10 must-read horror books like An Evening's Entertainment by M.R. James

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An Evening's Entertainment

By: M.R. James

3.58

Format: None pages, ebook

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

If you liked the horror plot in An Evening's Entertainment by M.R. James , here is a list of 10 books like this:

Cover of The Oblong Box by Edgar Allan Poe

1. The Oblong Box

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.57

Format: 16 pages, Paperback

"The Oblong Box" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1844 in "Godey's Lady's Bo… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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2. The Terrible Old Man

By: H.P. Lovecraft

4.18

Format: None pages, Kindle Edition

"The Terrible Old Man" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written on January 28, 1920, and first … read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
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3. Out of the Aeons

By: H.P. Lovecraft , Hazel Heald

4.01

Format: 30 pages,

"Out of the Aeons" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft and Hazel Heald, a writer from Somerville, M… read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror

4. Ghost Camera

By: Darcy Coates

3.68

Format: 189 pages,

A small number of cameras have the ability to capture ghosts on film. This gift comes at a steep pr… read more

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5. 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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6. The Silent Companions

By: Laura Purcell

4.46

Format: 170 pages, Paperback

When newly widowed Elsie is sent to see out her pregnancy at her late husband's crumbling country e… read more

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7. The Boarded Window

By: Ambrose Bierce

4.28

Format: 120 pages,

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8. 2BR02B

By: Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

4.43

Format: 269 pages, Kindle Edition

2BR02B is a satiric short story that imagines life & death in a future world where aging has been "… read more

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9. When the Flame-Flowers Blossomed

By: Leslie F. Stone

3.67

Format: None pages, Audiobook

None read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of Outside the Door by E.F. Benson

10. Outside the Door

By: E.F. Benson

2.83

Format: 8 pages, Kindle Edition

Edward Frederic Benson (24 July 1867 - 29 February 1940) was an English novelist, biographer, memoi… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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11. It Walks by Night

By: Henry Kuttner

2.86

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • short stories

12. The Shadow from the Steeple

By: Robert Bloch

3.64

Format: 20 pages, None

None read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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13. The Wood of the Dead

By: Algernon Blackwood

3.68

Format: 16 pages, Unknown Binding

The Wood of The Dead read more

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  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror

14. The Ocean Ogre

By: Dana Carroll

3.67

Format: 6 pages, None

A tale of the thing called Alain Gervais that came aboard a ship at sea. read more

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15. .Murder in the grave

By: Edmond Hamilton

4.00

Format: None pages, None

."Murder in the Grave" is a short story by the American author, Edmond Hamilton. The story was publ… read more

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16. The Chadbourne Episode

By: Henry S. Whitehead

3.55

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • short stories
Cover of The Werewolf Snarls by Manly Wade Wellman

17. The Werewolf Snarls

By: Manly Wade Wellman

3.54

Format: 11 pages, Kindle Edition

He claimed to be a werewolf. His affliction, he said, began when he experimented with certain witch… read more

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  • short stories
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18. An Evening's Entertainment

By: M.R. James

3.58

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. The Black Stone Statue

By: Mary Elizabeth Counselman

3.58

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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20. The Seeking Thing

By: Janet Hirsch

3.92

Format: 4 pages, Paperback

The Seeking Thing by Janet Hirsch This story came to us bearing a masculine-sounding pseudonym, … read more

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21. Lethe

By: Harold G. Shane

2.88

Format: 3 pages, None

A bizarre little story about the strange fascination of an old oil painting. read more

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  • short stories
  • horror

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The Oblong Box

Edgar Allan Poe

3.57

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H.P. Lovecraft

4.18

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Out of the Aeons

H.P. Lovecraft , Hazel Heald

4.01

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Algernon Blackwood

3.68

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The Picture in the House

H.P. Lovecraft

3.50

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4.18

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Paul Ernst

3.00

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Clark Ashton Smith

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