10 Best short stories books like Tales From the Typewriter by Mark Allan Gunnells

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Tales From the Typewriter

By: Mark Allan Gunnells

4.29

Format: 69 pages, Kindle Edition

Dennis Barlow only published one book decades ago, which has since faded into obscurity. Yet ten ye…

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1. Penpal

By: Dathan Auerbach

3.86

Format: 243 pages, Paperback

Penpal began as a series of short and interconnected stories posted on an online horror forum. Befo… read more

Similar categories in Dathan Auerbach's Penpal book and Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter

  • horror
"Sometimes forgetting is the gift that we give ourselves"

-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

"Memories extend our lives backward through time, making them feel longer."

-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

"Our loved ones pass away or simply leave our lives forever too soon, and we think to ourselves, “I wasn’t ready for you to leave. It just wasn’t time,"

-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

"We want so badly to be happy – to live the kinds of lives that we always hoped we’d live – that we give gifts to ourselves by remembering things not as they were, but as we wish they were."

-Dathan Auerbach, Penpal

2. The Devil Crept In

By: Ania Ahlborn

3.85

Format: None pages, Paperback

Young Jude Brighton has been missing for three days, and while the search for him is in full swing … read more

Similar categories in Ania Ahlborn's The Devil Crept In book and Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter

  • horror
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3. Maeve Fly

By: C.J. Leede

3.78

Format: 288 pages, Hardcover

Winner of the Golden Poppy Octavia E. Butler Award! A Bram Stoker and Splatterpunk Award Nominee! … read more

Similar categories in C.J. Leede's Maeve Fly book and Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter

  • horror
"Inside my room, I turn on Billy Holiday. There are only two kinds of music in my world. Billy Holiday and Halloween songs."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"Men have always been permitted in fiction and in life to simply be what they are, no matter how dark or terrifying that might be. But with a woman, we expect an answer, a reason."

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

"I have tried the way of the misanthrope, the way of the deviant, the philosopher, the observer, the pretender. But there is one road I have not seriously considered walking down, have not permitted m…"

-C.J. Leede, Maeve Fly

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4. Episode Thirteen

By: Craig DiLouie

3.53

Format: 437 pages, Paperback

From the macabre mind of Bram Stoker Award nominated author Craig DiLouie, Episode Thirteen is a he… read more

Similar categories in Craig DiLouie's Episode Thirteen book and Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter

  • horror
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5. You Like It Darker

By: Stephen King

4.32

Format: 502 pages, Hardcover

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new coll… read more

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  • short stories
  • horror
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6. My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

3.54

Format: 405 pages, Hardcover

You won’t find a more hardcore eighties-slasher-film fan than high school senior Jade Daniels. And … read more

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  • horror
"Some girls just don't know how to die."

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

"Is it really winning if everybody dies?"

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

"Horror's not a symptom, it's a love affair."

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

"We all become history at some point or another, right?"

-Stephen Graham Jones, My Heart Is a Chainsaw (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #1)

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7. Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

By: Shane Hawk

3.98

Format: 400 pages, Paperback

A bold, clever, and sublimely sinister collection that dares to ask the question: “Are you ready to… read more

Similar categories in Shane Hawk's Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology book and Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter

  • short stories
  • horror
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8. Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2)

By: Stephen Graham Jones

4.07

Format: 457 pages, Hardcover

Jade returns to the rural lake town of Proofrock the same day as convicted Indigenous serial killer… read more

Similar categories in Stephen Graham Jones's Don't Fear the Reaper (The Indian Lake Trilogy, #2) book and Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter

  • horror
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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 Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter

  • 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. This Is Where We Talk Things Out

By: Caitlin Marceau

3.77

Format: 93 pages, ebook

This Is Where We Talk Things Out by Caitlin Marceau, author of Palimpsest: A Collection of Contempo… read more

Similar categories in Caitlin Marceau's This Is Where We Talk Things Out book and Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter

  • short stories
  • horror
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11. Nestlings

By: Nat Cassidy

3.86

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

Nat Cassidy is at his razor-sharp best again with his horror novel Nestlings, which harnesses the c… read more

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  • horror
"Grief is the space between two states of being: who you were and who you are. It’s an excruciatingly long, unlit hallway. A staircase you have to crawl down, one interminable flight at a time."

-Nat Cassidy, Nestlings

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12. 血の轍 1 [Chi no Wadachi 1]

By: Shuzo Oshimi

4.12

Format: 216 pages, Paperback

「惡の華」押見修造 最新作は究極の毒親! 「惡の華」「ハピネス」「ぼくは麻理のなか」「志乃ちゃんは自分の名前が言えない」など、傑作を次々と世に送り出してきた鬼才・押見修造氏が、ついに辿り着い… read more

Similar categories in Shuzo Oshimi's 血の轍 1 [Chi no Wadachi 1] book and Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter

  • horror
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13. Autumn Bleeds Into Winter

By: Jeff Strand

4.23

Format: 226 pages, Kindle Edition

1979. Somebody has been abducting children in Fairbanks, Alaska. One of the victims was fourteen-ye… read more

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  • horror
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14. All Hallows

By: Christopher Golden

3.55

Format: 325 pages, Hardcover

With the 80's nostalgia of Stranger Things, this horror drama from NYT bestselling author Christoph… read more

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  • horror
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15. Chlorine

By: Jade Song

3.72

Format: 256 pages, Hardcover

In the vein of The Pisces and The Vegetarian, Chlorine is a debut novel that blurs the line between… read more

Similar categories in Jade Song's Chlorine book and Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter

  • horror
"Nearly every human memory is corrupted by the fact that it is a memory of being human"

-Jade Song, Chlorine

"Would a mermaid who stays at home, much-loved, with two beautiful parents and loving sisters who share everything, be worth memorializing? No."

-Jade Song, Chlorine

"Humans break so easily. They break their bones, their bodies, their hearts. I, too, as a girl, once broke. My head. And when this happened, I, like many other humans, did not allow myself the time an…"

-Jade Song, Chlorine

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16. The Vessel

By: Adam L.G. Nevill

3.73

Format: 162 pages, Hardcover

'A watcher may remark that after sleeping for so long, the building appears to have been roused.' … read more

Similar categories in Adam L.G. Nevill's The Vessel book and Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter

  • short stories
  • horror
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17. Crossroads

By: Laurel Hightower

3.91

Format: 110 pages, Paperback

How far would you go to bring back someone you love? When Chris's son dies in a tragic car cras… read more

Similar categories in Laurel Hightower's Crossroads book and Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter

  • horror
"Exhausted, but not tired enough to escape the torturous loop of pain that awaited her inactive brain..."

-Laurel Hightower, Crossroads

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18. We Sold Our Souls

By: Grady Hendrix

3.73

Format: 337 pages, Kindle Edition

In the 1990s, heavy metal band Dürt Würk was poised for breakout success -- but then lead singer Te… read more

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  • horror
"Fight," she finally said. Just fight. Never stop."

-Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls

"— "Do you see where I'm going?" [ROB] — "Yeah, the sparrow kicks the mountain's ass." [KRIS]"

-Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls

"— Do you see where I'm going with this? [ROB] — Yeah, the sparrow kicks the mountain's ass. [KRIS]"

-Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls

"I can't believe that after a lifetime of playing metal, it turns out the world is a shitty country song."

-Grady Hendrix, We Sold Our Souls

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19. Upright Women Wanted

By: Sarah Gailey

3.61

Format: 176 pages, Hardcover

“That girl’s got more wrong notions than a barn owl’s got mean looks.” Esther is a stowaway. She… read more

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"Just because he needed killing doesn't mean I can sleep easy."

-Sarah Gailey, Upright Women Wanted

"You really believe all that? About how there’s only one end in sight for people like you?"

-Sarah Gailey, Upright Women Wanted

"When there's people around that we don't trust, we let them think we're the kinds of people who are allowed to exist. And the only kind of Librarian that's allowed to exist is one who answers to she."

-Sarah Gailey, Upright Women Wanted

"Good," Esther said back, echoing Cye's words automatically because she didn't know what else to say, because you have a freckle on your bottom lip seemed like the wrong thing to say but it was the on…"

-Sarah Gailey, Upright Women Wanted

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20. Sundial

By: Catriona Ward

3.80

Format: 292 pages, Hardcover

Sundial is a new, twisty psychological horror novel from Catriona Ward, internationally bestselling… read more

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  • horror
"I don't know what it's like for other people, but love and nausea are often indistinguishable to me"

-Catriona Ward, Sundial

"Gdy coś ci zagraża, możesz zrobić trzy rzeczy: uciekać, walczyć albo spróbować się z tym zaprzyjaźnić."

-Catriona Ward, Sundial

"Rozłąka z dzieckiem to doznanie niepodobne do żadnego innego. Człowiek ma wrażenie, że jest pusty w środku."

-Catriona Ward, Sundial

"Dorosłe życie to bagno, w którym człowiek tkwi po uszy, gobelin wzajemnych pretensji tkany tak ciasno, że nie sposób go rozplątać."

-Catriona Ward, Sundial

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21. The House on Abigail Lane

By: Kealan Patrick Burke

3.88

Format: 68 pages, Kindle Edition

From the outside, it looks like an ordinary American home, but since its construction in 1956, peop… read more

Similar categories in Kealan Patrick Burke's The House on Abigail Lane book and Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter

  • short stories
  • horror
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22. Tastes Like Candy

By: Ivy Tholen

3.64

Format: 242 pages, Kindle Edition

Everyone at Pritchett High wants an invitation to the Senior Scavenge. In 2020, Violet Warren and h… read more

Similar categories in Ivy Tholen's Tastes Like Candy book and Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter

  • horror
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23. Delicate Condition

By: Danielle Valentine

3.67

Format: 432 pages, Hardcover

The Push meets The Silent Patient in a gripping thriller that follows a woman convinced a sinister … read more

Similar categories in Danielle Valentine's Delicate Condition book and Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter

  • horror
"Sometimes it felt like the continuation of our species was an ongoing experiment being performed on the backs of women. Or on our wombs."

-Danielle Valentine, Delicate Condition

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24. Horror Movie

By: Paul Tremblay

3.45

Format: 277 pages, Hardcover

A chilling twist on the “cursed film” genre from the bestselling author of The Pallbearers Club and… read more

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  • horror
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25. The Bedmakers

By: Chad Lutzke

4.08

Format: 172 pages, Paperback

After two elderly men tire of their homelessness in downtown Chicago 1979, they hop a train in sear… read more

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  • horror
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26. Burn the Negative

By: Josh Winning

3.38

Format: 354 pages, Hardcover

In this incendiary mash-up of horror and suspense, a notorious slasher film is remade…and the curse… read more

Similar categories in Josh Winning's Burn the Negative book and Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter

  • horror
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27. Just Like Home

By: Sarah Gailey

3.35

Format: 344 pages, Hardcover

“Come home.” Vera’s mother called and Vera obeyed. In spite of their long estrangement, in spite of… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Gailey's Just Like Home book and Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter

  • horror
"Here is something that she controls, here is something that responds to her with the kind of frantic immediacy she always wanted from the world"

-Sarah Gailey, Just Like Home

"Tenderness was a foreign, forgotten thing that she hadn't encountered since before everything went wrong. She did not want it. Not now. Not from him."

-Sarah Gailey, Just Like Home

"Is one possible without the other? I think you have to know someone in order to truly love them, and you have to love someone in order to really hate them."

-Sarah Gailey, Just Like Home

"I think you have to know someone in order to truly love them, and you have to love someone in order to really hate them. There’s the thin hate we have for strangers. (...) And then there’s the thick,…"

-Sarah Gailey, Just Like Home

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28. Abnormal Statistics

By: Max Booth III

3.99

Format: 266 pages, Paperback

Suburban decay, familial horror, bleak lullabies. Abnormal Statistics is the debut story collection… read more

Similar categories in Max Booth III's Abnormal Statistics book and Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter

  • short stories
  • horror
"There are always concerns. Eating holes in your stomach. Scrambling your brain. Making your skin itch and itch and itch. Sometimes it feels like too much for a kid your age to handle. Sometimes it fe…"

-Max Booth III, Abnormal Statistics

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29. AHH! That's What I Call Horror: An Anthology of '90s Horror

By: Chelsea Pumpkins

3.99

Format: 293 pages, Paperback

With fourteen horror stories set during the decade of flannel shirts and neon dolphin Trapper Keepe… read more

Similar categories in Chelsea Pumpkins's AHH! That's What I Call Horror: An Anthology of '90s Horror book and Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter

  • short stories
  • horror
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30. Twentieth Anniversary Screening

By: Jeff Strand

3.86

Format: 67 pages, Kindle Edition

Winner of the 2021 Bram Stoker Award for Long Fiction! This mockumentary-style dark comedy recou… read more

Similar categories in Jeff Strand's Twentieth Anniversary Screening book and Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter

  • short stories
  • horror
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31. Tales From the Typewriter

By: Mark Allan Gunnells

4.29

Format: 69 pages, Kindle Edition

Dennis Barlow only published one book decades ago, which has since faded into obscurity. Yet ten ye… read more

Similar categories in Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter book and Mark Allan Gunnells's Tales From the Typewriter

  • short stories
  • horror

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