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The Fantasy Hall of Fame [22 stories] Robert Silverberg · 1983 · 431p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Shares: Masquerade Balls, Hematidrosis, Daggers, Abbeys Shares: Masquerade Balls, Hematidrosis, Daggers, Abbeys

The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume IV - Tales Edgar Allan Poe · 1902 · 335p · ≈ 11h · Challenging Business Man Colloquy of Monos and Una Conversation of Eiros and Charmion Descent into the Maelstrom Eleonora Island of the Fay Journal of Julius Rodman Man of the Crowd Masque of the Red Death Murders in the Rug Morgue Mystification Never Bet the Devil Your Head Oval Portrait Three Sundays in a Week Why the Little Frenchman Wears His Hand in a Sling Shares: Masquerade Balls, Hematidrosis, Daggers, Abbeys

A study of the short story Henry Seidel Canby · 1913 · 273p · ≈ 9h · Challenging Shares: Masquerade Balls, Hematidrosis, Daggers, Abbeys Shares: Masquerade Balls, Hematidrosis, Daggers, Abbeys

The Best Ghost Stories Ever Christopher Krovatin · 2003 · ★ 4.0 · 186p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The empty house / by Algernon Blackwell The monkey's paw / by W.W. Jacobs The legend of Sleepy Hollow / by Washington Irving Masque of the Red Death / by Edgar Allan Poe The judge's house / by Bram Stoker A ghost story / by Jerome K. Jerome The yellow wallpaper / by Charlotte Perkins Gilman The romance of certain old clothes / by Henry James The story of Clifford House / by Anonymous. Shares: Hematidrosis, Daggers, Abbeys, Juvenile audience

Fireside Al's Treasury of Classic Stories Alan Maitland · 1997 · ★ 4.0 · 325p · ≈ 10h · Moderate The necklace / Guy de Maupassant -- Butch minds the baby / Damon Runyon -- A tradition of eighteen hundred and four / Thomas Hardy -- Rip Van Winkle / Washington Irving -- Michael / William Wordsworth -- To build a fire / Jack London -- The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County / Mark Twain -- The signalman / Charles Dickens -- Come again in the spring / Richard Kennedy -- In my… Shares: Hematidrosis, Daggers, Abbeys, Juvenile audience

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A Shocking Accident Sara Corrin · 2003 · 192p · ≈ 6h · Moderate A shocking accident / Graham Greene -- The necklace / Guy de Maupassant -- The fiery wooing of Mordred / P.G. Wodehouse -- How un-American can you get? / Art Buchwald -- The rocking-horse winner / D.H. Lawrence -- To build a fire / Jack London -- At the airport / Marina Mizzau -- Children of the vaults / Vladimir Korolenko -- The night the bed fell / James Thurber -- Roosya / Ivan Bunin… Shares: Juvenile audience, Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Short Stories

Thrillers and More Thrillers Robert Arthur · 1968 · ★ 4.0 · 208p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Mr. George, by A. Derleth. -- The calamander chest, by J. P. Brennan. -- The poison necklace, by M. A. DeFord. -- The bottle imp, by R. L. Stevenson. -- My displaced ghosts, by J. West. -- Faith, hope, and charity, by I. S. Cobb. -- Mrs. Manifold, by S. Grendon. -- The hands of Mr. Ottermole, by T. Burke. -- Tell-tale Heart, by E. A. Poe. Shares: Juvenile audience, Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Short Stories

Selected Prose and Poetry Edgar Allan Poe · 1950 · 528p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Shares: Abbeys, American Horror tales, Horror stories, Short Stories Shares: Abbeys, American Horror tales, Horror stories, Short Stories

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The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales [15 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1960 · ★ 3.9 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares: Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Horror stories, Short Stories Shares: Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Horror stories, Short Stories

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Tales of Mystery and Imagination [13 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1909 · 374p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares: Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Horror stories, Short Stories Shares: Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Horror stories, Short Stories

Sterling Stories Yvonne Collioud Sisko · 2006 · ★ 3.8 · 220p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Salvation / Langston Hughes -- Ah Bah's money / Catherine Lim -- Cranes / Hwang Sunwon -- Bone girl / Joseph Bruchac -- The hockey sweater / Roch Carrier -- Strong temptations -- strategic movements -- the innocents beguiled / Mark Twain -- Marlene's adventures / Anita Endrezze -- Trail of the green blazer / R.K. Narayan -- Tell-tale Heart / Edgar Allan Poe -- The story of an hour / Kate Chopin… Shares: Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Horror stories, Short Stories

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