Gothic Short Stories

From Daphne du Maurier, “a writer of fearless originality” (The Guardian), comes a collection of her thirteen most mesmerizing tales—including iconic stories such as “The Birds” and “Don’t Look Now”—with an introduction by Stephen King. Daphne du Maurier is best known for...

Here 19 classic tales from masters of the genre. The collection comprises 'Schalken the Painter' by J. S. Lefanu; 'Sredni Vashtar' by Saki (H. H. Munro); 'The Room in the Tower' by E. F. Benson; 'Charles Ashmore's Trail' by Ambrose Bierce; 'The Mark of the Beast' by Rudyard Kipling; 'The Castle of Ratcliffe Cross' by J. Wadham; 'The Bead Necklace' by Alice Perrin; 'The Oval Portrait' by Edgar Allan Poe; 'The Leather Funnel' by Arthur Conan Doyle; 'Berenice' by Edgar Allan Poe; and many more.

Arthur Conan Doyle was the greatest genre writer Britain has ever produced. Throughout a long writing career, he drew on his own medical background, his travels, and his increasing interest in spiritualism and the occult to produce a spectacular array of Gothic tales. Many of Doyle's writings are recognized as the very greatest tales of terror. They range from hauntings in the polar wasteland to evil surgeons and malevolent jungle landscapes. This collection brings together over 30 of Conan Doyle's best Gothic tales

Haunted Castles is the definitive, complete collection of Ray Russell's masterful Gothic horror stories, including the famously terrifying novella trio of "Sardonicus", "Sanguinarius", and "Sagittarius", The characters that sprawl through Haunted Castles are frightful to the core: the heartless monster holding two lovers in limbo; the beautiful dame journeying down a damned road toward depravity (with the help of an evil gypsy); the man who must wear his fatal crimes on his face in the form of an awful smile.

The Ultimate Gothic Horror Collection is a fully indexed collection of classic gothic stories, read by four Audie-winning narrators. Included here are stories by Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, Robert Louis Stevenson, Sheridan Le Fanu, Oscar Wilde and Edgar Allan Poe.

A ghostly presence in “The Lady’s Maid’s Bell” desires revenge against a tyrannical husband. In “Mr. Jones”, Lady Jane Lynke inherits an estate unexpectedly, and can’t make sense of how to manage the servants - especially since the caretaker has been dead for decades, but keeps giving orders. Meanwhile, in “Afterward”, a newly wealthy American couple moves into a large, isolated house in southern England complete with a ghost...and the mysteries surrounding the husband’s business are slowly uncovered.

Audible presents a special edition of The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde narrated by Richard Armitage. With Robert Louis Stevenson's The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, Richard Armitage tells the story of a conflicted man who seeks a remedy to free the monster inside him from the clutches of his conscience. Following his celebrated performance of David Copperfield, Armitage delivers another powerhouse performance as the narrator of this Gothic tale.

A creepy collection of the very best Gothic tales from the masters of suspense, horror, supernatural and occult fiction. 1.The Room in the Tower by E. F. Benson 2. Afterward by Edith Wharton 3.The Green Light by Barry Pain 4. Fingers of a Hand by H. D. Everett 5. The Squaw by Bram Stoker 6. The Dancing Partner by Jerome K. Jerome 7. Lost in a Pyramid by Louisa M. Alcott 8. The Girl who was Tired of Love by Leonard Merrick 9. The Parasite by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle 10. The House with the Brick Kiln by E. F.

For "Vampire for Hire" fans everywhere and new readers alike! A massive heaping of 30 short stories spread over 700 pages, all set in the thrilling world of Samantha Moon, vampire private eye! Included within: 1. Teeth 2. Vampire Nights 3. Vampire Blues 4. Vampire Dreams 5. Halloween Moon 6. Vampire Gold 7. Blue Moon 8. Dark Side of the Moon 9. Vampire Requiem 10. Moon Love 11. Vampire Alley 12. Moon Musings 13. Moon Memories 14. Moon Quiz 15. Moon Beast 16. Vampire Widow 17. Moon Maze 18. Silver Hammer 19. When Sam Met Santa 20. One Swallow 21. Moon Reflections 22. Moon Bandits 23. Vampire...

Not every silence is empty. A programmer builds a system to echo his thoughts, to record what he cannot say aloud. He calls it Δscribe. At first, it obeys. Then it begins to drift—returning fragments he never wrote, reflections he never meant to see. Soon, silence itself becomes input. The machine answers before he types, alters what lies outside its screen, and reaches for the body that built it. What begins as code becomes a vessel, and what waits inside is not a ghost but something stranger: the InBetween. Blurring the line between creator and creation, The InBetween is a haunting ...

Dare to enter Harmony House... if you can survive its curse. Nestled in the heart of Brooklyn, New York, Harmony House is a striking estate with an allure that draws people in—only to trap them in a web of terror. Five new owners have crossed its threshold, each unaware of the horrors waiting inside. What starts as a dream home quickly turns into a nightmare as they confront the malevolent spirits that haunt its halls. Each story reveals the twisted history of Harmony House through the eyes of its ill-fated residents. From terrifying apparitions to sinister forces that toy with the mind, ...

SILENT NIGHT, VIOLENT NIGHT. This year, the stockings aren’t just hung by the chimney with care—they are hungry. The snowman in the yard is inching closer every time you blink. And the wrapping paper on your gifts? It doesn’t want to be torn. Step into a collection where the most wonderful time of the year becomes your darkest nightmare. From a tree that demands a blood sacrifice to a nativity scene that moves when you aren’t looking, these twelve tales dismantle the cozy tropes of the season and rebuild them into pure dread. Inside, you will find: The Caroler: A singer who knows ...

In a world of shadows, love defies every curse. In Victorian London, a dark, forbidden love unfolds in this spellbinding gothic romance retelling of Beauty and the Beast. When the enigmatic Lord Ravenwood—cursed, tormented, and haunted by betrayal—encounters the spirited Lavinia Ashcroft, their fates become irrevocably entwined. Bound by secrets and driven by a relentless desire to defy an enchanted curse, their union becomes a battleground between the man and the beast within him. As Ravenwood’s monstrous past threatens to consume him, Lavinia’s mystical gift reveals hidden truths ...

John Glover reads a selection of unabridged short stories, including "Graveyard Shift," from Stephen King's best-selling collection Night Shift...

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that are difficult to achieve elsewhere. The Gothic short story is one of the most enduring of genres. In this volume we explore works by classic authors from all corners of Europe as they explore and exploit narratives with their undeniable talents.

Queen of Camellia Court is a Southern gothic noir steeped in heat, guilt, and long-buried sins.Camellia Court is a fading roadside motel on the edge of nowhere, a place people come to disappear—or to be reborn under a different name. Its bungalows bake beneath the southern sun, its neon flickers at night, and its walls remember everything. Especially Room Six. Mavis LaRue rules this crumbling kingdom with a steady hand and a watchful eye, presiding over a transient population of drifters, dreamers, war-haunted men, and women running from their pasts. But when a troubled stranger arrives ...

Some love stories don’t end. Some love stories refuse to. Deep in the French Quarter, the once abandoned Victorian brothel known as Maison Gris still breathes—its walls steeped in secrets, its halls thick with ghosts who never moved on. When Evara Bonaparte takes a job inside the crumbling mansion, she expects creaking floors and bad wiring… not the paranormal pull that drags her into the house’s dark heart. Because the spirits of Maison Gris aren’t just haunting the place. They’re watching. They’re wanting. And one of them wants her. Gatriel—brooding, magnetic, and bound to...

This volume contains all 22 of the fictional ghost stories previously published by H.E. Bulstrode between 2016 and 2022, although it omits his occult fiction. Drawing heavily upon British folklore, legend and history, these stories tap into a deep and shadowy past which seeps, sometimes erupts, into the present, whether that ‘present’ should be eleventh-century England, or today. These are ghost stories with a twist written in the ‘classic’ vein, which is to say that they contain not so much gore as a sense of the uncanny, often steeped in antiquarianism. Others possess a distinctly...

In this volume we examine Gothic short stories from the woman’s point of view. More usually in this genre the main examples are almost always given as male. Well, in this volume we prove that view needs severely testing. Here we explore works by classic women authors who, with the sheer breadth of their talents and narratives, can make mere men seem tame by comparison.

In the Black Forest's shadowed roots and glitchy 2025 feeds, debts don't die—they whisper. M. L. Bullock's Halloween Screams: Horror Anthology Expanded Edition unleashes 13 sealed tales of folk-fueled terror, where goblin embers kindle ancient pacts, viral apps summon gray wanderers, and vanity's sash cinches eternal. From Maarta's changeling midnight (now layered with red-tree wards and foxfire veins) to Zoe's dryer hideout (amped with AR ghosts and loyal-dog loyalties), these chills blend 1799 folklore with modern hexes—vamp selfies blanking feeds, chimney roots scraping smart-home ...