14 must-read fiction books like Lonesome Places by August Derleth

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Lonesome Places

By: August Derleth

3.50

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

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1. The Cold Embrace

By: Mary Elizabeth Braddon

3.56

Format: 96 pages, Audiobook

After a German artist's cool betrayal, his fiancee's retribution is eerily apt. read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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2. Lost Hearts

By: M.R. James , Danko Krilić

3.60

Format: 332 pages, ebook

The tale tells the story of Stephen Elliott, a young orphan boy, who is sent to stay with his much … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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3. The Signalman

By: Charles Dickens , Scott Cohn

3.66

Format: 56 pages, Paperback

Presents the tale of a young man who, after listening to an eccentric railroad signalman's predicti… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"Hallow! Below there!"

-Charles Dickens, The Signalman

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4. Casting the Runes

By: M.R. James

4.29

Format: None pages,

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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5. In The Dark

By: E. Nesbit

3.95

Format: 302 pages,

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  • short stories
  • horror
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6. Flaxman Low, Occult Psychologist

By: H. Hesketh-Prichard , None , E. Heron , H. Heron

2.50

Format: None pages, Hardcover

E. and H. Heron were the pen names of Hesketh Pritchard and his mother Kate. Their Flaxman Low stor… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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7. The Horror of the Heights

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

5.00

Format: None pages, ebook

"The Horror of the Heights" is a short story by Arthur Conan Doyle. It was first published in Stran… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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8. The Demon Lover

By: Elizabeth Bowen

3.54

Format: 256 pages,

Mrs. Kathleen Drover has come back to her house in London to pick up a a few things that were left … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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9. The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral

By: M.R. James

3.65

Format: None pages, ebook

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror

10. The Door in the Wall

By: H.G. Wells

4.06

Format: 368 pages,

The Door in the Wall, considered by both readers and critics, to be Wells's finest tale, examines a… read more

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11. The Veldt

By: Ray Bradbury , Gary Kelley

5.00

Format: 32 pages,

The advanced technology of a house first pleases then increasingly terrifies its occupants. read more

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12. Afterward

By: Edith Wharton

4.14

Format: None pages,

Or, rather, Ned answered, in the same strain, "why, amid so much that's ghostly, it can never affir… read more

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13. The Judge's House

By: Bram Stoker

3.00

Format: None pages,

A scholar takes up residence in the former home of a judge with a very evil reputation. He finds th… read more

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14. The Crown Derby Plate: A Ghost Story for Christmas

By: Marjorie Bowen , Seth

3.89

Format: 272 pages, Paperback

An antique collector hears of an ancient woman with a large collection of china. Hoping to complete… read more

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15. A Warning to the Curious

By: M.R. James

3.69

Format: 121 pages, Paperback

The story of Paxton, an antiquarian and archaeologist who holidays in "Seaburgh" and inadvertently … read more

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16. Man-Size in Marble

By: E. Nesbit , None

3.00

Format: 107 pages,

When a young pair of newlyweds settle down into a small cottage in a quiet village, they look forwa… read more

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17. Was It an Illusion? A Parson's Story

By: Amelia B. Edwards

3.33

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

What had become of him? And what lad was that going up the path by which I had just come-that tall … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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18. Number 13

By: M.R. James

3.59

Format: None pages, ebook

M. R. James was born in Kent, England in 1862. James came to writing fiction relatively late, not p… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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19. Lonesome Places

By: August Derleth

3.50

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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20. The House with the Brick-Kiln

By: E.F. Benson

3.49

Format: 40 pages, Paperback

The House with the Brick-Kiln By E. F. Benson Benson was also known as a writer of atmospheric, obl… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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21. The Tractate Middoth

By: M.R. James

3.59

Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition

A librarian encounters the cobweb-covered ghost of a man entombed with his books. read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror

22. The Clown Puppet

By: Thomas Ligotti

3.96

Format: None pages, None

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23. Mr. Mortimer's Diary

By: Amyas Northcote

3.75

Format: None pages, Audible Audio

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24. The Corner House

By: Bernard Capes

3.92

Format: 9 pages, None

Short ghost story. read more

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25. In the Tube

By: E.F. Benson

3.51

Format: 14 pages, Unknown Binding

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  • short stories
  • horror
"If you come to think of it, the one thing which the human mind cannot grasp is the finite, not the infinite, the temporary, not the eternal."

-E.F. Benson, In the Tube

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26. The Experiment

By: M.R. James

3.04

Format: 30 pages, ebook

The Experiment is short story by M. R. James which was published in the Morning Post on New Years d… read more

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  • short stories

27. The Shadow

By: E. Nesbit

3.49

Format: None pages, None

“The Shadow” is a ghost story told in an unusual style: a ghost story that was actually not at all … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror

28. The Cigarette Case

By: Oliver Onions

3.46

Format: None pages, None

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  • short stories
  • horror
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29. Fear in the Forest: Volume 4

By: Ethan Hayes

4.25

Format: 132 pages, Kindle Edition

“I fear not the dark ... but what may lurk within it”From the author of the bestselling series, Enc… read more

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30. Gruselkabinett 135 - Brickett Bottom

By: Amyas Northcote

3.47

Format: 6 pages, Audio CD

Der betagte Reverend Arthur Mayhew vertritt in den Sommermonaten einen Kollegen auf dem Lande. Sein… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror

31. The Houseboat

By: Richard Marsh

3.52

Format: None pages, ebook

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  • short stories
  • horror

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