18 books like Short Stories (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Masque of the Red Death / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart)

What to read after Short Stories (Black Cat / Cask of Amontillado / Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar / Fall of the House of Usher / Ligeia / Masque of the Red Death / Pit and the Pendulum / Premature Burial / Raven / Tell-Tale Heart) — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Gold-Bug and Other Tales

The Gold-Bug and Other Tales Edgar Allan Poe · 1900 · 398p · ≈ 13h · Moderate Adventure of One Hans Pfaal Angel of the Odd Balloon Hoax Black Cat Business Man Cask of Amontillado Descent into the Maelstrom Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar Fall of the House of Usher Gold-Bug Imp of the Perverse Island of the Fay Loss of Breath Man That Was Used Up Masque of the Red Death Mellonta Tauta Mesmeric Revelation Ms. Found in a Bottle Oval Portrait Pit and the… Shares Premature Burial, Taphophobia, Crypts, Berths

Chilling Horror Short Stories Laura Bulbeck · 2015 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Ecdysis / Rebecca J. Allred -- Damned Thing / Ambrose Bierce -- Beyond the wall / Ambrose Bierce -- Mirror's keeper / Michael Bondies -- The watcher by the threshold / John buchan -- The dying art / Glen Damien Campbell -- The yellow sign / Robert W. Chambers -- Breach / Justin Coates -- The dead smile / F. Marion Crawford -- The screaming scull / F. Marion Crawford -- The child's story… Shares Premature Burial, Taphophobia, Crypts, Berths

Visions of Poe [16 stories, 8 poems] Edgar Allan Poe · 1988 · ★ 4.0 · 128p · ≈ 4h · Moderate A selection of tales and poems, visually interpreted with photographs by Simon Marsden, capturing the world as Poe envisaged it. 16 stories: Masque of the Red Death Mesmeric Revelation William Wilson The oval portrait -- The angel of the odd -- The colloquy of Monos and Una -- Black Cat Berenice Fall of the House of Usher The sphinx -- Imp of the Perverse Metzengerstein… Shares Premature Burial, Taphophobia, Crypts, Berths

Derniers Contes Edgar Allan Poe · 2004 · 153p · ≈ 5h · Moderate La vie d'Edgar Allan Poe n'est plus a raconter: ses derniers traducteurs francais, s'inspirant des travaux definitifs de son nouvel editeur J.H. Ingram, l'ont eloquemment venge des calomnies trop facilement acceptees sur la foi de son ami et executeur testamentaire, Rufus Griswold. En depit de ses mensonges, Edgar Poe reste pour nous et restera pour la posterite, de plus en plus admiratrice de… Shares Unconsciousness, Phobias, Catalepsy, Short Stories

The Premature Burial Edgar Allan Poe · 2013 · ★ 3.8 · 32p · ≈ 1h · Light "The Premature Burial" is a horror short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, published in 1844 in The Philadelphia Dollar Newspaper. Its main character expresses concern about being buried alive. This fear was common in this period and Poe was taking advantage of the public interest. ---------- This story also contained in: Best Horror Stories Comedies and Satires Complete Tales &… Shares Unconsciousness, Phobias, Catalepsy, Horror

Welcome to the Monkey House Kurt Vonnegut · 1950 · ★ 4.2 · 310p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Welcome to the Monkey House is a collection of Kurt Vonnegut’s shorter works. Originally printed in publications as diverse as The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and The Atlantic Monthly, these superb stories share Vonnegut’s audacious sense of humor and extraordinary range of creative vision. Includes the following stories: “Where I Live” “Harrison Bergeron” “Who Am I This… Shares American Short stories, American literature, Short Stories

In the Shadow of the Master Edgar Allan Poe · 2008 · ★ 4.0 · 389p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Few have crafted stories as haunting as those by Edgar Allan Poe. Collected here to commemorate the 200th anniversary of Poe's birth are sixteen of his best tales accompanied by twenty essays from beloved authors, including T. Jefferson Parker, Lawrence Block, Sara Paretsky, and Joseph Wambaugh, among others, on how Poe has changed their life and work.Michael Connelly recounts the inspiration he… Shares American Horror tales, American literature, Short Stories, Horror

Selected English Short Stories (Nineteenth Century) Walker, Hugh · 1914 · 486p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Scott, Sir Walter. The two drovers. Wandering Willie's tale. Lamb, Charles. The witch aunt. Irving, Washington. Rip Van Winkle. Hawthorne, Nathaniel. The snow image. The threefold destiny. Dr. Heidegger's experiment. Howe's masquerade. Disraeli, Benjamin. Ixion in heaven. Poe, E.A. Fall of the House of Usher. Pit and the Pendulum. Eleonora. Gaskell, Elizabeth C. The squire's… Shares Catalepsy, American Short stories, American Horror tales, American literature

Danse Macabre Stephen King · 1980 · ★ 3.7 · 480p · ≈ 16h · Moderate This is a non-fiction study of the horror genre including books, movies, television, etc. ([source][1]) ---------- Also contained in: - Works (Danse Macabre / Salem's Lot / Shining [1]: https://stephenking.com/library/nonfiction/danse_macabre.html Shares Horror, Thriller

Immaculate Conception

Immaculate Conception Ling Ling Huang · 2025 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares American literature, Horror with this book.

Come With Me

Come With Me Ronald Malfi · 2021 · ★ 4.0 · 400p · ≈ 13h · Moderate A masterful, heart-palpitating novel of small-town horror and psychological dread from a Bram Stoker nominee."Malfi is a modern-day Algernon Blackwood... I'm gonna be talking about this book for years"JOSH MALERMAN, author of Bird Box Aaron Decker's life changes one December morning when his wife Allison is killed. Haunted by her absence—and her ghost—Aaron goes through her belongings, where… Shares American literature, Horror

The Cipher

The Cipher Kathe Koja · 1991 · 260p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Kathe Koja's classic, award-winning horror novel is finally available as an ebook. Nicholas, a would-be poet, and Nakota, his feral lover, discover a strange hole in the storage room floor down the hall - "Black. Pure black and the sense of pulsation, especially when you look at it too closely, the sense of something not living but alive." It begins with curiosity, a joke - the Funhole down the… Shares American literature, Horror

Fever House

Fever House Keith Rosson · 2023 · ★ 4.5 · 448p · ≈ 14h · Moderate When leg-breaker Hutch Holtz rolls up to a rundown apartment complex in Portland, Oregon, to collect overdue drug money, a severed hand is the last thing he expects to find stashed in the client’s refrigerator. Hutch quickly realizes that the hand induces uncontrollable madness: Anyone in its proximity is overcome with a boundless compulsion for violence. Within hours, catastrophic forces are set… Shares American literature, Horror

H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction

H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction H. P. Lovecraft · 2011 · ★ 4.3 · 1104p · ≈ 36h · Moderate A collection of Lovecraft's published works written between 1917 and 1935. Also includes an introduction, juvenilia, and an essay on the genre. Shares American literature, Horror

At Dark, I Become Loathsome

At Dark, I Become Loathsome Eric LaRocca · 2025 · 232p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Shares American literature, Horror with this book.

Whisper Down the Lane

Whisper Down the Lane Clay Chapman · 2021 · 312p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares American literature, Horror with this book.

After the People Lights Have Gone Off

After the People Lights Have Gone Off Stephen Graham Jones · 2014 · ★ 3.7 · 260p · ≈ 8h · Moderate A collection of stories that tap into the horrors and fears of the supernatural-- as well as the everyday. Shares American Horror tales, Short Stories

City on Fire

City on Fire Don Winslow · 2021 · ★ 4.1 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate New York Times Bestseller!From the #1 internationally bestselling author of the Cartel Trilogy (The Power of the Dog, The Cartel, and The Border), The Force, and Broken comes the first novel in an epic new trilogy.“Superb. City on Fire is exhilarating.” – Stephen King"Epic, ambitious, majestic, City on Fire is The Godfather for our generation.” – Adrian McKinty, New York… Shares American literature, Thriller

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