Ti… read more

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5. The Mark on the Wall

By: Virginia Woolf

3.84

Format: 95 pages,

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6. The Ninth Skeleton

By: Clark Ashton Smith

2.56

Format: 201 pages, ebook

A walk into the woods leads to a terrifying discovery... (note very short story)ExcerptIt was benea… read more

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7. Smee: A Short Story

By: A.M. Burrage

3.76

Format: None pages, Audiobook

Smee is a crackling ghost story about a guest in a haunted house telling other visitors of the deat… read more

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  • short stories
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8. I, the Vampire

By: Henry Kuttner

3.60

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

The best of Henry Kuttner's horror tales show no influence other than his own imagination: ‘‘I, the… read more

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  • short stories
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9. The House of Shadows

By: Mary Elizabeth Counselman

3.63

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • short stories
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10. A Terribly Strange Bed

By: Wilkie Collins

3.58

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

""A Terribly Strange Bed"" is a short story by the renowned English author, Wilkie Collins. The sto… read more

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  • short stories

11. The Red God Laughed

By: Thorp McClusky

3.79

Format: None pages, Magazine Entry

"A strange tale about the end of human life on Earth." Short story published in Weird Tales abou… read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories

12. When the Flame-Flowers Blossomed

By: Leslie F. Stone

3.67

Format: None pages, Audiobook

None read more

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  • short stories
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13. The Epiphany of Death

By: Clark Ashton Smith

3.04

Format: None pages, ebook

This story is about a man who accompanies his friend down into his ancestral catacombs. Before ent… read more

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14. The Horror in the Hold

By: Frank Belknap Long

3.43

Format: None pages, Paperback

Ocean dread read more

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15. Dig Me No Grave

By: Robert E. Howard

3.61

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • short stories
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16. Evening Primrose

By: John Collier

3.62

Format: 14 pages, Kindle Edition

A writer decides to encamp in a local department store to save on room and board, but mainly to fin… read more

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17. The Creeper in the Crypt

By: Robert Bloch

3.69

Format: None pages, Paperback

From the author of Psycho, a Lovecraftian tale of Arkham, town of eldritch horrors and monsters. Ga… read more

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  • short stories
"The life of a painter demands solitude"

-Robert Bloch, The Creeper in the Crypt

18. The Fire Vampires

By: Donald Wandrei

3.41

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • science fiction
  • short stories
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19. The Corpse Light

By: J.E. Preston Muddock

3.53

Format: None pages, None

first published in 'Tales of Terror', 1899 read more

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  • short stories
Cover of There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard by M.R. James

20. There Was a Man Dwelt by a Churchyard

By: M.R. James

3.28

Format: 3 pages, ebook

Montague Rhodes James OM, MA, FBA (1 August 1862 – 12 June 1936), who used the publication name M. … read more

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  • short stories

21. MASTERS OF DARKNESS (2) (ii) Two: Up Under the Roof; Zombique; Other Room; Cotta

By: Dennis (editor) (Manly Wade Wellman; Joseph Payne Brennan; Lisa Tuttle Etchison

3.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

None read more

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7 best-selling fantasy books like The Epiphany of Death by Clark Ashton Smith

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Robert Bloch

3.78

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H.P. Lovecraft

3.50

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