18 books like Tales of Terror [12 stories]

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An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge Ambrose Bierce · 1980 · ★ 4.0 · 28p · ≈ 56m · Moderate "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" (1890) is a short story by the American writer and Civil War veteran Ambrose Bierce. Described as "one of the most famous and frequently anthologized stories in American literature", it was originally published by The San Francisco Examiner on July 13, 1890, and was first collected in Bierce's book Tales of Soldiers and Civilians (1891). The story, which is set… Shares Confederate States of America, Hanging, American Civil War, Civil war

Poe's Children

Poe's Children Peter Straub · 2008 · ★ 3.9 · 534p · ≈ 17h · Moderate Shares English Horror tales, American Horror tales, Horror with this book.

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, Classic Literature, Short Stories, Horror

Cabal

Cabal Clive Barker · 1988 · ★ 4.3 · 268p · ≈ 8h · Moderate Cabal is a 1988 horror novella by the British author Clive Barker. It was originally published in the United States as part of a collection comprising a novel and several short stories from Barker's sixth and final volume of the Books of Blood. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cabal_(novella) Shares English Horror tales, Short Stories, Horror

Psychomania Stephen Jones · 2013 · ★ 4.0 · 533p · ≈ 17h · Moderate John Llewellyn Probert: Prologue: Screams in the Dark Joe R. Lansdale: I Tell You It's Love Reggie Oliver: The Green Hour Steve Rasnic Tem: The Secret Laws of the Universe Basil Copper: The Recompensing of Albano Pizar David A. Sutton: Night Soil Man Brian Hodge: Let My Smile Be Your Umbrella Scott Edelman: The Trembling Living Wire John Llewellyn Probert: Case Conference #1 Robert… Shares American Horror tales, Classic Literature, Short Stories, Horror

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, American Horror tales, Classic Literature, Short Stories

The Story and Its Writer -- Ninth Edition Ann Charters · 2015 · 1775p · ≈ 59h · Moderate Part One: Stories -- Chinua Achebe / Civil Peace -- Sherman Alexie / The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven -- Isabelle Allende / An Act of Vengeance -- Sherwood Anderson / Hands -- Margaret Atwood / Happy Endings -- Isaac Babel / My First Goose -- James Baldwin / Sonny's Blues --Toni Cade Bambara / The Lesson -- Russell Banks / Black Man and White Woman in Dark Green Rowboat… Shares American Horror tales, Classic Literature, Short Stories, Horror

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, American Horror tales, Classic Literature, Short Stories

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

Fifty Candles Earl Derr Biggers · 1926 Shares Thriller, Mystery with this book.

A Bullet For Cinderella

A Bullet For Cinderella John D. MacDonald · 1955 · 165p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Her veneer was big city ... But one look and you knew that Toni Raselle's instincts were straight out of the river shack she came from. I watched her as she toyed with the man, laughing, her tumbled hair like raw blue-black silk, her brown shoulders bare. Eyes deep-set, a girl with a gypsy look. So this was the girl I had risked my life to find. This was the girl who was going to lead me to a… Shares Thriller, Mystery

Bones in London Edgar Wallace · 1900 · 184p · ≈ 6h · Moderate The new Managing Director of Schemes Ltd has an elegant London office and a theatrically dressed assistant - however Bones, as he is better known, is bored. Luckily there is a slump in the shipping market and it is not long before Joe and Fred Pole pay Bones a visit. They are totally unprepared for Bones' unnerving style of doing business, unprepared for his unique style of innocent and endearing… Shares Thriller, Mystery

Everville Clive Barker · 1994 · ★ 4.0 · 643p · ≈ 21h · Challenging Shares Horror, Mystery with this book.

The Drums of Jeopardy Harold MacGrath · 1920 · ★ 3.4 Shares Classic Literature, Thriller with this book.

The Great Secret Edward Phillips Oppenheim · 1907 · 157p · ≈ 5h · Moderate I laid my papers down upon the broad mahogany counter, and exchanged greetings with the tall frock-coated reception clerk who came smiling towards me. Shares Classic Literature, Thriller

The Avenger Edward Phillips Oppenheim · 1908 · 256p · ≈ 8h · Moderate The man and the woman stood facing one another, although in the uncertain firelight which alone illuminated the room neither could see much save the outline of the other's form. The woman stood at the further end of the apartment by the side of the desk - his desk. The slim trembling fingers of one hand rested lightly upon it, the other was hanging by her side, nervously crumpling up the glove… Shares Classic Literature, Thriller

A Tale of Three Lions H. Rider Haggard · 2004 · 34p · ≈ 1h · Light Most of you will have heard that Allan Quatermain, who was one of the party that discovered King Solomon's mines some little time ago, and who afterwards came to live in England near his friend Sir Henry Curtis. He went back to the wilderness again, as these old hunters almost invariably do, on one pretext or another. They cannot endure civilization for very long, its noise and racket and the… Shares Classic Literature, Thriller

The Devil's Paw Edward Phillips Oppenheim · 1920 · ★ 3.0 · 160p · ≈ 5h · Moderate The two men, sole occupants of the somewhat shabby cottage parlour, lingered over their port, not so much with the air of wine lovers, but rather as human beings and intimates, perfectly content with their surroundings and company. Outside, the wind was howling over the marshes, and occasional bursts of rain came streaming against the window panes. Inside at any rate was comfort, triumphing over… Shares Classic Literature, Thriller

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