5 must-read short stories books like The Inhabitant of the Lake by Ramsey Campbell

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The Inhabitant of the Lake

By: Ramsey Campbell

4.07

Format: None pages, None

First published in The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants (1964) and collected in Cold…

If you liked the short stories plot in The Inhabitant of the Lake by Ramsey Campbell , here is a list of 5 books like this:

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1. The Tomb

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.51

Format: 46 pages, Kindle Edition

Jervas Dudley was only a child when he found the mausoleum of the Hyde family. The place becomes ve… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
"In relating the circumstances which have led to my confinement within this refuge for the demented, I am aware that my present position will create a natural doubt of the authenticity of my narrative…"

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Tomb

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2. The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants

By: Ramsey Campbell , J. Ramsey CAMPBELL

3.79

Format: 600 pages, Hardcover

A collection of fantasy and horror short stories by British author J. Ramsey Campbell, who dropped … read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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3. The Colour Out of Space

By: H.P. Lovecraft

4.03

Format: 78 pages, Mass Market Paperback

'It was a monstrous constellation of unnatural light, like a glutted swarm of corpse-fed fireflies … read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
"It was nothing of this earth, but a piece of the great outside; and as such dowered with outside properties and obedient to outside laws."

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space

"West of Arkham the hills rise wild and there are valleys with deep woods that no ax has ever cut. There are dark, narrow glens where the trees slope fantastically, where thin brooklets trickle withou…"

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Colour Out of Space

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4. Elantris (Elantris, #1)

By: Brandon Sanderson

3.98

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

Elantris was the capital of Arelon: gigantic, beautiful, literally radiant, filled with benevolent … read more

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5. The Shadow Over Innsmouth

By: H.P. Lovecraft

4.11

Format: 176 pages, Paperback

"The Shadow Over Innsmouth" is a short novel about a weird hybrid race of humans and creatures rese… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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6. The Silmarillion

By: J.R.R. Tolkien , Christopher Tolkien , Ted Nasmith

4.01

Format: 386 pages, Hardcover

The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the an… read more

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"Nightingales sang about her wherever she went."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

"The dawn is brief and the day full often belies its promise."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

"All have their worth and each contributes to the worth of the others."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

"No ames demasiado la obra de tus manos ni las invenciones de tu corazón."

-J.R.R. Tolkien, The Silmarillion

7. Scary Stories 3: More Tales to Chill Your Bones (Scary Stories, #3)

By: Stephen Gammell , Alvin Schwartz

3.87

Format: 144 pages, Paperback

Storytellers know -- just as they have for hundreds and hundreds of years -- that everyone enjoys a… read more

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8. The Horror from the Hills

By: Frank Belknap Long

4.26

Format: None pages, Hardcover

Frank Belknap Long. The Horror From the Hills. Sauk City: Arkham House, 1963. Dust jacket, with art… read more

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9. More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Scary Stories, #2)

By: Stephen Gammell , Alvin Schwartz

3.79

Format: 249 pages, Hardcover

All those who enjoyed shuddering their way through Alvin Schwartz's first volume of Scary Stories T… read more

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10. The Satanic Bible

By: Anton Szandor LaVey

3.99

Format: None pages, Paperback

The Satanic Biblewas first published by Anton LaVey in 1969. It is a collection of essays, observat… read more

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11. The Rats in the Walls

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.55

Format: 112 pages, Paperback

"The Rats in the Walls" is a short story by H.P. Lovecraft. Written in August-September 1923, it wa… read more

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12. Homeland (Forgotten Realms: The Dark Elf Trilogy, #1; Legend of Drizzt, #1)

By: R.A. Salvatore

4.39

Format: None pages, Mass Market Paperback

In exotic Menzoberranzan, the vast city of the drow is home to Icewind Dale prince Drizzt Do'Urden,… read more

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13. The Case of Charles Dexter Ward

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.37

Format: 414 pages,

Incantations of black magic unearthed unspeakable horrors in Providence, Rhode Island. Evil spirits… read more

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14. Fatale, Book Two: The Devil's Business (Fatale, #2)

By: Ed Brubaker , None , Sean Phillips

4.16

Format: None pages, Paperback

In 1970s Los Angeles, Josephine can't hide from the forces of Hollywood, Satanic Cults and creepy 1… read more

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15. Lucifer's Hammer

By: Larry Niven , Jerry Pournelle

4.54

Format: 253 pages, Mass Market Paperback

The gigantic comet had slammed into Earth, forging earthquakes a thousand times too powerful to mea… read more

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16. The Whisperer in Darkness

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.82

Format: None pages, Paperback

The story is told by Albert N. Wilmarth, an instructor of literature at Miskatonic University in Ar… read more

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17. The Call of Cthulhu

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.44

Format: 384 pages, Kindle Edition

One of the feature stories of the Cthulhu Mythos, H.P. Lovecraft's 'the Call of Cthulhu' is a harro… read more

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18. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark (Scary Stories, #1)

By: Stephen Gammell , Alvin Schwartz

4.28

Format: None pages,

This spooky addition to Alvin Schwartz's popular books on American folklore is filled with tales of… read more

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19. The Dark Eidolon and Other Fantasies

By: S.T. Joshi , Clark Ashton Smith

4.11

Format: 14 pages, Paperback

A much-awaited collection of prose and poetry from one of the great cosmic masters of the supernatu… read more

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20. The Book of Enoch

By: Enoch , R.H. Charles

4.20

Format: 252 pages, Paperback

R. H. Charles provides a definitive translation of one of the most noted apocalyptic works still in… read more

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21. The Inhabitant of the Lake

By: Ramsey Campbell

4.07

Format: None pages, None

First published in The Inhabitant of the Lake and Less Welcome Tenants (1964) and collected in Cold… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror

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