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Dracula
Letters and journals reveal a dark struggle against the mysterious Count Dracula.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
A beautiful young man makes a wish that lets his portrait bear the marks of his hidden life.
A Christmas Carol
Three spirits offer Ebenezer Scrooge a chance to change his life.
Carmilla
First published as a serial in The Dark Blue (1871–72), *Carmilla* is narrated by a young woman preyed upon by a female vampire named Carmilla, later revealed to be Mircalla, Countess Karnstein (Carmilla is an anagram of Mircalla).
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James explores social conditions, horror, readers.
The House of the Seven Gables
In a sleepy little New England village stands a dark, weather-beaten, many-gabled house.
The Great God Pan
Arthur Machen's first book, THE GREAT GOD PAN, published in 1894, is still one of the greatest works of weird horror and decadence ever produced.
The Haunted Man and the Ghost's Bargain
In this story, Dickens narrates the hair-raising experiences of a professor.
The Fall of the House of Usher
"The Fall of the House of Usher" is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine, then included in the collection Tales of the Grotesque and Arabesque in 1840.
The Mysteries of Udolpho
The Mysteries of Udolpho (1794) is the archetypal Gothic novel. A young woman, Emily St. Aubert, suffers the death of her father, followed by worsening physical and psychological death, mirrored in a landscape of crumbling castles and emotive Alps.
The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories
The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories by Algernon Blackwood explores horror tales, short stories, english literature.
The Parasite: A Story
The Parasite: A Story by Arthur Conan Doyle, an English-language classic.
The Masque of the Red Death
"The Masque of the Red Death" (originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy") is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842.
The Cask of Amontillado
ðo]) is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in the November 1846 issue of Godey's Lady's Book.
The Wolf-Leader
The Wolf-Leader is a fiction work by Alexandre Dumas.
Can Such Things Be?
Contains: Death of Halpin Frayser -- Secret of Macarger's Gulch -- One summer night -- Moonlit road -- Diagnosis of death -- Moxon's master -- Tough tussle -- One of twins -- Haunted valley -- Jug of syrup -- Staley Fleming's hallucination -- Resumed…
To Be Read at Dusk
To Be Read at Dusk by Charles Dickens explores specimens, forgeries, literary forgeries and mystifications.
Of one blood: or, The hidden self
Of one blood: or, The hidden self by Pauline E. Hopkins and Leslie Klinger and Eric J. Guignard and Nisi Shawl and Patty Nicole Johnson and Sandra M. Grayson and Pauline E. Hopkins and Noel Arthur explores african american medical students, blacks, race identity.
The Best Psychic Stories
Contains: When the world was young, by J. London. The return, by A. Blackwood. The second generation, by A. Blackwood. Joseph: a story, by Katherine Bickford. The clavecin, Bruges, by G. W. Edwards. Ligeia, by E. A. Poe. The sylph and the father, by Elsa…
Round the Fire Stories
Round the Fire Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle explores english horror tales.
The Willows
The Willows by Algernon Blackwood explores horror tales.
Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories
Present at a Hanging and Other Ghost Stories by Ambrose Bierce explores short stories, american, ghost stories, american, horror tales, american.
The Damned Thing 1898, From "In the Midst of Life"
The Damned Thing 1898, From "In the Midst of Life" by Ambrose Bierce explores short stories, horror tales.
The Romance of the Forest, interspersed with some pieces of poetry.
The Romance of the Forest, interspersed with some pieces of poetry. by Ann Ward Radcliffe explores gothic fiction.