Jack in the Box
By: Ray Bradbury
3.73
Format: 16 pages, None
A boy lives in a single house all his life, never knowing of the outside world. Until his mother di…
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1. Beyond the Wall of Sleep
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.69
Format: 17 pages, ebook
Beyond the Wall of Sleep" is a short story by American writer H. P. Lovecraft written in 1919 and f… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
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"We are all roamers of vast spaces and travelers in many ages."-H.P. Lovecraft, Beyond the Wall of Sleep
2. The Beasts of Tarzan (Tarzan, #3)
By: Edgar Rice Burroughs
3.78
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
Not long after Tarzan claims his hereditary title of Lord Greystoke and marries Jane, their infant … read more
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- fiction
3. The Beast in the Cave
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.43
Format: 11 pages, Kindle Edition
a selection from the beginning of the story: The horrible conclusion which had been gradually intru… read more
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- short stories
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4. The White Ship
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.43
Format: 10 pages, Paperback
"The White Ship" is a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft. It was first published in The United A… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- horror
"Far from the shore stands the grey lighthouse, above sunken slimy rocks that are seen when the tide is low, but unseen when the tide is high. Past that beacon for a century have swept the majestic ba…"-H.P. Lovecraft, The White Ship
5. 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
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- short stories
- fiction
- horror
"Hallow! Below there!"-Charles Dickens, The Signalman
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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- horror
- short stories
- fiction
- american
"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
7. The Evil Clergyman
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.87
Format: 411 pages,
H. P. Lovecraft was one of the greatest horror writers of all time. His seminal work appeared in th… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- horror
8. The Black Cat
By: Edgar Allan Poe
3.40
Format: 300 pages,
"The Black Cat" is one of Edgar Allan Poe's most memorable stories. The tale centers around a black… read more
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- fiction
- horror
9. The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, #9)
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
4.35
Format: 26 pages,
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- short stories
- fiction
10. The Color Out of Space
By: H.P. Lovecraft
4.00
Format: None pages, ebook
Set in the fictional town of Arkham, Massachusetts, an unnamed narrator investigates a local area k… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
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11. The Cat That Walked by Himself: And Other Stories
By: Rudyard Kipling
3.30
Format: 107 pages, Hardcover
"HEAR and attend and listen; for this befell and behappened and became and was, O my Best Beloved, … read more
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- short stories
- fiction
12. From Beyond
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.57
Format: 208 pages,
"From Beyond" is a short story by science fiction and horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It was… read more
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13. 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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- horror
14. Bartleby the Scrivener
By: Herman Melville
3.93
Format: 80 pages, Paperback
Academics hail it as the beginning of modernism, but to readers around the world—even those daunted… read more
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"I would prefer not to."-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
"To a sensitive being, pity is not seldom pain."-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
"Bartleby in a singularly mild, firm voice, replied, “I would prefer not to."-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
"At present I would prefer not to be a little reasonable,' was his mildly cadaverous reply."-Herman Melville, Bartleby the Scrivener
15. The Pit and the Pendulum
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.15
Format: 64 pages, Paperback
Get set for true terror in one of Edgar Allan Poe's most famous short stories. We enter the mind… read more
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- horror
"How at least shall we distinguish its shadows from those of the tomb?"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum
"In the deepest slumber-no! In delirium-no! In a swoon-no! In death-no! even in the grave all is not lost."-Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum
"In death - no! even in the grave all is not lost. Else there is no immortality for man. Arousing from the most profound slumbers, we break the gossamer web of some dream. Yet in a second afterward, (…"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum
"He who has never swooned, is not he who finds strange palaces and wildly familiar faces in coals that glow; is not he who beholds floating in mid-air the sad visions that the many may not view; is no…"-Edgar Allan Poe, The Pit and the Pendulum
16. Pickman's Model
By: H.P. Lovecraft
4.49
Format: 288 pages, ebook
"Pickman's Model" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in September 1926 and first publishe… read more
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18. Herbert West: Reanimator
By: H.P. Lovecraft
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Herbert West: Reanimator" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft. It w… read more
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- short stories
- fiction
- horror
19. The Transition of Juan Romero
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.65
Format: 36 pages, Paperback
The story involves a mine that uncovers a very deep chasm, too deep for any sounding lines to hit b… read more
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20. The Street
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.87
Format: 291 pages,
"The Street" is a short story by American horror fiction writer H. P. Lovecraft, written in late 19… read more
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21. The Horror at Red Hook
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.80
Format: None pages, Paperback
Circles and pentagrams loomed on every hand, and told indubitably of the strange beliefs and aspira… read more
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22. The Festival
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.80
Format: 8 pages,
"The Festival" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft written in October 1923 and published in the Jan… read more
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23. The Dark Half
By: Stephen King
4.20
Format: 24 pages, Paperback
Thad Beaumont would like to say he is innocent. He'd like to say he has nothing to do with the seri… read more
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24. The Cats of Ulthar
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.81
Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition
"The Cats of Ulthar" is a short story written by H.P. Lovecraft in June 1920. In the tale, an unnam… read more
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26. The Speckled Band (The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, #8)
By: Arthur Conan Doyle
4.07
Format: 112 pages, Paperback
The Adventure of the Speckled Band is one of 56 short stories & 4 novels written by Arthur Conan Do… read more
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27. A Reminiscence of Dr. Samuel Johnson
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.44
Format: 330 pages, Kindle Edition
Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890-1937) was the master of American weird fiction. First published in … read more
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28. The Jaunt
By: Stephen King
4.18
Format: 25 pages, None
"The Jaunt" is a horror short story by Stephen King first published in The Twilight Zone Magazine i… read more
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29. The Alchemist by H. P. Lovecraft (2014-12-13)
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.03
Format: None pages, Unknown Binding
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30. 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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31. Jack in the Box
By: Ray Bradbury
3.73
Format: 16 pages, None
A boy lives in a single house all his life, never knowing of the outside world. Until his mother di… read more
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