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Books tagged with Horror[79 found]

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The horror in the burying-ground

by H. P. Lovecraft

Published: 1937-05-01. 5,926 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

In a fog-choked New England village, graves are found clawed from within and a toppled headstone points toward a quarrel between undertaker and doctor. Rumors of corpse-theft curdle into vigilante fear as midnight bells toll and lanterns jerk through the burying ground. When an exhumation forces truth to daylight, the living learn the dead were never the only ones being used.

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The Thing on the Door-Step

by H. P. Lovecraft

Published: 1937-01-01. 10,824 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

A bookish Arkham gentleman marries a brilliant, unsettling woman rumored to dabble in forbidden rites. Soon his letters speak of lost time, borrowed voices, and a will no longer his own. As winter closes in, a desperate friend follows clues to a decaying cottage and a coffin that should not open—where identity proves as fragile as flesh.

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The Shadow Over Innsmouth

by H. P. Lovecraft

Published: 1936-04-01. 17,153 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

A budget tour leads a curious traveler to a decaying New England seaport where shuttered houses, furtive faces, and a forbidden church hint at an unholy pact with the sea. Trapped overnight as tides rise and footsteps gather, he uncovers a reef-born cult, a monstrous genealogy, and a legacy that will haunt his blood long after he flees the town.

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The Horror at Red Hook

by H. P. Lovecraft

Published: 1927-01-01. 8,346 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

After a raid in Red Hook goes wrong, a worn-out New York detective stumbles onto a labyrinth of basement chapels, smuggling tunnels, and a decadent scholar whose rituals draw on something older than the city. As kidnappings mount and the harbor seethes, he descends into a collapsing tenement for a last confrontation with a door that should never open.

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The Lurking Fear

by H. P. Lovecraft

Published: 1923-01-01. 8,172 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

A remote, decaying estate hides a terrifying secret as a relentless horror emerges from the shadows. Dark family curses, eerie landscapes, and creeping dread combine in a chilling tale where fear itself seems alive.

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Through the Gates of the Silver Key

by H. P. Lovecraft

Published: 1934-07-01. 14,490 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

Dream-haunted Randolph Carter returns to the strange silver key that once opened his childhood visions, only to find it can unlock far more than memory. Passing through alien gates of space, time and identity, he confronts inhuman gods, monstrous futures and a shattering truth about who—or what—has been dreaming his life all along.

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At the Mountains of Madness

by H. P. Lovecraft

Published: 1936-02-01. 40,245 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

A chilling Antarctic expedition uncovers an ancient, alien city buried in ice. As geologists probe its cyclopean ruins, they unravel cosmic horrors and forbidden knowledge of a prehistoric race. This eerie tale of dread and discovery, set in a frozen wasteland, probes humanity’s frail place in a vast, indifferent universe, where secrets older than time awaken terror.

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Vera

by Elizabeth Von Arnim

Published: 1921-01-01. 79,441 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

After her father’s death, sheltered young Lucy impulsively marries Everard Wemyss, a charismatic widower old enough to be her father. Their Riviera honeymoon soon gives way to claustrophobic dread in his English country house, where the memory of his first wife, Vera—who fell to her death from an upper window—still dominates every corner.

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The Call of Cthulhu

by H. P. Lovecraft

Published: 1928-02-01. 11,943 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

A professor’s scattered papers lead from a sculptor’s nightmares to drowned sailors’ logs and a marsh cult’s rites, all pointing to a sunken city where something vast and ancient stirs. As investigators close in, coincidences sharpen into fate, sanity frays, and the awful pattern emerges: the universe is indifferent—and humanity’s place in it, terrifyingly small.

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The Dunwich Horror

by H. P. Lovecraft

Published: 1929-04-01. 17,399 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

Something monstrous grows up in a rotting farmhouse in Dunwich: a precocious, bestial boy hunting a forbidden book, and an unseen twin that shakes the hills. As rites to Yog-Sothoth near completion, scholars from Arkham race to read the signs, expose what no eye can bear, and seal a rift between worlds before the countryside is devoured.

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The Shunned House

by H. P. Lovecraft

Published: 1937-10-01. 10,884 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

In a moldering Providence home, a century of sickness and whispers points to something buried in the foundations. Two investigators—armed with diaries, chemistry, and sheer stubbornness—descend into the cellar where fungus blooms like stars and the air itself seems hungry. What they awaken crawls through bloodlines, and the only cure may be fire before dawn.

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Tales of a Traveller

by Washington Irving

Published: 1824-01-01. 117,748 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

A charming collection of stories blending adventure, humor, and moral reflection. From mysterious encounters to witty observations, each tale offers insight into human nature and the curious twists of fate.

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The Legend of Sleepy Hollow

by Washington Irving

Published: 1820-01-01. 12,289 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

A spooky and captivating tale set in a quiet village, where superstition, fear, and a mysterious rider collide. Blending humor and suspense, it follows a schoolteacher’s encounter with legend, revealing the power of imagination, rumor, and the unknown.

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The Great English Short-Story Writers

by W. J. Dawson

Published: 1910-01-01. 86,537 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

A journey through the art of English storytelling, exploring the voices, themes, and craft of the nation’s finest short-story writers. From gripping tales of suspense to delicate slices of life, this work reveals how imagination and mastery of language shaped stories that continue to captivate and inspire.

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Ormond Or The Secret Witness- Volume 3

by Charles Brockden Brown

Published: 1799-02-01. 32,201 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

Constantia’s final ordeal unfolds as the enigmatic benefactor who once promised rescue reveals a labyrinth of coercion and intrigue. Beset by scandal, surveillance, and sudden violence, she weighs freedom against safety, reason against desire. To survive, she must unmask hidden motives and defend her integrity—risking everything for a future not chosen by another.

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Ormond Or The Secret Witness- Volume 2

by Charles Brockden Brown

Published: 1799-01-01. 31,958 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

As Constantia’s trials deepen, the mysterious Ormond tightens his hold, drawing her into a labyrinth of intrigues, disguises, and moral tests. Pursued by scandal and shadowed by violence, she confronts perilous choices that pit independence against security, reason against desire, until a final reckoning exposes the cost of virtue in a corrupt world.

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The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket

by Edgar Allan Poe

Published: 1838-07-01. 71,478 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

A harrowing voyage into the unknown leads to shipwreck, mutiny, and encounters with eerie polar mysteries. Blending adventure and terror, the journey descends into the depths of human endurance and the unfathomable secrets of the sea.

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Ormond Or The Secret Witness- Volume 1

by Charles Brockden Brown

Published: 1799-01-01. 31,399 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

After her father’s ruin leaves her near destitute, principled Constantia is drawn into a web of whispered conspiracies and seductive power. A magnetic stranger offers rescue—and tests her integrity—amid shadowed parlors, secret letters, and a city trembling with unrest. Torn between duty and desire, she must navigate perilous choices where every confidant may be a witness—and a threat.

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Memoirs of Carwin the Biloquist (A Fragment)

by Charles Brockden Brown

Published: 1805-01-01. 23,684 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

A mysterious and suspenseful tale follows a man with extraordinary abilities and a hidden past. As secrets, deception, and uncanny talents unfold, the story explores human ambition, identity, and the fine line between genius and obsession.

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The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1

by Edgar Allan Poe

Published: 1850-01-01. 91,490 Words.

Categories: Fiction » Horror

A haunted mind prowls ruined mansions, foggy streets and the dark cells of its own obsessions. Here, murders are solved by eerie logic, guilty hearts betray themselves with every sound, and dreams curdle into nightmare. Blending mystery, horror and cruel irony, these tales probe how thin the line is between sanity and the abyss.

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