9 Top short stories books like In the crypt by H.P. Lovecraft

In the crypt

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.76

Format: 666 pages, Nook

An undertaker finds himself trapped in the vault where coffins are stored during winter for burial …

If you liked the short stories plot in In the crypt by H.P. Lovecraft , here is a list of 9 books like this:

Cover of The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe

1. The Premature Burial

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.76

Format: 32 pages,

The Premature Burial is a horror classic written by Edgar Allan Poe. This is a horror short story o… read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
"The boundaries which divide Life from Death are at best shadowy and vague. Who shall say where the one ends, and where the other begins?"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial

"There are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial

"I looked; and the unseen figure, which still grasped me by the wrist, bad caused to be thrown open the graves of all mankind; and from each issued the faint phosphoric radiance of decay; so that I co…"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Premature Burial

Cover of El almohadón de plumas by Horacio Quiroga

2. El almohadón de plumas

By: Horacio Quiroga

4.04

Format: 14 pages, Kindle Edition

El almohadón de plumas es un cuento del escritor uruguayo Horacio Quiroga, publicado en el libro Cu… read more

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  • horror
  • fantasy
Cover of The Voice in the Night by William Hope Hodgson

3. 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
  • mystery
  • fantasy
Cover of Edgar Allan Poe's Spirits of the Dead by Richard Corben, Beth Corben

4. Edgar Allan Poe's Spirits of the Dead

By: Richard Corben , Beth Corben

4.00

Format: None pages, Hardcover

A collection of adaptations of Edgar Allen Poe's The Conqueror Worm, The Fall of the House of Usher… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of Hop Frog by Edgar Allan Poe, Don Kisner, None

5. Hop Frog

By: Edgar Allan Poe , Don Kisner , None

3.66

Format: 259 pages, Paperback

Hop-Frog and his friend Trippetta have been captured by one of the king's generals and brought back… read more

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  • fiction
  • classics
  • short stories
  • horror
Cover of A Descent into the Maelstrom by Edgar Allan Poe

6. A Descent into the Maelstrom

By: Edgar Allan Poe

3.98

Format: None pages,

Inspired by the Moskstraumen, it is couched as a story within a story, a tale told at the summit of… read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery

7. In the crypt

By: H.P. Lovecraft

3.76

Format: 666 pages, Nook

An undertaker finds himself trapped in the vault where coffins are stored during winter for burial … read more

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  • lovecraftian
  • weird fiction
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  • horror
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  • paranormal

8. 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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9. 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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10. H.P. Lovecraft's the Dunwich Horror

By: Joe R. Lansdale , Peter Bergting , Robert Weinberg , Shawn Lee

2.86

Format: 442 pages, Paperback

H.P. Lovecraft is known as one of the key founders of modern horror, cited as a major influence by … read more

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11. The Cask of Amontillado

By: Edgar Allan Poe

4.08

Format: 24 pages, Paperback

"The Cask of Amontillado" (sometimes spelled "The Casque ..") is a short story written by Edgar All… read more

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  • classics
  • short stories
  • fiction
  • horror
  • mystery
"For the love of God, Montresor!"

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

"He did not perceive that my smile now was at the thought of his immolation."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could, but when he ventured upon insult I vowed revenge."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

"The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as I best could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed revenge."

-Edgar Allan Poe, The Cask of Amontillado

12. The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

By: Edgar Allan Poe , Richard Kopley

3.32

Format: 240 pages, Paperback

This rousing sea adventure follows a New England boy, Pym, who stows away on a whaling ship with it… read more

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13. 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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  • 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

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Edgar Allan Poe

3.76

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Horacio Quiroga

4.04

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William Hope Hodgson

3.47

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Richard Corben , Beth Corben

4.00

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Edgar Allan Poe

4.06

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Edgar Allan Poe

3.40

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Lamb to the Slaughter

Roald Dahl

3.84

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William Hope Hodgson

3.47

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