18 books like Campfire Chillers

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Great Ghost Stories Betty Ann Schwartz · 1985 · 177p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Tell-tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe A GHOST STORY by Mark Twain THE SECRET OF THE GROWING GOLD by Bram Stoker THE OPEN WINDOW by Saki CAPTAIN MURDERER AND THE DEVIL'S BARGAIN by Charles Dickens THE BOY WHO DREW CATS by Lafcadio Hearn THE RED ROOM by H. G. Wells YESTERDAY'S WITCH by Gahan Wilson THE ADVENTURE OF THE GERMAN STUDENT by Washington Irving THE HAUNTED TRAILER by Robert Arthur THE… Shares: First-person Narrative, Ghost Stories, Short Stories, Horror

The Witches of Worm Zilpha Keatley Snyder · 1972 · ★ 3.7 · 183p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A lonely twelve-year-old is convinced that the cat she finds is possessed by a witch and is responsible for her own strange behavior. Shares: Cats, Paranormal, Children's fiction

Nightfrights Pete Haining · 1972 · ★ 4.5 · 254p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Stevenson, R.L. The body-snatcher. -- Collins, W. The story of a terribly strange bed. -- Poe, E.A. Tell-tale Heart Le Fanu, J.S. Madam Crowl's ghost. -- Lang, A. The man in white. -- Nesbit, N. Man-size in marble. -- Stoker, B. Dracula's guest. -- Wells, H.G. The valley of the spiders. -- James, M.R. The haunted doll's house. -- Bierce, A. The middle toe of the right foot. -- Blackwood, A. The… Shares: First-person Narrative, Paranormal, Short Stories, Horror

America's Literature James David Hart · 1955 · 958p · ≈ 31h · Moderate From The general history of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles / John Smith -- from The history of Plymouth Plantation / William Bradford -- from The bloody tenet yet more bloody ; A letter to the town of Providence / Roger Williams -- Puritan poetry -- Before the birth of cone of her children ; To my dear and loving husband ; The flesh and the spirit ; Verses upon the burning of our… Shares: First-person Narrative, Paranormal, Short Stories, Horror

The Story and Its Writer -- Compact Eighth Edition Ann Charters · 2010 · 1163p · ≈ 38h · Moderate Collection contains: Stories: Civil peace / Chinua Achebe -- Lone Ranger and Tonto fistfight in heaven / Sherman Alexie -- Act of vengeance / Isabel Allende -- Hands / Sherwood Anderson -- Happy endings / Margaret Atwood -- Sonny's blues / James Baldwin -- Lesson / Toni Cade Bambara -- Black man and white woman in dark green boat / Russell Banks -- Snow / Ann Beattie -- From Fun Home: Old father,… Shares: Short Story, Short Stories, Horror, Children's fiction

The Goat-Foot God Violet M. Firth (Dion Fortune) · 1971 · ★ 4.0 · 388p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Desperate and wretched after the death of his wife at the hands of her lover, Hugh Paston becomes engrossed in the occult and goes on a quest for Pan, aided by an old bookseller called Jelkes. In order to fulfil his desire he buys an old monastery to convert into a temple for Pan. The monastery is haunted however by the spirit of a fifteenth century prior who was walled up for his pagan beliefs… Shares: Paranormal, Children's fiction

Time Cat Lloyd Alexander · 1963 · ★ 3.8 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Jason and his magic cat Gareth travel through time to visit countries all over the world during different periods of history. Shares: Cats, Children's fiction

Great Short Stories Wilbur Lang Schramm · 1950 · 536p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Tell-tale Heart / Edgar Allan Poe Rappaccini's daughter / Nathaniel Hawthorne Outcasts of Poker Flat / Bret Harte Open boat / Stephen Crane All-gold canon / Jack London Furnished room / O. Henry Lost phoebe / Theodore Dreiser Neighbor rosicky / Willa Cather Sophistication / Sherwood Anderson Now I lay me / Ernest Hemingway By the waters of Babylon / Stephen Vincent Benet Leader of the people /… Shares: Short Story, Short Stories, Horror, Children's fiction

Remember me 3 Christopher Pike · 1995 · ★ 3.0 · 244p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Someone did not like Shari Cooper writing her stories. Shari Cooper had died once, and then returned to earth as a Wanderer - a soul who had been given permission to take the place of another soul in a mature body. Shari has regained her memory of her previous life. More than that, she has realized her purpose in returning to mortal life. To write stories for young people to help them understand… Shares: Ghost Stories, Horror, Children's fiction

The Headless Ghost Robert Lawrence Stine · 1995 · ★ 3.7 · 144p · ≈ 4h · Moderate Everyone knows about Hill House. It's the biggest tourist attraction in town. That's because it's haunted. Haunted by the ghost of a thirteen-year-old boy. A boy with no head! Duane and Stephanie love Hill House. It's dark. And creepy. And totally scary. Still, they've never actually seen the ghost. Until the night they decide to go on a search. A search for his head... Shares: Ghost Stories, Horror, Children's fiction

The house of the nightmare, and other eerie tales Kathleen Lines · 1967 · ★ 3.6 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate CONTENTS: 1 - FROM IMAGINATION The House Of The Nightmare by Edward Lucas White The Hauntings At Thorhallstead by Allen French His Own Number by William Croft Dickinson Gabriel-Ernest by Saki Hand In Glove by Elizabeth Bowen Mr. Fox (traditional english tale) by Anonymous Curfew by L.M. Boston John Bartine's Watch by Ambrose Bierce The Monkey's Paw by W.W.Jacobs My Grandfather, Hendry Watty by… Shares: Ghost Stories, Horror, Children's fiction

The little bookroom Eleanor Farjeon · 1955 · 308p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Collects twenty-seven of Eleanor Farjeon's stories, which include kings, princesses, servants, a mysterious flower, orphans, enchanted woods, an organ-grinder, giants, a little dressmaker, fairies, and a kindly farmer. Shares: Short Stories, Children's fiction

The Story and its Writer -- Third Edition Ann Charters · 1991 · ★ 2.0 · 1607p · ≈ 53h · Challenging Dead men's path/Achebe Oasis/Adams Kugelmass episode/Allen Death in the woods ; Hands/Anderson Happy endings/Atwood My first goose/Babel Sonny's blues/Baldwin Hammer man/Bambara Lost in the funhouse/Barth School/Barthelme Burning house/Beattie An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge/Bierce Like a bad dream/Böll Garden of forking paths/Borges This way for the gas, ladies and gentlemen/Borowski Distant… Shares: First-person Narrative, Short Stories, Horror, Children's fiction

Scarlet Letter with Connections Nathaniel Hawthorne · 1995 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The Scarlett Letter -- Connections: Who killed Arthur Dimmesdale? / by Perry Turner -- Lottery / by Shirley Jackson -- Puritan sonnet / by Elinor Wylie -- The woman caught in adultery -- Nor fitting for your sex / by Doreen Rappaport -- Declaration of rights and sentiment / by Elizabeth Cady Stanton -- A double standard / by Frances E.W. Harper -- Notes and an article / by Nathaniel Hawthorne… Shares: First-person Narrative, Short Stories, Horror, Children's fiction

21 Great Stories Abraham Harold Lass · 1969 · ★ 4.0 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate War, by L. Pirandello -- Eve in darkness, by K. Hurlbut -- There will come soft rains, by R. Bradbury -- Tobermory, by Saki -- The two bottles of relish, by Lord Dunsany -- Footfalls, by W.D. Steele -- Hook, by W.V.T. Clark -- Wine on the desert, by M. Brand -- The lady or the tiger, by F. Stockton -- An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, by A. Bierce -- Cask of Amontillado, by E.A. Poe -- Tell-tale… Shares: First-person Narrative, Short Stories, Horror, Children's fiction

The American Short Story [59 stories] Thomas K. Parkes · 1994 · 1003p · ≈ 33h · Challenging Rip Van Winkle ; The legend of Sleepy Hollow / Washington Irving -- Rappaccini's daughter / Nathaniel Hawthorne -- Fall of the House of Usher ; The murders in the Rue Morgue ; The purloined letter / Edgar Allen Poe -- Benito Cereno / Herman Melville -- The man without a country / Edward Everett Hale -- The lady, or the tiger / Frank R. Stockton -- The celebrated jumping from of Calaveras County ;… Shares: Short Story, Short Stories, Horror, Children's fiction

Representative Selections, With Introduction, Bibliography, And Notes Edgar Allan Poe · 1935 · 563p · ≈ 18h · Challenging 10 stories: Berenice Cask of Amontillado Eleonora Fall of the House of Usher Gold-Bug Landor's Cottage Ligeia Ms Found in a Bottle Murders of the Rue Morgue Pit and the Pendulum 36 poems: Tamerlane Song-"I saw thee on thy bridal day" Dreams Evening star A dream within a dream The happiest day, the happiest hour The lake: to -- Sonnet- to science Al Aaraaf Romance Alone To Helen-… Shares: Short Story, Short Stories, Horror, Children's fiction

My Favorite Horror Story Mike Baker · 2000 · ★ 4.3 · 374p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Collection contains: Robert Bloch - Sweets to the Sweet (selected by Stephen King) Philip K. Dick - The Father-Thing (selected by Ed Gorman) Richard Matheson - The Distributor (selected by F. Paul Wilson) M.R. James - A Warning to the Curious (selected by Ramsey Campbell) Arthur Machen - Opening the Door (selected by Peter Atkins) H. P. Lovecraft - The Colour Out of Space (selected by Richard… Shares: First-person Narrative, Short Stories, Horror, Children's fiction

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