Tales of Old Japan Fairy Tale Mythology Tales of Old Japan is an anthology of short stories compiled by Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford, Lord Redesdale, writing under the better known name... Tales of Old Japan 39 Views Algernon Bertram Freeman-Mitford
The History of the Caliph Vathek Horror Fiction This is one of the earliest Gothic novels. The Caliph Vathek is one of the wealthiest and most powerful men who ever lived. But this is not enough for... The History of the Caliph Vathek 36 Views William Beckford
Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods Horror William Drake Westervelt was an eminent scholar of Hawaiian culture, language, and history. In this capacity, he collected the ghost stories inlcuded... Hawaiian Legends of Ghosts and Ghost-Gods 28 Views William Drake Westervelt
A Phantom Lover Horror Fiction A Phantom Lover is a supernatural novella by Vernon Lee (pseudonym of Violet Paget) first published in 1886. Set in a Kentish manor house, the story c... A Phantom Lover 13 Views Vernon Lee
The Beetle Horror Novel A story about a mysterious oriental figure who pursues a British politician to London, where he wreaks havoc with his powers of hypnosis and shape-shi... The Beetle 16 Views Richard Marsh
In the Midst of Life; Tales of Soldiers and Civilians History War Tales of Soldiers and Civilians is a collection of short stories by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce, also published under t... In the Midst of Life; Tales of Soldiers and Civilians 28 Views Ambrose Bierce
The Mysteries of Udolpho Horror Novel The Mysteries of Udolpho tells of Emily St. Aubert, who suffers misadventures that include the death of her mother and father, supernatural terrors in... The Mysteries of Udolpho 17 Views Ann Radcliffe
Six Creepy Stories by Edgar Allan Poe Horror Edgar Allan Poe has the ability to manipulate language so well that he could engage my imagination and get me terrified even though little was 'done'... Six Creepy Stories by Edgar Allan Poe 41 Views Edgar Allan Poe
The White People Horror Fiction A discussion between two men on the nature of evil leads one of them to reveal a mysterious Green Book he possesses. It is a young girl's diary, in wh... The White People 10 Views Arthur Machen
Told after Supper Horror Humour The narrator tells us that it is Christmas Eve at his Uncle John's, at no. 47 Laburnum Grove, Tooting. Christmas eve... the only night in the year on... Told after Supper 13 Views Jerome K. Jerome
Don Juan In Hell Horror Don Juan in Hell is an excerpt (Act 3, Scene 2) from George Bernard Shaw’s Man and Superman. It is often performed as a stand-alone play. In it, three... Don Juan In Hell 18 Views George Bernard Shaw
The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories Horror Novel "The Mysterious Stranger" is a very odd story. Satan (or, at least his minion nephew, a surrogate dark angel as presented here) is more or less the he... The Mysterious Stranger and Other Stories 11 Views Mark Twain
The House of the Vampire Horror Novel The House of the Vampire is a 1907 novella that is a very unusual vampire story. A young writer comes under the powerful influence of a mysterious old... The House of the Vampire 29 Views George Sylvester Viereck
The Hill of Dreams Horror Novel The novel recounts the life of a young man, Lucian Taylor, focusing on his dreamy childhood in rural Wales, in a town based on Caerleon. The Hill of D... The Hill of Dreams 15 Views Arthur Conan Doyle
The Room in the Dragon Volant Horror Fiction Novel J. Sheridan LeFanu's Gothic mystery novel is narrated by Richard Beckett, a young Englishman abroad in Napoleonic-era France. He falls instantly in lo... The Room in the Dragon Volant 12 Views Sheridan Le Fanu
