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Skeleton crew Stephen King · 1985 · ★ 4.3 · 576p · ≈ 19h · Moderate From the Flap: The Master at his scarifying best! From heart-pounding terror to the eeriest of whimsy--tales from the outer limits of one of the greatest imaginations of our time! Evil that breathes and walks and shrieks, brave new worlds and horror shows, human desperation bursting into deadly menace--such are the themes of these astounding works of fiction. In the tradition of Poe and… Shares: American Horror tales, Short Stories, Horror

Great Short Stories of the World -- a collection of complete short stories chosen from the literatures of all periods and countries Barrett Harper Clark · 1922 · 1076p · ≈ 35h · Challenging The two brothers (Anpu and Bata) / Anonymous -- Setna and the magic book / Anonymous -- Eumæus' : talk / Homer -- The country mouse and the town mouse / Æsop -- King Rhampsinitus and the thief / Herodotus -- Phineus and the harpies / Apollonius of Rhodes -- The robbers of Egypt / Heliodorus -- Horatius at the bridge / Livy -- Orpheus and the Eurydice / Ovid -- The shipwreck of Simonides / Phædrus… Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales [15 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1960 · ★ 3.9 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction

Selected Stories and Poems [10 stories, 12 poems] Edgar Allan Poe · 1967 · 309p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction

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. Kaden-Bandrowski… Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [13 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1909 · 374p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction

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: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction

Poe stories and poems [17 stories, 9 poems] Edgar Allan Poe · 1986 · 161p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction

Classic Victorian & Edwardian Ghost Stories Rex Collings · 1996 · 289p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Tapestried chamber / Walter Scott Spectre of Tappington / Richard Harris Barham Botathen ghost / R.S. Hawker Tell-tale Heart / Edgar Allan Poe Squire's story / Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell Story of Mary Ancel / William Makepeace Thackeray Story of the bagman's uncle To be taken with a grain of salt / Charles Dickens Account of some strange disturbances in Aungier Street Narrative of a ghost in hand… Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction

The Annotated tales of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe · 1981 · ★ 4.7 · 684p · ≈ 22h · Moderate 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 Satire: Duc de… Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction

Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection Edgar Allan Poe · 2000 · ★ 4.1 Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe · 2009 · 654p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction

Mystery Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe · 1907 · 311p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic 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, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [22 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1985 · 367p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction

18 Best Stories Edgar Allan Poe · 1969 · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction

The Tales and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe in Six Volumes - Vol. I - Tales of Imagination Edgar Allan Poe · 287p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction

The World of Mystery Fiction Elliot L. Gilbert · 1978 · 441p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Victims of my graft / Vidocq -- The prison mazas / William Russell -- Confession found in a prison / Charles Dickens -- Three detective anecdotes / Charles Dickens -- Murders in the rue morgue / Edgar Allan Poe -- Purloined Letter / Edgar Allan Poe / Tell-tale Heart / Edgar Allan Poe -- A scandal in Bohemia / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The red-headed league / Arthur Conan Doyle -- The adventure of the… Shares: First-person Narrative, Crime Fiction, Homicide, Gothic fiction

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