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A classic horror short story about fear of the dark. What is the most masterful is the way Greene develops a subtle but emphatic language of light to illuminate the enveloping and ineffable terror of his story’s…
This horror short story from the famous story writer H. P. Lovecraft is about an American man Delapore who moves to his ancestral estate in England following the death of his only son during World War I. To the…
This chilling short story from Ambrose Bierce takes us to one party where a man after asking what is the time becomes aggressive and is strangely reluctant to look at his watch. ‘The exact time? Good God!…
This horror short story from W. W. Jacobs is a classic “three wishes” story that doubles as a horror story and a cautionary tale; reminding us that unintended consequences often accompany the best intentions. “Be…
Short horror story about Stephen Johnson who was always fascinated by spiders. At first Johnson thought it was a joke. Speeding down the country road the crude sign was only a blur. But it was…
This horror short story introduces mister Hawver who proceeds to tell his friend – doctor Frayley – about an experience in which he believes helps to argue that there is something more to the supernatural than the…