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The Secret Bedroom Robert Lawrence Stine · 1991 · ★ 4.1 · 167p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Lea Carson is in for a surprise when she moves to Shadyside--and she may wish she never moved. Shares: Revenge, Horror stories, Horror, Mystery

21 Great Stories Abraham Harold Lass · 1969 · ★ 4.0 · 352p · ≈ 11h · Moderate War, by L. Pirandello -- Eve in darkness, by K. Hurlbut -- There will come soft rains, by R. Bradbury -- Tobermory, by Saki -- The two bottles of relish, by Lord Dunsany -- Footfalls, by W.D. Steele -- Hook, by W.V.T. Clark -- Wine on the desert, by M. Brand -- The lady or the tiger, by F. Stockton -- An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge, by A. Bierce -- Cask of Amontillado, by E.A. Poe -- Tell-tale… Shares: American Horror tales, Crime, Drama, Classic Literature

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 -- Lynda… Shares: American Horror tales, Crime, Classic 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, Crime, Classic Literature, Short Stories

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: American Horror tales, Horror stories, Crime, Classic Literature

The Fall of the House of Usher and Other Tales [15 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1960 · ★ 3.9 · 384p · ≈ 12h · Moderate Shares: American Horror tales, Horror stories, Crime, Classic Literature Shares: American Horror tales, Horror stories, Crime, Classic Literature

Selected Stories and Poems [10 stories, 12 poems] Edgar Allan Poe · 1967 · 309p · ≈ 10h · Moderate Shares: American Horror tales, Horror stories, Crime, Classic Literature Shares: American Horror tales, Horror stories, Crime, Classic Literature

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: American Horror tales, Horror stories, Crime, Classic Literature

Tales of Mystery and Imagination [13 stories] Edgar Allan Poe · 1909 · 374p · ≈ 12h · Challenging Shares: American Horror tales, Horror stories, Crime, Classic Literature Shares: American Horror tales, Horror stories, Crime, Classic Literature

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: American Horror tales, Horror stories, Crime, Classic Literature

Poe stories and poems [17 stories, 9 poems] Edgar Allan Poe · 1986 · 161p · ≈ 5h · Moderate Shares: American Horror tales, Horror stories, Crime, Classic Literature Shares: American Horror tales, Horror stories, Crime, Classic Literature

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: American Horror tales, Horror stories, Crime, Classic Literature

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: American Horror tales, Horror stories, Crime, Classic Literature

Edgar Allan Poe Audio Collection Edgar Allan Poe · 2000 · ★ 4.1 Shares: American Horror tales, Horror stories, Crime, Classic Literature Shares: American Horror tales, Horror stories, Crime, Classic Literature

Ghost Stories [35 stories] Vic Parker · 2005 · 512p · ≈ 17h · Moderate The body snatcher The legend of Don Munio Sancho de Hinojosa The fall of the house of Usher There was a man dwelt by a churchyard The dead and the countess Tell-tale Heart A bottomless grave The room in the tower Silence The legend of Sleepy Hollow The Canterville ghost Narrative of a ghost hand Wuthering heights The haunted dolls' house A Christmas carol The ship that saw a ghost The picture of… Shares: American Horror tales, Horror stories, Crime, Classic Literature

Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe · 2009 · 654p · ≈ 21h · Moderate Shares: American Horror tales, Horror stories, Crime, Classic Literature Shares: American Horror tales, Horror stories, Crime, Classic Literature

Mystery Tales of Edgar Allan Poe Edgar Allan Poe · 1907 · 311p · ≈ 10h · Challenging Shares: American Horror tales, Horror stories, Crime, Classic Literature Shares: American Horror tales, Horror stories, Crime, Classic Literature

Backpack Literature -- Fifth Edition X. J. Kennedy · 2016 · 1189p · ≈ 39h · Moderate Fiction. Talking with Amy Tan -- Reading a story -- The art of fiction -- Types of short fiction -- Death has an appointment in Samarra / Sufi Legend -- The north wind and the sun / Aesop -- The tortoise and the geese / Bidpai -- Independence / Chuang Tzu -- Godfather death / Jakob and Wilhelm Grimm -- Plot -- The short story -- A & P / John Updike -- Writing effectively -- Point of view… Shares: American Horror tales, Crime, Drama, Classic Literature

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