8 must-read short stories books like Orchard of the Dead and Other Macabre Tales by Stefan Grabiński

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Orchard of the Dead and Other Macabre Tales

By: Stefan Grabiński

4.33

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

A new collection of original translations by a legendary writer of weird fiction often compared to …

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1. Harvest Home

By: Thomas Tryon

3.82

Format: 401 pages, Hardcover

It was almost as if time had not touched the village of Cornwall Coombe. The quiet, peaceful place … read more

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  • horror
"His heart's in the right place, but his tongue's an affliction."

-Thomas Tryon, Harvest Home

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2. The Tenant

By: Thomas Ligotti , Francis K. Price , Roland Topor

3.91

Format: 340 pages, Paperback

The Tenantchronicles a harrowing, fascinating descent into madness as the pathologically alienated … read more

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  • horror
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3. Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe

By: Jeff VanderMeer , Thomas Ligotti

4.00

Format: None pages, Paperback

Two terrifying classics by "the best kept secret in contemporary horror fiction" (TheWashington Pos… read more

Similar categories in Jeff VanderMeer's Songs of a Dead Dreamer and Grimscribe book and Stefan Grabiński's Orchard of the Dead and Other Macabre Tales

  • short stories
  • horror

4. Last Exit to Brooklyn

By: Gilbert Sorrentino , Hubert Selby Jr.

3.43

Format: 42 pages, Paperback

Last Exit to Brooklynis a raw depiction of life amongst New York's junkies, hustlers, drag queens a… read more

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5. Hell! Said the Duchess: A Bedtime Story

By: Michael Arlen

3.66

Format: None pages,

A female killer stalks the streets of London, sleeping with young men before slashing their throats… read more

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6. Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said

By: Philip K. Dick

3.98

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

Jason Tavener woke up one morning to find himself completely unknown. The night before he had been … read more

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7. The Queen of Spades

By: Alexander Pushkin , None

2.18

Format: 166 pages, Paperback

The Queen of Spades(Russian: Pikovaya dama) is an acclaimed short story by Alexander Pushkin about … read more

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8. Malpertuis

By: Iain White , Jean Ray , John Flanders

4.29

Format: 426 pages, Paperback

A manuscript stolen from a monastery, the ancient stone house of a sea-trading dynasty, which may b… read more

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9. Helpmeet

By: Naben Ruthnum

3.41

Format: 94 pages, Paperback

It's 1900, and Louise Wilk is taking her dying husband from Manhattan to the upstate orchard estate… read more

Similar categories in Naben Ruthnum's Helpmeet book and Stefan Grabiński's Orchard of the Dead and Other Macabre Tales

  • short stories
  • horror
"This isn’t like the nose. That came off, like it was being picked at, pulled, tugged like taffy. This is from the inside. I can feel it when I’m going to sleep. Through the optic nerves. Drinking, ge…"

-Naben Ruthnum, Helpmeet

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10. Tyll

By: Daniel Kehlmann

3.94

Format: 474 pages, Hardcover

Tyll, der neue Roman des Erfolgsautors Daniel Kehlmann – er veröffentlichte u.a. Die Vermessung der… read more

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"What should he do if word went around that in his throne room hung a magic picture that only the highborn could see, but he couldn't? Of course there was no picture there, it had been one of the fool…"

-Daniel Kehlmann, Tyll

"Die Liebe zu den Kindern - besser, man kämpft gegen sie an. Man kommt ja auch nicht einem Hund zu nahe; sogar wenn er freundlich aussieht, kann er zuschnappen. Stets muss man einen Abstand lassen zwi…"

-Daniel Kehlmann, Tyll

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11. The City of Unspeakable Fear

By: Jean Ray

3.60

Format: 194 pages, Paperback

Miss Marple meets H.P. Lovecraft in Ray’s genre-defying tale of ghostly intrigue and murder Publish… read more

Similar categories in Jean Ray's The City of Unspeakable Fear book and Stefan Grabiński's Orchard of the Dead and Other Macabre Tales

  • horror
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12. Circles of Stone: Weird Tales of Pagan Sites and Ancient Rites

By: Katy Soar

4.08

Format: 238 pages, Paperback

In the wood the grey stone rose from the grass, and she cried out and ran back in panicked terror. … read more

Similar categories in Katy Soar's Circles of Stone: Weird Tales of Pagan Sites and Ancient Rites book and Stefan Grabiński's Orchard of the Dead and Other Macabre Tales

  • short stories
  • horror
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13. A Different Darkness and Other Abominations

By: Luigi Musolino

4.23

Format: 316 pages, Hardcover

This brilliant new collection showcases the best short stories and novellas of one of Italy's leadi… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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14. H.P. Lovecraft's The Shadow Over Innsmouth

By: Gou Tanabe

4.47

Format: 450 pages, Paperback

A new manga adaptation of the only H.P. Lovecraft story published as a book during his lifetime, by… read more

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  • horror
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15. Orchard of the Dead and Other Macabre Tales

By: Stefan Grabiński

4.33

Format: 189 pages, Paperback

A new collection of original translations by a legendary writer of weird fiction often compared to … read more

Similar categories in Stefan Grabiński's Orchard of the Dead and Other Macabre Tales book and Stefan Grabiński's Orchard of the Dead and Other Macabre Tales

  • short stories
  • horror
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16. Fettered and Other Tales of Terror

By: Greye La Spina

3.25

Format: 176 pages, ebook

Although she’s mostly forgotten now, in the heyday of the pulps, Greye La Spina was more successful… read more

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17. Michigan Basement

By: Thomas Ligotti

3.59

Format: 212 pages, Hardcover

As a child, Jeffrey could see nachtwachers, or night watchers, moving in the corners of his bedroom… read more

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  • horror
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18. Charnel Glamour

By: Mark Samuels

4.43

Format: 224 pages, Hardcover

Crouching defiantly in the shadow of the expanding metropolis of London, Gallows Langley broods at … read more

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  • horror
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19. The little blue flames and other uncanny tales

By: A.M. Burrage

4.41

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

This title presents 13 mini masterpieces from one of the most undeservedly neglected authors of twe… read more

Similar categories in A.M. Burrage's The little blue flames and other uncanny tales book and Stefan Grabiński's Orchard of the Dead and Other Macabre Tales

  • short stories
  • horror
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20. Not a Speck of Light: Stories

By: Laird Barron

4.16

Format: 372 pages, Paperback

It’s about to get very dark. Bram Stoker Award-winning author Laird Barron returns to the dark and … read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of Penny Bloods: Gothic Tales of Dangerous Women (British Library Hardback Classics) by Nicole C. Dittmer

21. Penny Bloods: Gothic Tales of Dangerous Women (British Library Hardback Classics)

By: Nicole C. Dittmer

3.43

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

Her cheeks were pale, and her eyes had the wild and stolid glare which Rodolph had observed when sh… read more

Similar categories in Nicole C. Dittmer's Penny Bloods: Gothic Tales of Dangerous Women (British Library Hardback Classics) book and Stefan Grabiński's Orchard of the Dead and Other Macabre Tales

  • short stories
  • horror

14 must-read horror books like Orchard of the Dead and Other Macabre Tales by Stefan Grabiński

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Thomas Tryon

3.82

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Thomas Ligotti , Francis K. Price , Roland Topor

3.91

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4.00

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Helpmeet

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4.00

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Thomas Ligotti

4.17

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Thomas Ligotti

4.29

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Laird Barron

3.73

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