19 must-read short stories books like Ushers: A Short Story by Joe Hill

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Ushers: A Short Story

By: Joe Hill

4.31

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

A young man who has improbably escaped death twice reveals his secret in a spine-tingling short sto…

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1. Ankle Snatcher

By: Grady Hendrix

3.74

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Obey the rules. It’s the only way to survive the night in a short story about what hides in the dar… read more

Similar categories in Grady Hendrix's Ankle Snatcher book and Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • thriller
  • paranormal
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2. Big Bad

By: Chandler Baker

3.77

Format: 59 pages, Kindle Edition

For a family trying to make an isolated farmhouse into a home, fear and rage are getting harder to … read more

Similar categories in Chandler Baker's Big Bad book and Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
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3. Best of Luck

By: Jason Mott

3.77

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

Did you ever hear the one about the man with a string of bad luck? The worst is still to come in a … read more

Similar categories in Jason Mott's Best of Luck book and Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
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4. In Bloom

By: Paul Tremblay

3.08

Format: 35 pages, Kindle Edition

There’s something in the water in this hallucinatory short story by Paul Tremblay, bestselling auth… read more

Similar categories in Paul Tremblay's In Bloom book and Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
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5. It Waits in the Woods

By: Josh Malerman

3.72

Format: 52 pages, Kindle Edition

Some chilling campfire tales ring too true to ignore. For one young woman, an urban legend calls he… read more

Similar categories in Josh Malerman's It Waits in the Woods book and Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
Cover of Falling Down (The Boy in the Iron Box, #1) by Guillermo del Toro

6. Falling Down (The Boy in the Iron Box, #1)

By: Guillermo del Toro

3.56

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

A group of mercenaries on an unsanctioned mission survives a plane crash in whiteout conditions in … read more

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  • mystery thriller
  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
"It can all end in a moment. Take for yourself now what tomorrow might not give you."

-Guillermo del Toro, Falling Down (The Boy in the Iron Box, #1)

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7. Siege (The Boy in the Iron Box, #5)

By: Guillermo del Toro

4.07

Format: 30 pages, Kindle Edition

The mercenaries set an explosive scheme in motion to blow this bad dream to smithereens. But in par… read more

Similar categories in Guillermo del Toro's Siege (The Boy in the Iron Box, #5) book and Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
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8. Risen (The Boy in the Iron Box, #4)

By: Guillermo del Toro

4.02

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

What has been awakened is unbound. The Boy is getting his first taste of freedom. As their comrades… read more

Similar categories in Guillermo del Toro's Risen (The Boy in the Iron Box, #4) book and Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
Cover of The Hunted (The Boy in the Iron Box, #3) by Guillermo del Toro

9. The Hunted (The Boy in the Iron Box, #3)

By: Guillermo del Toro

4.08

Format: 20 pages, Kindle Edition

Their radio is sabotaged. The wolves are gathering outside. And for the increasingly desperate merc… read more

Similar categories in Guillermo del Toro's The Hunted (The Boy in the Iron Box, #3) book and Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • fantasy
  • thriller
  • paranormal
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10. The Pit and the Box (The Boy in the Iron Box, #2)

By: Guillermo del Toro

4.03

Format: 27 pages, Kindle Edition

On an isolated mountain, a stone labyrinth provides rough shelter for a band of mercenaries. At its… read more

Similar categories in Guillermo del Toro's The Pit and the Box (The Boy in the Iron Box, #2) book and Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
Cover of Encounter (The Boy in the Iron Box, #6) by Guillermo del Toro

11. Encounter (The Boy in the Iron Box, #6)

By: Guillermo del Toro

4.06

Format: 25 pages, Kindle Edition

Dawn breaks, but the nightmare only intensifies in the shocking finale of The Boy in the Iron Box. … read more

Similar categories in Guillermo del Toro's Encounter (The Boy in the Iron Box, #6) book and Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
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12. Pike Island

By: Tony Wirt

3.81

Format: 267 pages, Kindle Edition

From the bestselling author of Just Stay Away comes a haunting thriller about a rising politician w… read more

Similar categories in Tony Wirt's Pike Island book and Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story

  • mystery thriller
  • thriller
  • fiction
Cover of When We Were Friends: A Short Story by Jane Green

13. When We Were Friends: A Short Story

By: Jane Green

3.55

Format: 44 pages, Kindle Edition

From New York Times bestselling author Jane Green comes a riveting story about a friendship that tu… read more

Similar categories in Jane Green's When We Were Friends: A Short Story book and Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story

  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of The Doll's House: A Short Story by Lisa Unger

14. The Doll's House: A Short Story

By: Lisa Unger

3.96

Format: 98 pages, Kindle Edition

A widowed mother, ready to give love another chance, moves into her fiancé’s old family home with h… read more

Similar categories in Lisa Unger's The Doll's House: A Short Story book and Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story

  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
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15. The Rack: Stories Inspired By Vintage Horror Paperbacks

By: Tom Deady

4.09

Format: 403 pages, Kindle Edition

It’s 1980 and you have three crisp dollar bills in your pocket. You run to the drugstore, or maybe … read more

Similar categories in Tom Deady's The Rack: Stories Inspired By Vintage Horror Paperbacks book and Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story

  • short stories
  • horror
"I realized quickly, no matter how tightly I hugged my mother’s sweaters hanging in the coat closet in the hallway, breathing deep into the neck to catch her lavender scent, it wasn’t enough. She was …"

-Tom Deady, The Rack: Stories Inspired By Vintage Horror Paperbacks

"Mr. Barnett was the first grown-up to use the word exciting to describe everything that had happened. Of course, all us kids thought it was exciting and cool, but the only words I’d heard other grown…"

-Tom Deady, The Rack: Stories Inspired By Vintage Horror Paperbacks

Cover of Ushers: A Short Story by Joe Hill

16. Ushers: A Short Story

By: Joe Hill

4.31

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

A young man who has improbably escaped death twice reveals his secret in a spine-tingling short sto… read more

Similar categories in Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story book and Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story

  • mystery thriller
  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
  • thriller
  • fantasy
  • paranormal
Cover of Staged (Busybodies Collection, #1) by Elle Cosimano

17. Staged (Busybodies Collection, #1)

By: Elle Cosimano

3.41

Format: 43 pages, Kindle Edition

Is it harder to find a killer or land a buyer? In this playful short story from New York Times best… read more

Similar categories in Elle Cosimano's Staged (Busybodies Collection, #1) book and Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story

  • mystery thriller
  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
Cover of The Answer Is No: A Short Story by Fredrik Backman

18. The Answer Is No: A Short Story

By: Fredrik Backman

4.13

Format: 68 pages, Kindle Edition

In a hilarious short story from New York Times bestselling author Fredrik Backman, the absurdities … read more

Similar categories in Fredrik Backman's The Answer Is No: A Short Story book and Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
Cover of The Nosy Neighbor (Busybodies Collection, #4) by Nita Prose

19. The Nosy Neighbor (Busybodies Collection, #4)

By: Nita Prose

3.50

Format: 29 pages, Kindle Edition

57 minutes Meddlesome Marge keeps too close a watch on her neighbor’s house across the street i… read more

Similar categories in Nita Prose's The Nosy Neighbor (Busybodies Collection, #4) book and Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story

  • mystery thriller
  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
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20. The Christmas Book Hunt

By: Jenny Colgan

3.59

Format: 127 pages, Kindle Edition

A heartwarming meet-cute short story from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Christmas Book… read more

Similar categories in Jenny Colgan's The Christmas Book Hunt book and Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story

  • fiction
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21. The Conjurer's Wife

By: Sarah Penner

3.91

Format: 40 pages, Kindle Edition

In nineteenth-century Venice, a young woman’s marriage to an illusionist hides secrets that go deep… read more

Similar categories in Sarah Penner's The Conjurer's Wife book and Joe Hill's Ushers: A Short Story

  • novella
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • mystery
  • fantasy

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