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The Adventure of Black Peter
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 days •
ⓘ 1904 • Just about everyone in Peter Carey's life may have wanted him dead, but who could have ran a harpoon through him and into the wall behind? Sherlock Holmes sets to find out.
The Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 days •
ⓘ 1904 • A woman ensnared by "the king of blackmailers" recruits Sherlock Holmes to bring down the "the worst man in London" by any means necessary
The Adventure of Wisteria Lodge
Arthur Conan Doyle
5 days •
ⓘ 1908 • John Scott Eccles awakes to an empty home, all the servants and his host vanished. He seeks answers from Sherlock Holmes.
The Adventure of the Abbey Grange
Arthur Conan Doyle
4 days •
ⓘ 1904 • Sir Eustace Brackenstall has been killed, apparently by burglars, but the inspector isn't convinced. He brings in Sherlock Holmes to uncover the truth.
The Adventure of the Beryl Coronet
Arthur Conan Doyle
4 days •
ⓘ 1892 • A banker accepts the valuable Beryl Coronet as collateral for a loan, only to find his own son breaking the coronet in the night! Sherlock Holmes, however, feels the son is innocent.
The Adventure of the Blue Carbuncle
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 days •
ⓘ 1892 • A Christmas goose dropped in the street reveals the priceless - and recently stolen - Blue Carbuncle jewel inside! Sherlock Holmes leaps at the chance to take a gander at the fowl mystery.
The Adventure of the Copper Beeches
Arthur Conan Doyle
4 days •
ⓘ 1892 • Violet Hunter has been offered a job as governess with an extraordinary salary, but must agree to seveal strange conditions, including the length of her hair. Sherlock Holmes suspects foul play.
The Adventure of the Dancing Men
Arthur Conan Doyle
4 days •
ⓘ 1903 • American Elsie Patrick is being terrorized by a series of mysterious messages written in a strange code. Her husband rushes to Sherlock Holmes for aide.
The Adventure of the Empty House
Arthur Conan Doyle
4 days •
ⓘ 1903 • Years after Holmes' disaster at the Reichenback Falls, Watson (still fascinated by crime) checks the scene where a young gambler was recently shot in a closed room.
The Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 days •
ⓘ 1892 • An engineer is brought to a mysterious location to inspect a hydraulic press - and ends up fleeing for his life! Can Sherlock Holmes unravel his frightening mystery?
The Adventure of the Golden Pince-Nez
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 days •
ⓘ 1904 • Professor Coram has been murdered and Sherlock Holmes must solve the mystery with just one clue: a pair of pince-nez glasses.
The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 days •
ⓘ 1904 • Sherlock Holmes is recruited to find Godfrey Staunton, a rugby player who has disappeared just before a critical match.
The Adventure of the Noble Bachelor
Arthur Conan Doyle
4 days •
ⓘ 1892 • At the wedding of Lord St. Simon and Hatty, the new bridge suddenly disappears from the reception. Sherlock Holmes attempts to unravel how she fled and why.
The Adventure of the Norwood Builder
Arthur Conan Doyle
4 days •
ⓘ 1903 • After naming a lawyer his sole beneficiary, a builder called Jonas Oldacre is found dead. The lawyer is suspected but Sherlock Holmes doubts his guilt.
The Adventure of the Priory School
Arthur Conan Doyle
5 days •
ⓘ 1904 • The Duke of Holdernesse's son has been kidnapped from school and at least one dead body lays in wait for the man on the case: Sherlock Holmes.
The Adventure of the Red-Headed League
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 days •
ⓘ 1891 • A cushy job, salary for life, and all because of one's hair color. But is it too good to be true? Sherlock Holmes investigates.
The Adventure of the Second Stain
Arthur Conan Doyle
4 days •
ⓘ 1904 • War looks likely after an import document is stolen from government officials. The Prime Minister recruits Sherlock Holmes to retrieve the document before it's too late.
The Adventure of the Six Napoleons
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 days •
ⓘ 1904 • Sherlock Holmes sets out to uncover who is smashing identical busts of Napoleon - and committing murder.
The Adventure of the Solitary Cyclist
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 days •
ⓘ 1903 • After being hired under mysterious circumstances, a woman finds herself constantly trailed by an unknown cyclist. Sherlock Holmes is on the case.
The Adventure of the Speckled Band
Arthur Conan Doyle
4 days •
ⓘ 1892 • Helen Stoner's sister recently perished, warning of "the speckled band," and now Helen feels her own life is in danger! Her mysterious and violent stepfather is the prime suspect. Sherlock Holmes sets out to investigate.
The Adventure of the Three Students
Arthur Conan Doyle
2 days •
ⓘ 1904 • Three students, about to undergo a rigorous exam for a scholarship, are suspected of cheating. Sherlock Holmes uncovers the unlikely culprit.
Aesop's Fables
Aesop
16 days •
ⓘ 600 BC • The classic treasured collection of tales and fables, most with a moral or lesson, including The Fox and the Grapes, The Tortoise and the Hare, and The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
After Dark
Wilkie Collins
41 days •
ⓘ 1856 • A collection of six exciting short stories, as told to poor traveling portrait-painter William Kerby.
Arsène Lupin, Gentleman Burglar
Maurice Leblanc
18 days •
ⓘ 1907 • A collection of stories featuring France's legendary thief and master of disguise Arsène Lupin.
Bartleby, the Scrivener
Herman Melville
6 days •
ⓘ 1853 • Initially an impressively hard worker in the rat race on Wall Street, a new clerk suddenly refuses all work. "I would prefer not to" becomes his constant refrain.
The Beautiful Eyes of Ysidria
Charles A. Gunnison
5 days •
ⓘ 1894 • A story of love and betrayal from the old west.
The Bell in the Fog and Other Stories
Gertrude Atherton
20 days •
ⓘ 1905 • A collection of Atherton's stories including The Dead and the Countess, Death and the Woman, and the "far too gruesome" story The Striding Place.
The Bet
Anton Chekhov
2 days •
ⓘ 1889 • Which is worse: death or life in prison? And how far would you go to prove it if two million rubles were on the line?
The Bishop
Anton Chekhov
3 days •
ⓘ 1902 • In the final days of his life, a famous bishop is unexpectedly visited by his mother.
The Black Cat
Edgar Allan Poe
2 days •
ⓘ 1843 • The narrator's hatred and cruelty towards the titular cat become his undoing in this classic horror story.
The Black Monk
Anton Chekhov
5 days •
ⓘ 1894 • Russian scholar Andrey Kovrin returns to the gorgeous country where he was raised to rest. There he begins seeing a black monk - and questioning his own sanity.
The Blue Hotel
Stephen Crane
4 days •
ⓘ 1898 • During a blizzard, three visitors take shelter in a hotel in Nebraska. Events soon take a violent and dark turn, however.
The Body Snatcher
Robert Louis Stevenson
3 days •
ⓘ 1884 • A chilling short story of medical students driven to horrifying acts in a need for bodies for dissection.
The Book of Dragons
Edith Nesbit
17 days •
ⓘ 1901 • Exciting and often absurd tales of dragons, filled with adventure for children and adults alike.
The Boscombe Valley Mystery
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 days •
ⓘ 1891 • Expatriates from Australia take centerstage in a murder mystery, entangling multiple generations, and it seems only Sherlock Holmes has the answers.
The Call of Cthulhu
H.P. Lovecraft
5 days •
ⓘ 1926 • Notes from his granduncle put Francis Wayland Thurston on the trail of a dangerous cult and something far more hideous in the depths of the ocean.
Cane
Jean Toomer
17 days •
ⓘ 1923 • A collection of sketches, poems, and stories of black life in the South. A powerful work of the Harlem Renaissance.
The Canterbury Tales
Geoffrey Chaucer
64 days •
ⓘ 1478 • A group of pilgrims on their way to the shrine of Saint Thomas Becket exchange stories, aiming to win a free meal at the Tabard Inn. An iconic and remarkable portrait of life in the 14th century.
The Canterville Ghost
Oscar Wilde
4 days •
ⓘ 1887 • An American family moves into the looming British mansion, Canterville Chase to the great annoyance of the home's ghost. Even worse, the family refuses to believe in him!
The Captain of the Pole-Star
Arthur Conan Doyle
4 days •
ⓘ 1895 • In search of better catches, the captain of the fishing boat Polestar heads north - perhaps too far north - in this chilling tale.
A Case of Identity
Arthur Conan Doyle
2 days •
ⓘ 1891 • Sherlock Holmes investigates the case of groom who mysteriously disappears on his wedding day.
Casting the Runes
M.R. James
4 days •
ⓘ 1911 • Edward Dunning rejects a paper on alchemy and enrages the mysterious author, Karswell. When another critic winds up dead, Dunning begins to fear Karswell's curse.
The Challenge from Beyond
Various
3 days •
ⓘ 1935 • Face unknown horrors in this collaborative work of fiction from an "all-star" list of writers: C.L. Moore, Robert E. Howard, H.P. Lovecraft, A. Merritt, and Frank Belknap.
A Christmas Mystery
William John Locke
2 days •
ⓘ 1910 • Three wealthy, lonely men come together for a chilling and inspiring Christmas.
The Club of Queer Trades
G.K. Chesterton
21 days •
ⓘ 1905 • A collection of short stories spotlighting remarkable encounters with people earning their livings in extraordinary ways.
The Colour Out of Space
H.P. Lovecraft
4 days •
ⓘ 1927 • Scientists are at a loss to explain the meteorite that landed in Nathum Gardner's farm and now it's disappeared. Then the strange events begin, tinged with a haunting color.
The Convict Laundress
Mary Theresa Vidal
2 days •
ⓘ 1852 • The sad descent of a working-class Irish woman, convicted of a crime and tempted by the "devils" of alcohol and opium.
Count Magnus
M.R. James
3 days •
ⓘ 1904 • A traveler in Sweden stumbles upon the history of a mysterious and ominous figure. Are you awake, Count Magnus?
The Country of the Pointed Firs
Sarah Orne Jewett
17 days •
ⓘ 1896 • A visitor describes, in rich detail, a seaport on Maine's coast - from the sea to the spirit of the local people.
The Crooked Man
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 days •
ⓘ 1893 • A man is dead and his wife is the prime suspect. But Sherlock Holmes is not convinced the case is as simple as it appears.
The Crystal Crypt
Philip K. Dick
3 days •
ⓘ 1954 • Stark terror ruled the Inner-Flight ship on that last Mars-Terra run. For the black-clad Leiters were on the prowl and the grim red planet was not far behind.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
F. Scott Fitzgerald
4 days •
ⓘ 1922 • In Baltimore, baby Benjamin is born - but there's something terribly wrong. He is, to all appearances, a 70-year-old man, already capable of speech.
The Damned Thing
Ambrose Bierce
2 days •
ⓘ 1898 • A man lies dead, and the only witness to his death is believed to be insane. But both he and the dead man's diary point to a culprit beyond the natural world.
The Darling
Anton Chekhov
2 days •
ⓘ 1899 • The story of Olenka , a "darling" who is engulfed by one man after the other.
The Dead
James Joyce
7 days •
ⓘ 1914 • Described as one of the greatest short stories in the English language, Joyce follows Gabriel through the insecurities of a party, leading to a deeply unsettling revelation about his wife.
Deadly City
Paul W. Fairman
6 days •
ⓘ 1953 • Chicago is empty. Deserted. The five people who remain must survive the forces that wiped out the city.
The Death of Halpin Frayser
Ambrose Bierce
2 days •
ⓘ 1891 • Halpin Frayser dreams of hideous things, including spectres of his past. But it's only a dream... right?
The Decameron
Giovanni Boccaccio
98 days •
ⓘ 1353 • One hundred stories told amidst the Black Death, ranging from the witty to erotic to tragic to life lessons. An entertaining and vivid snapshot of life from 14th century Italy.
A Descent into the Maelström
Edgar Allan Poe
3 days •
ⓘ 1841 • An old man, or so he appears, retells his adventure descending into a legendary ocean whirlpool.
The Diamond Lens
Fitz James O'Brien
3 days •
ⓘ 1858 • A scientist becomes obsessed with the microscope, both finding the perfect lens and the remarkable world he discovers looking through it. An early work of science fiction.
Dubliners
James Joyce
31 days •
ⓘ 1914 • Life in Ireland at the turn of the last century, as told through 15 short stories.
The Dunwich Horror
H.P. Lovecraft
7 days •
ⓘ 1929 • In the desolate village of Dunwich, something evil is stirring. A mysterious family with a hideous son hides dark magic, and much more, in their farmhouse.
Edward Randolph's Portrait
Nathaniel Hawthorne
2 days •
ⓘ 1837 • From the depths of colonial past, a hated and cursed man comes to haunt the ill-fated Governor Hutchinson before the Revolution.
The Fall of the House of Usher
Edgar Allan Poe
3 days •
ⓘ 1839 • Roderick Usher's sister has died, leaving him alone in the eerie family home. His friend arrives to keep him company but still a sense of impending doom hangs over the House of Usher.
The First Christmas Tree
Henry van Dyke
3 days •
ⓘ 1897 • A story from the dark ages of northern Europe, as Christian missionaries strive to convert Thor's believers.
The Five Orange Pips
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 days •
ⓘ 1891 • Sherlock Holmes investigates a series of sudden deaths connected with an apparently omnipotent secret society.
The Gentleman from San Francisco
Ivan Bunin
4 days •
ⓘ 1915 • A family's unfortunate trip to Europe illustrates modern society's shallowness and preoccupation with the self.
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
M.R. James
17 days •
ⓘ 1904 • In quiet rural settings, dark and unsettling supernatural forces are at work. A collection of spooky ghost stories.
The Gloria Scott
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 days •
ⓘ 1893 • A story from Sherlock Holmes' youth, in which he unravels a dark secret from his friend's father's past.
The Gods of Pegana
Lord Dunsany
7 days •
ⓘ 1905 • A series of stories about Dunsany's pantheon of gods - a memorable early work of fantasy.
Great Big Treasury of Beatrix Potter
Beatrix Potter
19 days •
ⓘ 1992 • Nineteen favorite stories from Beatrix Potter, including Peter Rabbit and more. (Unfortunately text only.)
The Great God Pan
Arthur Machen
9 days •
ⓘ 1894 • A diabolical experiment goes horribly wrong, but the ramifications follow our narrator through the years. And leave a growing number of bodies in its wake.
The Greek Interpreter
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 days •
ⓘ 1893 • Enter Mycroft, Sherlock Holmes' remarkable brother, who consults Sherlock about a disturbing event involving his neighbor.
The Hanging Stranger
Philip K. Dick
2 days •
ⓘ 1953 • Coming into town, Ed Loyce is shocked to discover a man hanging from a lamppost. Even more shocking are the reactions of the others in town.
The Happy Prince & Other Tales
Oscar Wilde
5 days •
ⓘ 1888 • A collection of children's stories including The Happy Prince, The Remarkable Rocket and more.
Hauntings
Vernon Lee
16 days •
ⓘ 1890 • British author Violet Paget's atmospheric supernatural stories of passion, possession, and psychological terror.
The House of Pride
Jack London
11 days •
ⓘ 1912 • A collection of six stories set in Hawaii.
A Hunger Artist
Franz Kafka
2 days •
ⓘ 1922 • A hunger artist - who fasts for the entertainment of others - finds the popularity of his performances is waning. Soon spectators prefer seeing animals in a circus, and his near-death condition goes unnoticed.
In the Fog
Richard Harding Davis
9 days •
ⓘ 1901 • In the midst of a dreadful fog, the heir of an Earl and a decadent Russian princess are found dead together. A quick mystery tale full of twists.
In the Midst of Life
Ambrose Bierce
26 days •
ⓘ 1892 • A collection of short stories about soliders and civilians during the American Civil War.
In the Penal Colony
Franz Kafka
5 days •
ⓘ 1919 • A diabolical execution machine is about to be used for the last time in an unnamed penal colony.
The Inimitable Jeeves
P.G. Wodehouse
21 days •
ⓘ 1923 • Bertie and his helpless friends have a new round of problems that can only be solved by the unflappable Jeeves.
The Inmost Light
Arthur Machen
4 days •
ⓘ 1894 • A scientist's dangerous experiments entangle his wife and put her very soul at risk.
The Innocence of Father Brown
G.K. Chesterton
25 days •
ⓘ 1911 • Catholic priest Father Brown, with his umbrella and shapeless clothes, cuts an unassuming figure. But his rare insight into the criminal mind leads him into many a mystery.
John Silence: Physician Extraordinary
Algernon Blackwood
35 days •
ⓘ 1908 • The "psychic doctor" takes on supernatural forces and the looming threat of the dark arts in these five stories.
A Kidnapped Santa Claus
L. Frank Baum
2 days •
ⓘ 1904 • In the dark Caves of the Daemons, evil spirits plot to entrap Santa Claus.
The King in Yellow
Robert W. Chambers
28 days •
ⓘ 1895 • A classic of weird and supernatural fiction, this collection of stories traces the mysterious forbidden play "The King in Yellow" and the trail of madness, despair, and death it leaves behind.
Kwaidan
Lafcadio Hearn
11 days •
ⓘ 1904 • A collection of Japanese ghost stories and folk tales, plus a brief study on insects.
La Grande Bretèche
Honoré de Balzac
3 days •
ⓘ 1831 • A curious neglected country estate hides a sordid and tragic history.
The Lady with the Dog
Anton Chekhov
3 days •
ⓘ 1899 • An adulterous affair at a summer beach town becomes something more in this classic short story, deemed by Vladimir Nabokov the greatest ever written.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
Washington Irving
5 days •
ⓘ 1820 • In the dreamy town of Sleepy Hollow, ghosts haunt the woods, Native American bewitchments hang over the land, and a cloaked rider waits for Ichabod Crane.
A Little Book of Christmas
John Kendrick Bangs
8 days •
ⓘ 1912 • Four heartwarming short stories of Christmas and the holiday season.
Lost Face
Jack London
15 days •
ⓘ 1910 • A collection of short stories including adventures in the Yukon and the Klondike.
Love and Friendship and Other Early Works
Jane Austen
13 days •
ⓘ 1790 • A collection of stories written by Jane Austen from the ages of 11 through 18. Includes the epistolary "Love and Freindship" and "The History of England."
The Lurking Fear
H.P. Lovecraft
3 days •
ⓘ 1923 • Something is brutally slaughtering the locals at Tempest Mountain, drawing the attention of a reporter and monster hunter. Dark secrets and death await as storms rage overhead.
The Madman
Khalil Gibran
3 days •
ⓘ 1918 • Philosophical poetry and short stories on truth, spirituality, and love by Lebanese author Khalil Gibran
The Man Who Would Be King
Rudyard Kipling
6 days •
ⓘ 1888 • Two adventurers set out for a remote part of Afghanistan to set themselves up as kings. But years later, things have not gone as they expected.
The Man with the Twisted Lip
Arthur Conan Doyle
4 days •
ⓘ 1891 • A responsible businessman has disappeared. His wife swears she saw him at the window of a local opium den - but he is nowhere to be found! Can Sherlock Holmes piece together the puzzle?
The Man-Wolf and Other Tales
Emile Erckmann
21 days •
ⓘ 1876 • A collection of supernatural stories from Emile Erckmann and Alexandre Chatrian, praised by Lovecraft and M.R. James.
Mathilda
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
12 days •
ⓘ 1820 • On her deathbed, Matilda tells of her life: the incestuous love of her father, suicide, and failed love. Shelley's second novel, finished in 1820 but suppressed until 1959.
The Messenger
Robert W. Chambers
5 days •
ⓘ 1897 • Thirty nine bodies are buried but centuries later, only 38 skulls are unearthed. The last, that of the Black Priest, is said to carry a terrible curse.
Metamorphosis
Franz Kafka
9 days •
ⓘ 1915 • Gregor wakes one day to find he has transformed into a repulsive insect-like monster. Soon his life begins to fall apart around him.
Monday or Tuesday
Virginia Woolf
7 days •
ⓘ 1921 • A collection of short stories including "A Haunted House," "Kew Gardens" and "The Mark on the Wall."
The Monkey's Paw
W. W. Jacobs
2 days •
ⓘ 1902 • To the owner of the monkey's paw go three wishes, but also an enormous price.
The Most Dangerous Game
Richard Connell
3 days •
ⓘ 1924 • A big-game hunter is shipwrecked onto an isolated Caribbean island where he must survive a barbaric test from his new host.
Mr. Justice Harbottle
J. Sheridan LeFanu
5 days •
ⓘ 1872 • A cruel judge in the 18th century is given a disturbing taste of his own medicine by vengeful spirits.
Mr. Spaceship
Philip K. Dick
4 days •
ⓘ 1953 • Driven by war with a mysterious alien species, scientists on Earth develop a new sort of spaceship: one powered by a human brain. But on its first test run, disaster strikes.
The Murders in the Rue Morgue
Edgar Allan Poe
5 days •
ⓘ 1841 • Two brutal murders appear unsolvable but C. Auguste Dupin is on the case. Described as the first modern detective story.
The Musgrave Ritual
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 days •
ⓘ 1893 • After Reginald Musgrave fires a servant for reading a secret family document, the servant and a maid disappear. Sherlock Holmes investigates the mystery.
My Man Jeeves
P.G. Wodehouse
22 days •
ⓘ 1919 • Londoner Bertie Wooster is young, rich, and completely helpless. Fortunately his valet Jeeves is on hand to rescue Wooster from every mess he falls into.
The Naval Treaty
Arthur Conan Doyle
5 days •
ⓘ 1893 • Sherlock Holmes is thrust into the world of international espionage as a vital naval treaty goes missing.
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Ambrose Bierce
2 days •
ⓘ 1890 • A Confederate saboteur is about to be hung from the Owl Creek railway bridge, but escape seems within his grasp. A captivating story with more than one twist ending.
The Open Boat
Stephen Crane
4 days •
ⓘ 1897 • A semi-autobiographical retelling of Crane's experience being shipwrecked and stranded for days off the coast of Florida.
The Other Wise Man
Henry van Dyke
4 days •
ⓘ 1895 • The story of the fourth wise man and his years of pilgrimage to give gifts to the proclaimed king in Bethlehem.
Paul's Case
Willa Cather
3 days •
ⓘ 1905 • Pittsburgh high school student Paul dreams of escaping his middle-class life for one of culture and excitement.
Pickman's Model
H.P. Lovecraft
2 days •
ⓘ 1926 • Richard Upton Pickman's disturbing art, depicting fiendish creatures, hide an even more terrifying secret.
The Pit and the Pendulum
Edgar Allan Poe
3 days •
ⓘ 1842 • The chilling tale of the torments endured by a prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition. Poe plays on the reader's own senses to spark fear and revulsion.
Poirot Investigates
Agatha Christie
21 days •
ⓘ 1924 • A collection of short stories in which the famed detective Hercule Poirot solves a variety of mysteries in his delightfully eccentric manner.
The Prussian Officer
D.H. Lawrence
4 days •
ⓘ 1914 • A captain, frustrated with his empty life, turns his anger towards his young orderly.
The Queen of Spades
Alexander Pushkin
5 days •
ⓘ 1834 • The secret to winning your fortune at cards lies with an old countess and just three playing cards. Hermann will stop at nothing to win the secret.
The Rats in the Walls
H.P. Lovecraft
3 days •
ⓘ 1924 • Delapore, an American, moves to England to restore his family's ancestral estate. Within the walls he finds disturbing secrets and madness.
The Reigate Puzzle
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 days •
ⓘ 1893 • While resting on a friend's estate, Sherlock Holmes is drawn into a new mystery after a puzzling robbery leads to murder.
The Resident Patient
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 days •
ⓘ 1893 • A doctor's unusual employer has begun acting mysteriously following news of a robbery. Sherlock Holmes investigates.
Rip Van Winkle
Washington Irving
3 days •
ⓘ 1819 • Kindly Rip Van Winkle wanders off into the Catskill Mountains, takes a nap, then comes back down. But things have drastically changed for poor old Van Winkle in this charming colonial ghost story.
The Room in the Dragon Volant
J. Sheridan LeFanu
17 days •
ⓘ 1872 • Wealthy young Englishman Richard Beckett stumbles into a mystery when he unknowingly checks into the very room that gives a haunted French hotel its sinister reputation.
The Sandman
E.T.A. Hoffmann
7 days •
ⓘ 1816 • Nathanael is haunted through his life by Coppelius, his mad alchemical experiments, and the grim specter of the Sandman. Pretty eyes, pretty eyes!
A Scandal in Bohemia
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 days •
ⓘ 1891 • Sherlock Holmes pits his cunning against a new adversary, Irene Adler, to help the King of Bohemia.
Second Variety
Philip K. Dick
7 days •
ⓘ 1953 • A nuclear assault by the Soviet Union pushes UN forces to flee to the moon, leaving robots to continue the war. But the robots soon develop beyond their original purpose.
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
H.P. Lovecraft
10 days •
ⓘ 1936 • A dark secret hangs over the dilapidated seaside town of Innsmouth, one that our young narrator is intent to uncover. But can he escape the residents - and his own terrible secret - to tell the tale?
The Shadowy Third
Ellen Glasgow
20 days •
ⓘ 1923 • A collection of spooky stories filled with ghosts - or are they hallucinations? - hauntings of the past, and revenge.
The Shunned House
H.P. Lovecraft
4 days •
ⓘ 1937 • Do you believe in haunted houses? Generations of people have met grisly ends in the old house on Benefit Street. Some say it's ghouls, others the strange fungi in the cellar...
Silver Blaze
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 days •
ⓘ 1892 • Sherlock Holmes is pulled into the mysterious disappearance of a famous race horse and the apparent murder of its trainer.
Some Short Christmas Stories
Charles Dickens
8 days •
ⓘ 1911 • A collection of Christmas and holiday short stories from Charles Dickens including A Christmas Tree , What Christmas is as We Grow Older and Nobody's Story.
The Sound of Silence
Barbara Constant
2 days •
ⓘ 1962 • Lucilla feels like she's going crazy. She can answer a question before it's been asked, knows what other drivers will do before they make a move.
The Star Lord
Boyd Ellanby
10 days •
ⓘ 1953 • A luxury passenger rocket sets off on its maiden voyage into space, but meets only disaster in this sci-fi allegory.
The Stockbroker's Clerk
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 days •
ⓘ 1893 • The mysterious behavior of a man's new managers sends him to Sherlock Holmes.
Sultana's Dream
Rokeya Sakhawat Hossain
2 days •
ⓘ 1905 • A glimpse of a futuristic feminist utopia where men are locked away, workdays are 2 hours long, and crime is nonexistent.
The Sword of Welleran and Other Stories
Lord Dunsany
13 days •
ⓘ 1908 • A collection of captivating fantasy short stories, with several set in Dunsany's Pegana pantheon.
Tales of Men and Ghosts
Edith Wharton
33 days •
ⓘ 1910 • A collection of Wharton's supernatural and detective fiction, filled with psychological terror.
Tales of Space and Time
H.G. Wells
22 days •
ⓘ 1899 • A collection of fantasy and sci-fi stories including runaway stars, stone age breakthroughs, and a mysterious glowing egg.
Tales of a Wayside Inn
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
14 days •
ⓘ 1863 • An exchange of stories at a Massachusetts inn, including the famous "Paul Revere's Ride."
Tales of the Jazz Age
F. Scott Fitzgerald
32 days •
ⓘ 1922 • A collection of short stories including May Day, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, and The Diamond as Big as the Ritz.
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Tales
Edgar Allan Poe
15 days •
ⓘ 1843 • A collection of stories by Poe including The Tell-Tale Heart, The Masque of the Red Death, The Premature Burial and more.
The Terror
Arthur Machen
14 days •
ⓘ 1917 • Villagers in a small Welsh town are dying in unspeakable ways. Dr Lewis investigates what may be the cause, uncovering deep secrets.
Thirty Strange Stories
H.G. Wells
35 days •
ⓘ 1897 • A collection of some of Wells' best short stories including "The Strange Orchid," "In the Abyss," and "The Red Room."
The Three Impostors
Arthur Machen
22 days •
ⓘ 1895 • An episodic novel of weird and horror tales, culminating in a deadly horror. Linking each story is a secretive pagan society who weave a web of deception through London.
Three Stories and Ten Poems
Ernest Hemingway
5 days •
ⓘ 1923 • A collection of short works by Hemingway including "Up in Michigan" and "My Old Man."
Time and the Gods
Lord Dunsany
15 days •
ⓘ 1906 • A series of stories from one of the most important influences on modern fantasy, woven out of Dunsany's Pegana pantheon of deities.
Twenty-six Men and a Girl
Maxim Gorky
2 days •
ⓘ 1899 • Looked down upon by all, twenty-six kringle makers treasure the times when sixteen-year-old Tanya visits with them. But a new baker arrives and unsettles their daily routines.
Twice-Told Tales
Nathaniel Hawthorne
48 days •
ⓘ 1837 • A collection of short stories including "The Haunted Mind," "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment," and "The Great Carbuncle."
Uncanny Stories
May Sinclair
18 days •
ⓘ 1923 • Strange and chilling stories that mix traditional ghost stories with modern concepts.
The Vampyre
John William Polidori
4 days •
ⓘ 1819 • Tragedy follows Lord Ruthven like a shadow, and poor young Aubrey can’t seem to rid himself of the man. But after Ruthven is killed, a far darker secret is revealed.
Visible and Invisible
E.F. Benson
24 days •
ⓘ 1923 • A collection of ghostly supernatural stories from one of the medium's masters.
The Wendigo
Algernon Blackwood
7 days •
ⓘ 1910 • Journey to the lonely Canadian wilderness where old trappers whisper of something in the woods, a beast that moves with lightning quickness and calls out to you in the dark of night.
The Whisperer in Darkness
H.P. Lovecraft
10 days •
ⓘ 1931 • In the depths of Vermont's primordial forests, strange creatures out of myth appear. One isolated man believes he has proof of these monsters' existence, but can he survive to tell the world?
White Nights
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
6 days •
ⓘ 1848 • A lonely man in St. Petersburg finds unexpected companionship and love over the course of four nights
The White People
Arthur Machen
7 days •
ⓘ 1904 • A mysterious diary unlocks the strange inner life of a young girl: secret folklore, ritual magic, and witchcraft leading to a terrible end.
William Wilson
Edgar Allan Poe
3 days •
ⓘ 1839 • The story of a mysterious doppelgänger who tails William through his life.
The Willows
Algernon Blackwood
8 days •
ⓘ 1907 • Along the banks of the Danube, on one of the shifting impermanent islands of sand, willows blow in the unceasing wind. And one can glimpse dangerous, unforgettable beings in the night.
The Wind in the Rosebush
Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
13 days •
ⓘ 1903 • A collection of New England ghost stories with a mix of humor and chills.
Winesburg, Ohio
Sherwood Anderson
25 days •
ⓘ 1919 • A cycle of stories set in a small pre-industrial town. The central figure is reporter George Willard who gains the confidence of the residents.
The Wisdom of Father Brown
G.K. Chesterton
24 days •
ⓘ 1914 • The continuing adventures of the eccentric priest Father Brown as he uncovers criminals and murders.
With the Night Mail
Rudyard Kipling
5 days •
ⓘ 1905 • Upon the backdrop of an air traffic control group turned world government, an intercontinental mail dirigible battles the perfect storm.
Xingu
Edith Wharton
3 days •
ⓘ 1916 • A biting roast of shallow book clubs where literature takes a back seat to personality and dysfunction.
The Yellow Face
Arthur Conan Doyle
3 days •
ⓘ 1893 • A man implores Sherlock Holmes to help him uncover the reason behind his wife's mysterious behavior.
The Yellow Wallpaper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
2 days •
ⓘ 1892 • Witness a woman's descent into madness in this unsettling, important early work of American feminist literature.
Young Goodman Brown
Nathaniel Hawthorne
3 days •
ⓘ 1835 • Deep in the forest outside Salem Village, Goodman Brown encounters an old man with a snake staff and a haunting gathering.
Youth
Isaac Asimov
4 days •
ⓘ 1952 • While their fathers attempt to contact space aliens, Slim and Red stumble upon two strange animals.
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