18 books like The Dark Descent

What to read after The Dark Descent — books similar to it, matched on shared themes.

The Damned Thing Ambrose Bierce · 2007 · ★ 4.3 · 24p · ≈ 48m · Light "The Damned Thing" is a horror short story written by American Civil War soldier, wit, and writer Ambrose Bierce. It first appeared in Town Topics on December 7, 1893. Shares Mountain Lions, Inquests, Coroners, Short Stories

The best ghost stories Daniel Defoe · 1919 · 216p · ≈ 7h · Moderate The Apparition of Mrs. Veal, Daniel Defoe Canon Alberic's Scrap-Book, Montague Rhodes James The Haunted and the Haunters, Edward Bulwer-Lytton The Silent Woman, Leopold Kompert The Man Who Went Too Far, E.F. Benson The Woman's Ghost Story, Algernon Blackwood The Phantom Rickshaw, Rudyard Kipling The Rival Ghosts, Brander Matthews The Damned Thing, Ambrose Bierce The Interval, Vincent… Shares Mountain Lions, Inquests, Coroners, Short Stories

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.

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

Campfire Chillers Edith M. Freeman · 1980 · 185p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Mountain Lions, Inquests, Coroners, Short Stories with this book. Shares Mountain Lions, Inquests, Coroners, Short Stories

Short Stories Washington Irving · 1989 · ★ 4.0 · 299p · ≈ 9h · Moderate Rip Van Winkle / Washington Irving Young Goodman Brown / Nathaniel Hawthorne Fall of the House of Usher / Edgar Allan Poe The lightning-rod man / Herman Melville The diamond lens / Fitzjames O'Brien The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County / Mark Twain The outcasts of Poker Flat / Bret Harte Damned Thing / Ambrose Bierce The turn of the screw / Henry James The Hiltons' holiday /… Shares Mountain Lions, Inquests, Coroners, American Horror tales

Can Such Things Be? [24 stories] Ambrose Bierce · 1924 · ★ 3.8 · 205p · ≈ 6h · Moderate Shares Mountain Lions, Inquests, Coroners, Short Stories with this book. Shares Mountain Lions, Inquests, Coroners, Short Stories

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

Beware! Robert Lawrence Stine · 2002 · ★ 4.1 · 224p · ≈ 7h · Moderate Dim the lights. Lock the doors. Pull down the shades—and BEWARE! It's time to read the favorite scary stories of R.L. Stine, bestselling children’s author and master of the spooky tale. R.L. Stine has gathered a selection of all things scary, and even added two new tales of his own! Short stories, fables old and new, comics, and poems. It′s a spine-tingling collection of work by dozens of… Shares English Horror tales, American Horror tales, Short Stories, Horror

Great American Short Stories [48 stories] Washington Irving · 1984 · 699p · ≈ 23h · Challenging Anthology contains: The legend of Sleepy Hollow -- Rip Van Winkle -- The spectre bridegroom -- Young Goodman Brown Rappaccini's daughter The fall of the House of Usher The gold bug -- Pit and the pendulum The cask of amontillad Captain Kidd's money -- Benito Cereno -- The lightning-rod man -- The diamond lens -- The celebrated jumping frog of Calaveras County -- The £1,000,000… Shares Mountain Lions, Inquests, Coroners, Short Stories

Books of Blood Volume One Clive Barker · 1985 · ★ 4.0 · 240p · ≈ 8h · Moderate With the publication of Books of Blood, Clive Barker became an overnight literary sensation. His tour de force collection of brilliantly disturbing tales demonstrated a genius for dark invention that rivaled Poe and Sade. He was hailed by Stephen King as "the future of horror", and won both the British and World Fantasy Awards. Clive Barker's Books of Blood marked the beginning of a career that… Shares English Horror tales, Short Stories, Horror

The Mammoth Book of Werewolves Stephen Jones · 1994 · 496p · ≈ 16h · Moderate Shares English Horror tales, American Horror tales with this book.

The Empty House and Other Ghost Stories Algernon Blackwood · 1906 · ★ 3.7 · 320p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Collection of short fiction horror stories by the weird fiction writer Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951). Shares Short Stories, Horror

Never Whistle at Night

Never Whistle at Night Shane Hawk & Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. · 2023 · ★ 3.8 · 444p · ≈ 14h · Moderate Many Indigenous people believe that one should never whistle at night. This belief takes many forms: for instance, Native Hawaiians believe it summons the Hukai’po, the spirits of ancient warriors, and Native Mexicans say it calls Lechuza, a witch that can transform into an owl. But what all these legends hold in common is the certainty that whistling at night can cause evil spirits to appear—and… Shares Short Stories, Horror

Ancient Sorceries Algernon Blackwood · 1906 · ★ 3.7 · 227p · ≈ 7h · Moderate By turns bizarre, unsettling, spooky, and sublime, Ancient Sorceries and Other Weird Stories showcases nine incomparable stories from master conjuror Algernon Blackwood. Evoking the uncanny spiritual forces of Nature, Blackwood's writings all tread the nebulous borderland between fantasy, awe, wonder, and horror. Here Blackwood displays his best and most disturbing work-including "The Willows,"… Shares English Horror tales, Short Stories, Horror

Last Days

Last Days Adam Nevill Last Days (winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Horror Novel of the Year) by Adam Nevill is a Blair Witch style novel in which a documentary film-maker undertakes the investigation of a dangerous cult—with creepy consequences.When guerrilla documentary maker, Kyle Freeman, is asked to shoot a film on the notorious cult known as the Temple of the Last Days, it appears his prayers have been… Shares Horror

The Hour Before Dark

The Hour Before Dark Douglas Clegg Home is where the haunt is. "Fans of Stephen King and Dean Koontz will appreciate this atmospheric gem." ★★★★★ "Kept me on the edge of my seat!"★★★★★  A children's game played in the dark brings on a terrifying rampage in this gothic horror page-turner by the NY Times bestselling author of Neverland and The Children's Hour. After the brutal murder of a loved one, Nemo Raglan must return to… Shares Horror

H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction

H. P. Lovecraft: The Complete Fiction H. P. Lovecraft Written between the years 1917 and 1935, this collection features Lovecraft's trademark fantastical creatures and supernatural thrills, as well as many horrific and cautionary science-fiction themes, that have influenced some of today's writers and filmmakers, including Stephen King, Alan Moore, F. Paul Wilson, Guillermo del Toro, and Neil Gaiman. Included in this volume are The Case of Charles… Shares Horror

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