19 must-read short stories books like The Secret in the Tomb by Robert Bloch

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The Secret in the Tomb

By: Robert Bloch

3.43

Format: None pages, None

An eldritch tale of stark horror and a terrible rendezvous in a hidden mausoleum. First publish…

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1. The Quest of Iranon

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.48

Format: 10 pages, Paperback

"The Quest of Iranon" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft. It was written on February 28, 1921, and… read more

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  • lovecraftian
  • weird fiction
  • short stories
  • horror
"Wherefore do ye toil; is it not that ye may live and be happy? And if ye toil only that ye may toil more, when shall happiness find you? Ye toil to live, but is not life made of beauty and song? And …"

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Quest of Iranon

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2. The Nameless City

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.62

Format: 23 pages, Kindle Edition

"The Nameless City" is a horror story written by H. P. Lovecraft in January 1921 and first publishe… read more

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  • lovecraftian
  • weird fiction
  • short stories
  • horror
"That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die."

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Nameless City

"But as always in my strange and roving existence, wonder soon drove out fear; for the luminous abyss and what it might contain presented a problem worthy of the greatest explorer."

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Nameless City

"When I drew nigh the nameless city I knew it was accursed. I was travelling in a parched and terrible valley under the moon, and afar I saw it protruding uncannily above the sands as parts of a corps…"

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Nameless City

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3. The Disinterment

By: H.P. Lovecraft , Duane W. Rimel

3.48

Format: 250 pages, ebook

Fist published in 1935, "The Disinterment" is a short horror story by H.P. Lovecraft. read more

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  • lovecraftian
  • weird fiction
  • short stories
  • horror
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4. The Challenge from Beyond

By: H.P. Lovecraft , C.L. Moore , Robert E. Howard , Frank Belknap Long , A. Merritt

3.37

Format: 28 pages, Kindle Edition

Long-lost Collaborative Novelette of Supernatural Horror! A strange fragment of quartz carved with … read more

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  • lovecraftian
  • weird fiction
  • short stories
  • horror
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5. 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

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  • lovecraftian
  • weird fiction
  • short stories
  • horror
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6. Old Bugs

By: H.P. Lovecraft

2.82

Format: None pages, Nook

With the onset of Prohibition, the Sheehan Billiard Room in Chicago became a sordid haunt for hard … read more

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  • lovecraftian
  • short stories
  • horror
"I am a student of life, and don't want to miss any experience. There's poetry in this sort of thing, you know--or perhaps you don't know, but it's all the same."

-H.P. Lovecraft, Old Bugs

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7. 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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  • lovecraftian
  • short stories
  • horror
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8. The Black Stone

By: Robert E. Howard

4.17

Format: None pages,

A marvelous rendition of the short story the Black Stone by Conan author Robert E. Howard. You can … read more

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  • lovecraftian
  • weird fiction
  • short stories
  • horror
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9. History of the Necronomicon

By: H.P. Lovecraft

4.00

Format: 162 pages, Paperback

Chapbook facsimile read more

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  • lovecraftian
  • weird fiction
  • short stories
  • horror
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10. The Voice in the Night

By: William Hope Hodgson

3.47

Format: 156 pages, Audiobook

William Hope Hodgson (1877-1918) was an English author. He produced a large body of work, consistin… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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11. Polaris

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.99

Format: 320 pages,

"Polaris" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1918 and first published in the December … read more

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  • lovecraftian
  • short stories
  • horror
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12. The White Sybil

By: Clark Ashton Smith

3.91

Format: 163 pages,

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  • short stories
  • horror

13. The Outsider

By: H.P. Lovecraft

4.10

Format: 290 pages,

"The Outsider" is a short story by American horror writer H. P. Lovecraft. Written between March an… read more

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14. The Temple

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.80

Format: 8 pages,

"The Temple" is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft in 1920, and first published in the pulp m… read more

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15. The People of the Pit

By: A. Merritt

3.68

Format: 528 pages,

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16. The Wendigo

By: Algernon Blackwood

4.50

Format: 282 pages, Paperback

Algernon Blackwood's classic tale, The Wendigo. An influential novella by one of the most best-know… read more

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17. The Haunter of the Dark: The H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus, #3

By: H.P. Lovecraft , August Derleth

3.95

Format: 544 pages, Paperback

WARNING! YOU ARE ABOUT TO ENTER A NEW DIMENSION OF UTMOST TERROR When you open this book you wil… read more

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  • weird fiction
  • short stories
  • horror
"Into his mind floated pictures of alien orbs with great stone towers, and other orbs with titan mountains and no mark of life, and still remoter spaces where only a stirring in vague blackness told o…"

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Haunter of the Dark: The H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus, #3

"And beyond all else he glimpsed an infinite gulf of sheer darkness, where solid and semi-solid forms were known only by their windy stirrings, and cloudy patterns of force seemed to superimpose order…"

-H.P. Lovecraft, The Haunter of the Dark: The H.P. Lovecraft Omnibus, #3

18. Nyarlathotep

By: H.P. Lovecraft , Chuck BB

3.84

Format: 223 pages, Hardcover

Presents horror legend HP Lovecraft's short prose piece Nyarlathotep. This book presents Lovecraft'… read more

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19. Memory

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.59

Format: 464 pages, Audiobook

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20. Lost in a Pyramid or the Mummy's Curse

By: Louisa May Alcott

0.00

Format: 152 pages, ebook

This wonderful story starts with curiosity, fun and discovery, and ends with madness and death. Two… read more

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21. The Derelict

By: William Hope Hodgson

3.62

Format: 186 pages,

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22. Negotium Perambulans

By: E.F. Benson

4.17

Format: 267 pages,

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23. The Seed from the Sepulchre

By: Clark Ashton Smith

4.03

Format: 15 pages, Kindle Edition

None read more

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  • weird fiction
  • short stories
  • horror
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24. The Epiphany of Death

By: Clark Ashton Smith

3.04

Format: None pages, ebook

This story is about a man who accompanies his friend down into his ancestral catacombs. Before ent… read more

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25. It Walks by Night

By: Henry Kuttner

2.86

Format: None pages, None

None read more

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  • short stories
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26. The Black, Dead Thing

By: Frank Belknap Long

3.20

Format: None pages, None

First published in Weird Tales, October 1933 read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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27. .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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28. The Lure of Atlantis

By: Joel Martin Nichols Jr.

3.91

Format: 8 pages, None

None read more

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  • horror
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29. The Thing in the Cellar

By: David H. Keller

3.72

Format: 32 pages, paperback

• The Thing in the Cellar • (1932) • shortstory by David H. Keller, M.D. • The Psychology of Fear… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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30. Blood Son

By: Richard Matheson

3.56

Format: 16 pages, ebook

A short story originally published in 1951. Variant titles include "Drink My Blood" and "Drink M… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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31. The Secret in the Tomb

By: Robert Bloch

3.43

Format: None pages, None

An eldritch tale of stark horror and a terrible rendezvous in a hidden mausoleum. First publish… read more

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  • lovecraftian
  • weird fiction
  • short stories
  • horror

19 best-selling horror books like The Secret in the Tomb by Robert Bloch

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The Quest of Iranon

H.P. Lovecraft

3.48

Transform Your Habits

The Nameless City

H.P. Lovecraft

3.62

Transform Your Habits

The Disinterment

H.P. Lovecraft , Duane W. Rimel

3.48

Transform Your Habits

The Challenge from Beyond

H.P. Lovecraft , C.L. Moore , Robert E. Howard , Frank Belknap Long , A. Merritt

3.37

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Transform Your Habits

The Opener of the Way

Robert Bloch

3.78

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The Picture in the House

H.P. Lovecraft

3.50

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The Glamour of the Snow

Algernon Blackwood

3.93

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The Horla and Others: Guy de Maupassant's Best Weird Fiction and Ghost Stories: Tales of Mystery, Murder, Fantasy & Horror (Oldstyle Tales' Horror Authors)

Guy de Maupassant

3.89

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