6 must-read horror books like Open House on Haunted Hill by John Wiswell

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Open House on Haunted Hill

By: John Wiswell

4.14

Format: 13 pages, ebook

Author’s Note: At the World Fantasy Convention in 2018, I went to dinner with some lovely people wh…

If you liked the horror plot in Open House on Haunted Hill by John Wiswell , here is a list of 6 books like this:

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1. Milagroso

By: Isabel Yap

3.73

Format: None pages, ebook

Marty always believed the lab-grown foods he helped produce were miraculous. But in his childhood h… read more

Similar categories in Isabel Yap's Milagroso book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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2. Troll Bridge (Discworld #16.5)

By: Terry Pratchett

3.90

Format: 77 pages,

Part of a short story tribute anthology to Tolkien, found in After the King: Stories In Honor of J.… read more

Similar categories in Terry Pratchett's Troll Bridge (Discworld #16.5) book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • humor
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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3. Apex Magazine, Issue 120 May 2019

By: Jason Sizemore

3.59

Format: 159 pages, Kindle Edition

Apex Magazine is an award-winning digital genre zine of short fiction. EDITORIAL Our Audacity by M… read more

Similar categories in Jason Sizemore's Apex Magazine, Issue 120 May 2019 book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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4. The Wishing Pool and Other Stories

By: Tananarive Due

4.04

Format: 296 pages, Hardcover

American Book Award–winning author Tananarive Due’s second collection of stories includes offerings… read more

Similar categories in Tananarive Due's The Wishing Pool and Other Stories book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"All were eager to go home, happy and smiling, except when they saw her. Noticing brown or black skin was a favorite sport in the States, so most stared at her."

-Tananarive Due, The Wishing Pool and Other Stories

"...dim light bled through the threadbare curtains she recognized in the window, the ones with patterns of fish Mom had found at a garage sale with Joy a million years ago. Or yesterday. Time was a my…"

-Tananarive Due, The Wishing Pool and Other Stories

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5. The Angel of Khan el-Khalili (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.2)

By: P. Djèlí Clark

3.94

Format: 32 pages, ebook

A girl visits a bazaar in Cairo, seeking a favor from a mysterious angelic being. This story fir… read more

Similar categories in P. Djèlí Clark's The Angel of Khan el-Khalili (Dead Djinn Universe, #0.2) book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • urban fantasy
  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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6. St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid

By: C.L. Polk

3.86

Format: 21 pages, ebook

All magical requests comes with a price. A girl with witchcraft, no friends, and only her mother’s … read more

Similar categories in C.L. Polk's St. Valentine, St. Abigail, St. Brigid book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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7. Little Free Library

By: Naomi Kritzer

4.03

Format: 12 pages, ebook

Sharing stories we love with one another is one of the most magical forms of connection there is. T… read more

Similar categories in Naomi Kritzer's Little Free Library book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • urban fantasy
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
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8. Open House on Haunted Hill

By: John Wiswell

4.14

Format: 13 pages, ebook

Author’s Note: At the World Fantasy Convention in 2018, I went to dinner with some lovely people wh… read more

Similar categories in John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • urban fantasy
  • humor
  • supernatural
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • horror
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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9. The Paper Menagerie

By: Ken Liu

4.58

Format: 32 pages, ebook

Ken Liu's incredible story "Paper Menagerie" just became the first work of fiction to win all three… read more

Similar categories in Ken Liu's The Paper Menagerie book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
"She told me about American men who wanted Asian wives. If I can cook, clean, and take care of my American husband, he'll give me a good life. It was the only hope I had. And that was how I got into t…"

-Ken Liu, The Paper Menagerie

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10. The Last Truth

By: AnaMaria Curtis

4.20

Format: 25 pages, ebook

In AnaMaria Curtis's "The Last Truth", a Tor.com Original, a runaway and indentured thief, Eri must… read more

Similar categories in AnaMaria Curtis's The Last Truth book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • speculative fiction
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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11. Two Truths and a Lie

By: Sarah Pinsker

3.79

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

Stella thought she’d made up a lie on the spot, asking her childhood friend if he remembered the st… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Pinsker's Two Truths and a Lie book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • contemporary
  • fantasy
"In that moment, she remembered Chris Bethel, pre-transition, playing Viola in Twelfth Night like a person who knew what it was to be shipwrecked on a strange shore. Good for him."

-Sarah Pinsker, Two Truths and a Lie

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12. Jealous Husband Returns in the Form of a Parrot

By: Robert Olen Butler

3.72

Format: None pages, None

A re-imagining of a short story by Pulitzer Prize winner, Robert Olen Butler. A man dies suddenly a… read more

Similar categories in Robert Olen Butler's Jealous Husband Returns in the Form of a Parrot book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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13. Metal Like Blood in the Dark

By: T. Kingfisher

4.15

Format: None pages, ebook

None read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
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14. The Story We Used to Tell

By: Shirley Jackson

3.70

Format: None pages, Audiobook

None read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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15. Vaccine Season

By: Hannu Rajaniemi

3.96

Format: None pages, None

In a post-pandemic future where scientists have made great strides in eliminating disease, a young … read more

Similar categories in Hannu Rajaniemi's Vaccine Season book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook

16. Dark Spaces on the Map

By: Anjali Sachdeva

3.71

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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17. An Equal Share of the Bone

By: Karen Osborne

4.02

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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18. The Years of my Birth

By: Louise Erdrich

4.17

Format: 26 pages, Short Story

Short Story originally published in The New Yorker, page 65-. Also available as a podcast audiob… read more

Similar categories in Louise Erdrich's The Years of my Birth book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
Cover of Drones to Ploughshares by Sarah Gailey

19. Drones to Ploughshares

By: Sarah Gailey

4.12

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

A sentient government surveillance drone is ensnared, and must determine his captor's motives.  read more

Similar categories in Sarah Gailey's Drones to Ploughshares book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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20. The War of the Wall

By: Toni Cade Bambara

3.67

Format: None pages, ebook

https://www.commonlit.org/en/texts/the-war-of-the-wall-1 “The War of the Wall” details the experie… read more

Similar categories in Toni Cade Bambara's The War of the Wall book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook

21. The Foster Portfolio

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

3.75

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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22. Tía Abuela’s Face, Ten Ways

By: Lisa M. Bradley

3.53

Format: None pages, Podcast

Episode 110 of LeVar Burton Reads An anthropologist copes with the passing of her beloved tía ab… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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23. #ClimbingNation

By: Kim Fu

4.03

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

When an Instagram-famous rock climber comes to an untimely death, his friends and admirers gather t… read more

Similar categories in Kim Fu's #ClimbingNation book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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24. River's Giving

By: Heather Shaw

3.90

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

A mystical phenomenon brightens the dreary days of winter — until one year, when it suddenly stops. read more

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  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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25. The Usual Santas

By: Mick Herron

4.06

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

A group of mall Santas celebrating Christmas Eve discover that there is a stranger in their midst. … read more

Similar categories in Mick Herron's The Usual Santas book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • fiction
  • humor
  • short stories
  • audiobook
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26. The Court Magician

By: Sarah Pinsker

3.94

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

A young magician is given the opportunity to learn real magic, but it comes with consequences. This… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Pinsker's The Court Magician book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • audiobook
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27. Mister Dawn, How Can You Be So Cruel?

By: Violet Allen

3.83

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

An artist works as a dream concierge, creating augmented dream packages for clients. For more from … read more

Similar categories in Violet Allen's Mister Dawn, How Can You Be So Cruel? book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of The Lady of the Yellow-Painted Library by Tobi Ogundiran

28. The Lady of the Yellow-Painted Library

By: Tobi Ogundiran

4.04

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

A hapless salesman flees the librarian hell-bent on retrieving her lost library book. This story ap… read more

Similar categories in Tobi Ogundiran's The Lady of the Yellow-Painted Library book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • audiobook
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29. The Golden Hour

By: Jeffrey Ford

3.68

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

A time traveler is stranded in a small town. This story appears in SOMEONE IN TIME: TALES OF TIME-C… read more

Similar categories in Jeffrey Ford's The Golden Hour book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • fiction
  • audiobook

30. Afterlife

By: Stephen King

3.53

Format: 18 pages, Paperback

"Afterlife" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the June 2013 edition of Tin House… read more

Similar categories in Stephen King's Afterlife book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • short stories
  • fantasy
  • fiction
  • horror
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31. Family Cooking

By: Ana Maria Curtis

4.10

Format: 1 pages, Audiobook

A tale of complicated family relationships and magical cooking. read more

Similar categories in Ana Maria Curtis's Family Cooking book and John Wiswell's Open House on Haunted Hill

  • fantasy

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Milagroso

Isabel Yap

3.73

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Troll Bridge (Discworld #16.5)

Terry Pratchett

3.90

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Apex Magazine, Issue 120 May 2019

Jason Sizemore

3.59

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Mr. Mendoza's Paintbrush

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3.30

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Troll Bridge (Discworld #16.5)

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3.90

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John Wiswell

4.14

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Percival Everett

4.42

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