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Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
28 days
1818 • Daring young scientist Victor Frankenstein creates life... and a monster. Death and the creature pursue him from Geneva to Scotland to the very edges of the known world.
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.
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.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
Oscar Wilde
29 days
1890 • The years don't seem to leave their mark on Dorian Gray, nor do his scandalous escapades into every known vice. Witness the rise and fall of Wilde's classic "Prince Charming."
Dracula
Bram Stoker
54 days
1897 • A mysterious Count from Transylvania seeks to enter England. Only a small group, led by Professor Van Helsing, stand in his way.
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Robert Louis Stevenson
10 days
1886 • The duality of our public and private selves takes on an all too disturbing life in this classic tale of twisted identity.
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.
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...
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.
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 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 Moon Pool
Abraham Merritt
45 days
1919 • Explorers unlock a stunning underground world, but unknowingly unleash an ancient power on the world.
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 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.
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 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 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 House on the Borderland
William Hope Hodgson
24 days
1908 • Supernatural pig-like creatures assault the narrator in a remote otherworldly house. This creepy, unsettling tale had a major influence on Lovecraft and Terry Pratchett.
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.
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.
The Tree of Life
C.L. Moore
5 days
1936 • A gripping tale of the planet Mars and the terrible monstrosity that called its victims to it from afar--a tale of Northwest Smith.
The Last Man
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
72 days
1826 • Plague threatens to destroy mankind, and Romantic ideals, in this grim apocalyptic science fiction novel.
Vathek
William Beckford
16 days
1782 • The chronicle of Caliph Vathek, who seeks supernatural powers and stops at nothing to attain them.
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.
The Mysteries of Udolpho
Ann Radcliffe
126 days
1794 • Trapped in a medieval castle by a cruel uncle, orphan Emily is faced with fearful threats - both real and supernatural.
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.
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 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.
The Island of Doctor Moreau
H.G. Wells
19 days
1896 • Edward Prendick is shipwrecked on the island home of Dr. Moreau, where the residents all seem to resemble animals and hide a dark secret.
The Turn of the Screw
Henry James
18 days
1898 • A governess sees strange figures haunting the grounds of the manor where she works - but can she be trusted? A suspenseful ghost story.
The Monk
Matthew Lewis
58 days
1796 • A struggle between personal ambition and religious vows leads to violence and darkness in this classic sinister Gothic novel.
Carmilla
J. Sheridan LeFanu
12 days
1871 • A classic Victorian vampire novella, predating Dracula by more than 25 years.
The Castle of Otranto
Horace Walpole
15 days
1764 • One of the first gothic novels, Walpole tells the tale of Manfred and his growing obsession with saving his family line by marrying the much younger Isabella.
The Haunted Hotel
Wilkie Collins
26 days
1879 • A palace, refurbished as a hotel, haunts its guests with glimpses of its tragic and frightening past.
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!
The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket
Edgar Allan Poe
29 days
1838 • Stowaway Arthur Pym survives shipwrecks and cannibals on his epic - and increasingly strange - journey south, eventually approaching the South Pole.
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.
The Invisible Man
H.G. Wells
21 days
1897 • A mysterious man arrives at a small village. Wrapped in bandages, he is reclusive and unfriendly. Soon, his amazing predicament is revealed to the locals.
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.
Wieland
Charles Brockden Brown
33 days
1798 • An early work of American literature that spans Gothic, weird, and horror genres, the story follows the tragedy of the Wieland family through murder, spiritualism, and spontaneous combustion.
The Boats of the "Glen Carrig"
William Hope Hodgson
25 days
1907 • Being an account of their Adventures in the Strange places of the Earth, after the foundering of the good ship "Glen Carrig" through striking upon a hidden rock in the unknown seas to the Southward.
The Lair of the White Worm
Bram Stoker
24 days
1911 • Adam Salton arrives in England from Australia to find strange horrors and mysteries: mesmeric attacks, giant kites, murder, and all the while a great evil slithers beneath the ground.
The Phantom of the Opera
Gaston Leroux
33 days
1909 • Raised in the Paris Opera House, Christine is protected and taught to sing by a ghost. But she is soon in grave danger as the spirit falls in love with her and is consumed with jealousy.
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 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 Insanity of Jones
Algernon Blackwood
4 days
1907 • Jones is likely insane, or maybe he is indeed seeing things that no one else can...
The Night Land
William Hope Hodgson
76 days
1912 • Far in the future, the remnants of humanity hide from the dark Watchers within a giant protective pyramid. Lovecraft called this "one of the most potent pieces of macabre imagination ever written."
The Lodger
Marie Belloc Lowndes
29 days
1913 • A haunting work of psychological suspense, centered on the murders of Jack the Ripper. The novel inspired Alfred Hitchcock's film.
Green Tea
J. Sheridan LeFanu
5 days
1872 • A clergyman fears he is being followed by something trying to destroy him - a demon, that no one else can see. And it's getting closer.
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.
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 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.
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!
At the Mountains of Madness
H.P. Lovecraft
15 days
1931 • An Antarctic expedition uncovers ancient mysteries, unleashing destruction and death.
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 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 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?
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.
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.
This Crowded Earth
Robert Bloch
14 days
1958 • A science fiction thriller from the author of "Psycho" set in a dark overpopulated future.
The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
H.P. Lovecraft
19 days
1941 • Young Charles, fascinated by his colonial ancestor Joseph Curwen's mysterious crimes, soon uncovers much more than dark family secrets.
The Lost Stradivarius
J. Meade Falkner
18 days
1895 • John Maltravers, a young aristocrat, happens upon a rare Stradivarius violin. The instrument's dark history captivates John.
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 Inmost Light
Arthur Machen
4 days
1894 • A scientist's dangerous experiments entangle his wife and put her very soul at risk.
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.
Kwaidan
Lafcadio Hearn
11 days
1904 • A collection of Japanese ghost stories and folk tales, plus a brief study on insects.
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 Gods of Pegana
Lord Dunsany
7 days
1905 • A series of stories about Dunsany's pantheon of gods - a memorable early work of fantasy.
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.
Uncanny Stories
May Sinclair
18 days
1923 • Strange and chilling stories that mix traditional ghost stories with modern concepts.
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.
Hauntings
Vernon Lee
16 days
1890 • British author Violet Paget's atmospheric supernatural stories of passion, possession, and psychological terror.
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.
Wandering Ghosts
F. Marion Crawford
23 days
1903 • A collection of supernatural tales including the chilling stories "The Upper Berth" and "The Screaming Skull."
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 House of the Vampire
George Sylvester Viereck
9 days
1907 • A classic Victorian gothic horror story, one of the first to include vampires that do more than feed off blood.
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."
William Wilson
Edgar Allan Poe
3 days
1839 • The story of a mysterious doppelgänger who tails William through his life.
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.
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."
Brood of the Witch-Queen
Sax Rohmer
20 days
1918 • Robert Cairn and his father race against time, from London to the pyramids of Egypt, to stop horrific murders and suspected dark magic.
The Book of Were-wolves
Sabine Baring-Gould
17 days
1865 • A study on lycanthropy blending folklore, history, and myth.
Wonders of the Invisible World
Cotton Mather
27 days
1693 • A defense of Mather's role in the Salem witch hunt, which resulted in the execution of 19 people, and explanation of his belief in witchcraft.
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 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.
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.
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.
Tales of Men and Ghosts
Edith Wharton
33 days
1910 • A collection of Wharton's supernatural and detective fiction, filled with psychological terror.
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.
The Beetle
Richard Marsh
42 days
1897 • A shape-shifting horror from ancient Egypt stalks Victorian England, entangling a group of Londoners in a plot of cults, hypnosis, and revenge.
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.
The Shining Pyramid
Arthur Machen
4 days
1895 • When strange stones appear in alarming patterns around his home, Vaughan enlists his friend's aid in deciphering the mystery before it's too late.
The Maker of Gargoyles
Clark Ashton Smith
2 days
1932 • Stone creations of a troubled artist turn deadly in this chilling tale.
A Warning to the Curious
M.R. James
3 days
1925 • A chance discovery unleashes supernatural terror for archaeologist Paxton.
Three Ghost Stories
Charles Dickens
8 days
1868 • A collection of spooky tales including the famous short story "The Signal-Man", "The Trial for Murder" and "The Haunted House"
Can Such Things Be?
Ambrose Bierce
29 days
1893 • A collection of Bierce's supernatural horror stories including "The Damned Thing", "The Moonlit Road", and "The Spook House."
Visible and Invisible
E.F. Benson
24 days
1923 • A collection of ghostly supernatural stories from one of the medium's masters.
A Mirror for Witches
Esther Forbes
14 days
1928 • During the height of the Salem witch hunts, young Doll Bilby is accused and begins to doubt her innocence.
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