18 books like The Dark
A thin ghost and others
This volume of M.R. James's classic ghostly fiction contains: "Preface," "The Residence at Whitminster," "The Diary of Mr. Poynter," "The Episode of Cathedral History, "The Story of a Disappearance and an appearance," and "Two Doctors."About this volume, the author wrote: "I have had my doubts about the wisdom of publishing a third set of tales; sequels are, not only proverbially but actually,…
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Ghost Stories
An illustrated collection of scary stories.
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The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black
In the process of settling an estate, Arthur Kipps finds himself confronted with some very unsettling matters.
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Told After Supper
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The Scary Stories Treasury
Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.
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Kwaidan
"Kwaidan" translates from the Japanese as weird tales, which perfectly describes these haunting stories. This collection of supernatural tales includes a musician called upon to perform for the dead, man-eating goblins, and insects who uncannily mimic human behavior. A perfect treat for fans of the strange and otherworldly.
This collection of Japanese supernatural stories is a classic work in…
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This House Is Haunted
This House Is Haunted
1867. Eliza Caine arrives in Norfolk to take up her position as governess at Gaudlin Hall on a dark and chilling night. As she makes her way across the station platform, a pair of invisible hands push her from behind into the path of an approaching train. She is only saved by the vigilance of a passing doctor. When she finally arrives, shaken, at the hall she is greeted by the two children in her…
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The Dark-Thirty: Southern Tales of the Supernatural
A collection of ghost stories with African American themes, designed to be told during the Dark Thirty--the half hour before sunset--when ghosts seem all too believable.
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Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
M. R. James is the acknowledged master of the English ghost story. Disdaining gore in favour of atmosphere and suggestion, his enduring supernatural tales are masterpieces of understated horror. Ghost stories of an Antiquary, Volume 1 collects graphic retellings of four spine-chilling tales by the renowned medievalist and writer. At once true to their source and powerfully reimagined for a visual…
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Scary stories to tell in the dark
Stories of ghosts and witches, "jump" stories, scary songs, and modern-day scary stories.
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Johnny Angel
The breath-taking story of a mother's love and a son's gift...Johnny Peterson could light up a room with a word or a smile. He had a future filled with promise – until he stepped into a car on prom night and, in an instant, it was all taken away. In the months that followed, Johnny's family and his high school sweetheart, Becky, struggle to put together the pieces of their shattered lives. No-one…
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More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
More traditional and modern-day stories of ghosts, witches, vampires, "jump" stories, and scary songs.
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Seven Strange and Ghostly Tales
A collection of seven creepy stories. Maybe you don't believe in ghosts and vampires, and spooky things that creep around in the dark. . .
Then you won't mind sitting by a vampire's tomb at midnight. Or being locked up with the mummies in a dark museum. You might like to join the mysterious boy who lurks in the shadows at Saint Michael's. Or the ghost who waits by the side of the road.
Or…
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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
A superstitious schoolmaster, in love with a wealthy farmer's daughter, has a terrifying encounter with a headless horseman.
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The wind in the rose-bush
Six ghost stories from small-town 19th century America.
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Ghost Stories
An exciting collection of tales from the twilight world of haunted houses and hair-raising spectres is contained in this spine-chilling anthology.
Includes:
THE RIDDLE | Walter de la Mare
THE MONKEY'S PAW | W. W. Jacobs
A TOUGH TUSSLE | Ambrose Bierce
THROUGH THE DOOR (from The Phantom Roundabout and Other Ghostly Stories) | Ruth Ainsworth
A PAIR OF HANDS | Sir Arthur Quiller-Couch…
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In a glass darkly
In a Glass Darkly collects together five short stories from gothic horror and mystery writer Sheridan Le Fanu. The book, published in 1872 a year before Le Fanu's death, is named from a passage in Corinthians which speaks of humankind perceiving the world "through a glass darkly." The stories are told from the posthumous writings of an occult detective named Dr Martin Hesselius. In Green Tea a…
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John Silence
A collection of five weird tales: A Psychical Invasion (set in London), Ancient Sorceries (set in France), The Nemesis of Fire (a mummy in England), Secret Worship (devil worship in Southern Germany), The Camp of the Dog (lycanthropy in Sweden),
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