The White Ship by Howard Phillips Lovecraft
The White Ship by Howard Phillips Lovecraft I am Basil Elton, keeper of the North Point light that my father
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We love Horror Stories! We’ve been collecting these new and old horror stories for years, and I”m so happy to bring them to you. Some of our authors are new. Some of our authors are established, and some of our authors are long dead.
The Alchemist by H. P. Lovecraft
The Alchemist by H. P. Lovecraft High up, crowning the grassy summit of a swelling mound whose sides are wooded
Continue readingThe Vanished Mummy by Charles Bump
The Vanished Mummy by Charles Bump In the detective headquarters in the Courthouse they have mistakenly built up a very
Continue readingThe Horrible by Guy de Maupassant
The Horrible by Guy de Maupassant The shadows of a balmy night were slowly falling. The women remained in the
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The Vampyre by John William Polidori
The Vampyre by John William Polidori (Note this is considered the first Vampire story. It is said this story started
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WITCHES’ LOAVES by O’Henry
WITCHES’ LOAVES by O’Henry Miss Martha Meacham kept the little bakery on the corner (the one where you go up
Continue readingTHE DEVIL AND TOM WALKER by Washington Irving
THE DEVIL AND TOM WALKER by Washington Irving (1783-1859) A few miles from Boston, in Massachusetts, there is a deep
Continue readingTHE PIT AND THE PENDULUM by Edgar Allen Poe
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
Impia tortorum longos hic turba furores
Sanguinis innocui, non satiata, aluit.
Sospite nunc patria, fracto nunc funeris antro,
Mors ubi dira fuit vita salusque patent.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
In the bosom of one of those spacious coves which indent the eastern shore of the Hudson, at that broad expansion of the river denominated by the ancient Dutch navigators the Tappan Zee
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