23 Top short stories books like The House of the Dead Hand by Edith Wharton

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The House of the Dead Hand

By: Edith Wharton

3.26

Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition

Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer and…

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1. Schalken the Painter

By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu

3.56

Format: 37 pages, Kindle Edition

Joseph Thomas Sheridan Le Fanu (28 August 1814 – 7 February 1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tal… read more

Similar categories in J. Sheridan Le Fanu's Schalken the Painter book and Edith Wharton's The House of the Dead Hand

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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2. The Old Nurse's Story

By: Elizabeth Gaskell

3.64

Format: 53 pages, Paperback

Even in the stillness of that dead-cold weather, I had heard no sound of little battering hands upo… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"You know, my dears, that your mother was an orphan, and an only child; and I dare say you have heard that your grandfather was a clergyman up in Westmoreland, where I come from."

-Elizabeth Gaskell, The Old Nurse's Story

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3. The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

3.60

Format: 34 pages, ebook

Mr. Robert Ferguson thinks his wife might be a vampire. He's caught her sucking their baby's neck a… read more

Similar categories in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Adventure of the Sussex Vampire book and Edith Wharton's The House of the Dead Hand

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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4. The Empty House

By: Rosamunde Pilcher

3.85

Format: 249 pages, Mass Market Paperback

When you read a novel by Rosamunde Pilcher you enter a special world where emotions sing from the h… read more

Similar categories in Rosamunde Pilcher's The Empty House book and Edith Wharton's The House of the Dead Hand

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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5. The Dead

By: James Joyce

3.99

Format: 100 pages, Paperback

Often cited as the best work of short fiction ever written, Joyce's story details a New Year's Eve … read more

Similar categories in James Joyce's The Dead book and Edith Wharton's The House of the Dead Hand

  • short stories
  • fiction
"Like distant music these words that he had written years before were borne towards him from the past."

-James Joyce, The Dead

"Why is it that words like these seem dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?"

-James Joyce, The Dead

"In one letter that he had written to her then he had said: 'Why is it that words like these seem to me so dull and cold? Is it because there is no word tender enough to be your name?"

-James Joyce, The Dead

"Escuchando esta noche los nombres de esos grandes cantantes del pasado me pa­reció, debo confesarlo, que vivimos en época menos espaciosa. Aquéllos se pueden llamar, sin exageración, días espaciosos:…"

-James Joyce, The Dead

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6. The Graveyard Rats

By: Henry Kuttner

3.73

Format: None pages, ebook

Mason had decided that the rats had to go... they had other plans... (note: very short story!) read more

Similar categories in Henry Kuttner's The Graveyard Rats book and Edith Wharton's The House of the Dead Hand

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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7. 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

Similar categories in Charles Dickens's The Signalman book and Edith Wharton's The House of the Dead Hand

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

-Charles Dickens, The Signalman

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8. The Story of the Goblins Who Stole a Sexton

By: Charles Dickens

3.75

Format: 320 pages, Kindle Edition

Goblins kidnap a surly grave-digger to teach him some valuable lessons. read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
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9. The Room in the Tower

By: E.F. Benson

3.97

Format: 250 pages, Paperback

E.F. Benson (1867-1940) fue, junto con M.R. James, uno de los maestros victorianos de la <>, un ter… read more

Similar categories in E.F. Benson's The Room in the Tower book and Edith Wharton's The House of the Dead Hand

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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10. 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

Similar categories in Arthur Conan Doyle's The Horror of the Heights book and Edith Wharton's The House of the Dead Hand

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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11. An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street

By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu

3.83

Format: 496 pages, Paperback

Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was … read more

Similar categories in J. Sheridan Le Fanu's An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street book and Edith Wharton's The House of the Dead Hand

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror

12. Good Lady Ducayne

By: Mary Elizabeth Braddon

3.71

Format: None pages,

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror

13. Couching at the Door

By: David Stuart Davies , D.K. Broster

4.22

Format: 206 pages, Paperback

Dorothy Kathleen Broster is best known for her historical novels. But there is a darker side to her… read more

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14. Green Tea

By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu

1.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Based on the psychological complexities of human mind, the work is pervaded by a mysterious aura. A… read more

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15. Don't Look Now

By: Daphne du Maurier , Patrick McGrath

4.04

Format: 346 pages, Paperback

Daphne du Maurier wrote some of the most compelling and creepy novels of the twentieth century. In … read more

Similar categories in Daphne du Maurier's Don't Look Now book and Edith Wharton's The House of the Dead Hand

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
"- because just by hating it’s possible to be purified from love, just with the sword, with the fire.."

-Daphne du Maurier, Don't Look Now

16. The Red Lodge

By: H. Russell Wakefield

4.27

Format: 197 pages, ebook

H. R. Wakefield was one of the most popular ghost-story writers of the early 20th century. 'The Red… read more

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17. Negotium Perambulans

By: E.F. Benson

4.17

Format: 267 pages,

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18. The New Catacomb

By: Arthur Conan Doyle

3.78

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

The New Catacomb is a novel written by Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of the famous detective Sher… read more

Similar categories in Arthur Conan Doyle's The New Catacomb book and Edith Wharton's The House of the Dead Hand

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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19. Certain Dark Things

By: Silvia Moreno-Garcia

3.74

Format: 256 pages, Paperback

Welcome to Mexico City, an oasis in a sea of vampires. Domingo, a lonely garbage-collecting street … read more

Similar categories in Silvia Moreno-Garcia's Certain Dark Things book and Edith Wharton's The House of the Dead Hand

  • fiction
  • horror
"One moment he was flinching and the next there was a slow, sweet wave that dragged him down ... it was a haze. The haze you experience when your eyes are heavy and you are about to fall asleep, where…"

-Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Certain Dark Things

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20. The Open Door

By: Charlotte Riddell

3.60

Format: 48 pages, Paperback

Charlotte Riddell (1832-1906) who also wrote under the pseudonym F. G. Tafford, was one of the most… read more

Similar categories in Charlotte Riddell's The Open Door book and Edith Wharton's The House of the Dead Hand

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
Cover of The Corner Shop: A Ghost Story for Christmas by Cynthia Asquith

21. The Corner Shop: A Ghost Story for Christmas

By: Cynthia Asquith

3.73

Format: 58 pages, Paperback

World-renowned cartoonist Seth returns with three new ghost stories for 2022. Peter Wood enters a … read more

Similar categories in Cynthia Asquith's The Corner Shop: A Ghost Story for Christmas book and Edith Wharton's The House of the Dead Hand

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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22. Lonesome Places

By: August Derleth

3.50

Format: 198 pages, Hardcover

None read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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23. The Lost Room

By: Fitz-James O'Brien

3.17

Format: 26 pages, Paperback

Fitz James O'Brien (also spelled Fitz-James; 25 October 1826 – 6 April 1862) was an Irish American … read more

Similar categories in Fitz-James O'Brien's The Lost Room book and Edith Wharton's The House of the Dead Hand

  • short stories
  • horror
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24. All Hallows

By: Walter de la Mare

3.27

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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25. The House of the Dead Hand

By: Edith Wharton

3.26

Format: 36 pages, Kindle Edition

Edith Wharton (January 24, 1862 – August 11, 1937) was an American novelist, short story writer and… read more

Similar categories in Edith Wharton's The House of the Dead Hand book and Edith Wharton's The House of the Dead Hand

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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26. The Snow

By: Hugh Walpole

3.68

Format: None pages, Audiobook

A famous short story read more

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  • short stories
  • horror

27. The Horror at Chilton Castle

By: Joseph Payne Brennan

3.83

Format: None pages, None

A man visits is ancestral homeland and the castle where he discovers that his family harbors dark s… read more

Similar categories in Joseph Payne Brennan's The Horror at Chilton Castle book and Edith Wharton's The House of the Dead Hand

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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28. 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

Similar categories in E.F. Benson's The House with the Brick-Kiln book and Edith Wharton's The House of the Dead Hand

  • short stories
  • horror

29. The horror under penmire

By: Adrian Cole

3.71

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • horror

30. A Strange Christmas Game

By: Charlotte Riddell

3.38

Format: None pages, None

Após receber a herança de um parente distante, um casal de irmãos que passava necessidade decide se… read more

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31. Basil Netherby

By: A.C. Benson

3.57

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Includes two short novels: "Basil Netherby" and "The Uttermost Farthing". read more

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3.56

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3.64

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3.60

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3.85

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3.90

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4.21

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4.00

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