18 books like Fireside Al's Treasury of Classic Stories

What to read after Fireside Al's Treasury of Classic Stories — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

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… Shares Hematidrosis, Daggers, Abbeys, Juvenile audience

The Complete Works of Edgar Allan Poe - Volume IV - Tales Edgar Allan Poe · 1902 · 335p · ≈ 11h · Moderate 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 Hematidrosis, Daggers, Abbeys, Juvenile audience

The Fantasy Hall of Fame [22 stories] Robert Silverberg · 1983 · 431p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Shares Hematidrosis, Daggers, Abbeys, Juvenile audience with this book. Shares Hematidrosis, Daggers, Abbeys, Juvenile audience

A study of the short story Henry Seidel Canby · 1913 · 273p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares Hematidrosis, Daggers, Abbeys, Juvenile audience with this book. Shares Hematidrosis, Daggers, Abbeys, Juvenile audience

The Masque of the Red Death Edgar Allan Poe · 1922 · ★ 4.1 · 28p · ≈ 56m · Moderate "The Masque of the Red Death" (originally published as "The Mask of the Red Death: A Fantasy") is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1842. The story follows Prince Prospero's attempts to avoid a dangerous plague, known as the Red Death, by hiding in his abbey. He, along with many other wealthy nobles, hosts a masquerade ball in seven rooms of the abbey, each… Shares Hematidrosis, Daggers, Abbeys, Juvenile audience

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [12 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1965 · 337p · ≈ 11h · Moderate Shares Daggers, Abbeys, American Horror tales, Horror stories with this book. Shares Daggers, Abbeys, American Horror tales, Horror stories

Fear Street Super Chiller - Goodnight Kiss Robert Lawrence Stine · 1992 · ★ 4.0 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Fear Street Super Chiller Matt, his girlfriend April, and his friend Todd just wanted a peaceful summer at the beach. But that all changes when April and Todd suddenly become weak and pale.....and have two puncture wounds on their necks....and they might have something to do with the two bats flying over the beach..... Shares Horror stories, Short Stories, Horror, Children's fiction

Werewolves Martin H. Greenberg · 1988 · ★ 4.0 · 271p · ≈ 9h · Moderate A collection of fifteen stories by a variety of authors about the, sometime frightening, sometime humorous, phenomena of werewolves. Shares American Horror tales, Horror stories, Horror, Children's fiction

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

The Sleepwalker Robert Lawrence Stine · 1990 · ★ 3.9 · 164p · ≈ 5h · Moderate One week after she starts her summer job on Fear Street with old Mrs. Cottler, Mayra Barnes begins to sleepwalk, always waking up outdoors in the middle of the night never knowing where she is! Things take a disturbing turn when Mayra discovers Mrs. Cottler may be a witch. Is the old woman casting a spell on Mayra to make her sleepwalk? More horrifying, Mayra is being followed by a menacing… Shares Horror stories, Horror, Children's fiction

The Annotated tales of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe · 1981 · ★ 4.7 · 684p · ≈ 22h · Challenging Angel of the Odd Assignation Balloon-Hoax Berenice morella Black Cat Bon-Bon Business Man Cask of Amontillado Descent into the Maelstrom Devil in the Belfry Domain of Arnheim Eleonora Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Fall of the House of Usher Flights and Fantasies: Loss of Breath Four Beasts in One Gold-Bug Hop-Frog How to Write a Blackwood Article / Predicament Humor and… Shares Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Horror stories, Short Stories

Poe stories and poems [17 stories, 9 poems]

Poe stories and poems [17 stories, 9 poems] Edgar Allan Poe · 1986 · 161p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Horror stories, Short Stories with this book. Shares Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Horror stories, Short Stories

The best horror stories Robert Bloch · 1990 · 398p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Black Cat / Edgar Allan Poe -- Tell-tale Heart / Edgar Allan Poe -- Premature Burial / Edgar Allan Poe -- Torture of hope / Villiers de L'Isle Adam -- An episode of the terror / Honore de Balzac -- The hand / Guy de Maupassant -- The withered arm / Thomas Hardy -- The idiots / Joseph Conrad -- The bird / Thomas Burke -- Lot no. 249 / Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -- The sentence / J.… Shares Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Horror stories, Short Stories

Selected Stories and Poems [10 stories, 12 poems] Edgar Allan Poe · 1967 · 309p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Horror stories, Short Stories with this book. Shares Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Horror stories, Short Stories

Mystery Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe · 1907 · 311p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Horror stories, Short Stories with this book. 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 /… Shares Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Horror stories, Short Stories

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales [15 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1960 · ★ 4.0 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Horror stories, Short Stories with this book. Shares Gothic fiction, American Horror tales, Horror stories, Short Stories

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