The Familiar
By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu
3.16
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was …
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1. The Castle of Otranto
By: Horace Walpole
3.18
Format: 125 pages, Paperback
First published pseudonymously in 1764, The Castle of Otranto purported to be a translation of an I… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
"My soul abhors a falsehood"-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"This life is but a pilgrimage."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"Heaven mocks the short-sighted views of man."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
"I fear no bad angel, and have offended no good one."-Horace Walpole, The Castle of Otranto
2. The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)
By: Arthur Machen
3.69
Format: 82 pages, Paperback
"I will not read it; I should never sleep again" A doctor performs an experiment on a young wom… read more
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- classics
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"There was something about Herbert which shocked him inexpressibly; not his poor rags nor the marks which poverty had set upon his face, but rather a indefinite terror which hung about him like a mist."-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)
"Villiers, that woman, if I can call her a woman, corrupted my soul. The night of the wedding I found myself sitting in her bedroom in the hotel, listening to her talk. She was sitting up in bed, and …"-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)
"Clarke, in the deep folds of dream, was conscious that the path from his father’s house had led him into an undiscovered country, and he was wondering at the strangeness of it all, when suddenly, in …"-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)
"We know what happened to those who chanced to meet the Great God Pan, and those who are wise know that all symbols are symbols of something, not of nothing. It was, indeed, an exquisite symbol beneat…"-Arthur Machen, The Great God Pan (Creation Classics)
3. 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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- gothic
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
4. Cool Air
By: H.P. Lovecraft
3.65
Format: None pages,
Ce livre est une oeuvre du domaine public editee au format numerique par Ebooks libres et gratuits.… read more
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- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
5. 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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- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
6. Fantomina; or, Love in a Maze
By: Eliza Fowler Haywood
3.86
Format: 568 pages, Paperback
Eliza Haywood (1693-1756) (born Elizabeth Fowler) was an English writer, actress and publisher. Sin… read more
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- fiction
- classics
- short stories
7. 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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- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
8. The Lottery
By: Shirley Jackson
4.05
Format: 30 pages, Paperback
In a small American town, the local residents are abuzz with excitement and nervousness when they w… read more
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- classics
- short stories
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- horror
"It's not the way it used to be... people ain't the way they used to be."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
"It isn't fair, it isn't right," Mrs. Hutchinson screamed, and then they were upon her."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
"The morning of June 27th was clear and sunny, with the fresh warmth of a full-summer day; the flowers were blossoming profusely and the grass was richly green."-Shirley Jackson, The Lottery
9. 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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- gothic
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- 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
10. The Vampyre; A Tale
By: John William Polidori
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
The Vampyreis a short story by John William Polidori. It is based on a fragment written by Lord Byr… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
11. The White People
By: Arthur Machen
4.57
Format: None pages, Paperback
"Of living creators of cosmic fear raised to its most artistic pitch, few if any can hope to equal … read more
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- gothic
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
12. Jazz
By: Toni Morrison
4.51
Format: 192 pages, Paperback
In the winter of 1926, when everybody everywhere sees nothing but good things ahead, Joe Trace, mid… read more
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- classics
- fiction
13. The Treasure of Abbot Thomas
By: M.R. James
3.91
Format: 163 pages,
"The Treasure of Abbot Thomas" is a ghost story by M.R. James, found in his book Ghost Stories of a… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
14. 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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15. The Kit Bag
By: Algernon Blackwood
5.00
Format: 500 pages, ebook
"The Kit-Bag" is a short ghost story by the British author Algernon Blackwood. It was first publish… read more
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17. The Willows
By: Algernon Blackwood
3.75
Format: 288 pages, Paperback
Two friends are midway on a canoe trip down the Danube River. Throughout the story Blackwood person… read more
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19. Sun and Steel
By: Yukio Mishima , John Bester
4.57
Format: 270 pages, Paperback, Paper Dust Jacket
In this fascinating document, one of Japan's best known-and controversial-writers created what migh… read more
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20. The Birds
By: Daphne du Maurier
3.89
Format: 75 pages, Paperback
"The birds kept coming at him from the air, silent save for the beating wings. The terrible, flutte… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
21. An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
By: Ambrose Bierce
3.50
Format: 262 pages, ebook
The condemned man stands on a bridge, his hands bound behind his back. A noose is tied around his n… read more
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22. 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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23. The Golem
By: Gustav Meyrink , Mike Mitchell
4.04
Format: 431 pages, Paperback
First published in serial form as Der Golemin the periodical Die weissen Blatterin 1913-14, The Gol… read more
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24. Eleonora
By: Edgar Allan Poe
4.46
Format: 170 pages,
Eleonorais a short story by Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842 in Philadelphia in the literar… read more
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25. 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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26. The Man Whom the Trees Loved
By: Algernon Blackwood
4.15
Format: 200 pages, Paperback
Algernon Henry Blackwood (1869-1951) was an English writer of tales of the supernatural. In his lat… read more
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27. The Monkey's Paw
By: W.W. Jacobs
3.84
Format: 32 pages, Library Binding
When the White family comes into the possession of a monkey’s paw that magically grant wishes, they… read more
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- gothic
- classics
- short stories
- fiction
- horror
- fantasy
"But the days passed, and expectations gave way to resignation—the hopeless resignation of the old, sometimes miscalled apathy."-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
"Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly."-W.W. Jacobs, The Monkey's Paw
28. The Seed from the Sepulchre
By: Clark Ashton Smith
4.03
Format: 15 pages, Kindle Edition
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29. The Phantom Coach: Collected Ghost Stories
By: Amelia B. Edwards
3.77
Format: 307 pages, Hardcover
Amelia B. Edwards is acknowledged as one of the best Victorian ghost story writers. She was one of … read more
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- gothic
- classics
- ghosts
- victorian
- short stories
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- fantasy
"The circumstances I am about to relate to you have truth to recommend them."-Amelia B. Edwards, The Phantom Coach: Collected Ghost Stories
"All tradition,’ said the Professor, ‘is a type of spiritual truth. The superstitions of the East, and the mythologies of the North—the beautiful Fables of old Greece, and the bold investigations of m…"-Amelia B. Edwards, The Phantom Coach: Collected Ghost Stories
"The world,’ he said, ‘grows hourly more and more sceptical of all that lies beyond its own narrow radius; and our men of science foster the fatal tendency. They condemn as fable all that resists expe…"-Amelia B. Edwards, The Phantom Coach: Collected Ghost Stories
30. Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies
By: Leanne Betasamosake Simpson
4.25
Format: 368 pages, Paperback
Award-winning Nishnaabeg storyteller and writer Leanne Betasamosake Simpson returns with a bold rei… read more
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"Diabetes is a choice if you forget colonialism, fellas."-Leanne Betasamosake Simpson, Noopiming: The Cure for White Ladies
31. The Familiar
By: J. Sheridan Le Fanu
3.16
Format: 48 pages, Paperback
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) was an Irish writer of Gothic tales and mystery novels. He was … read more
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- classics
- ghosts
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- short stories
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- horror
- fantasy
