Books tagged with Horror[47 found]
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The Black Monk, and Other Stories
by Anton Pavlovich Chekhov
An ambitious scholar is visited by a radiant monk who promises genius, drawing him toward ecstatic heights and ruin. Around this haunting center, finely cut tales follow doctors, clerks, and peasants at quiet breaking points—love curdling, duty clashing with desire, hope flickering in bleak rooms—revealing how self-deception and sudden grace share a razor-thin border.
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The goddess: A Demon
by Richard Marsh
An ancient idol carried from the East brings a wake of terror to London: a jeweled goddess with eyes like emerald flame, a murdered financier, and a woman pursued by whispers of possession. As thieves, skeptics, and a relentless investigator close in, curses seem to think and strike. Is the evil human or divine? A breathless chase through salons and slums tests reason against superstition.
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The Woman with One Hand and Mr. Ely's Engagement
by Richard Marsh
At a fashionable seaside resort, a charming bachelor becomes obsessed with a veiled woman who hides a missing hand and an even darker secret. As gossip thickens and a sudden engagement shocks the town, chance meetings, misread letters and quiet blackmail twist polite courtship toward scandal, danger and a bitterly ironic fate.
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The Beetle: A Mystery
by Richard Marsh
A chilling tale of obsession, disguise, and supernatural menace unfolds as a mysterious figure terrorizes London. Secrets, fear, and suspense intertwine in this gripping story of intrigue, danger, and the unknown.
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The Snake's Pass
by Bram Stoker
In the misty west of Ireland, a young Englishman stumbles into a village overshadowed by a bog that swallows roads and a legend of a buried hoard guarded by the Serpent. A charming rival, a scheming land-grabber, and treacherous weather tangle love with danger. As the bog heaves in a terrible storm, greed and folklore collide, and the earth itself decides who will be claimed.
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The Lair of the White Worm
by Bram Stoker
Returning to bleak Derbyshire, a young heir is drawn into a feud between a mesmerist landowner and a pale, predatory lady whose estate hides a bottomless pit. Strange rites, a man-sized kite, and disappearances point to an ancient serpent cult coiled beneath the moor. With a mongoose, dynamite, and grim resolve, he hunts a monster that wears a human face.
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The Jewel of Seven Stars
by Bram Stoker
After an eminent Egyptologist is found senseless beside a coffin and a blood-red gem, his daughter and a young barrister uncover plans to revive a long-dead queen whose will may outlast her tomb. As seven lamps are lit and ancient rites assemble in a stormy house by the sea, jealousy, obsession, and a curse tighten—until the past reaches out for a new body.
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The Mystery of the Sea
by Bram Stoker
Amid the rugged coast of Scotland, ancient legends, secret codes, and supernatural forces intertwine with romance and danger. A thrilling tale of mystery and courage where fate and the unseen shape every turn.
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The Apple-Tree Table and Other Sketches
by Herman Melville
A collection of reflective and vivid sketches capturing everyday life, human quirks, and the natural world. Through humor, observation, and insight, each piece offers a glimpse into character, society, and the subtle dramas of ordinary moments.
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Dracula's Guest
by Bram Stoker
A daring Englishman, traveling through a stormy Carpathian night, ignores warnings and ventures into a cursed valley. Stranded in a haunted graveyard, he faces spectral terrors and a monstrous wolf with eerie intelligence. This chilling gothic tale, set in a shadowy 19th-century Europe, weaves suspense and supernatural dread, hinting at the dark forces lurking beyond the veil of the living.
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Tales and Stories
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
A collection of haunting and imaginative tales exploring human ambition, love, and the supernatural. From eerie mysteries to moral reflections, each story delves into the darker and more thought-provoking corners of the human experience.
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Mathilda
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
A dark and intense tale of forbidden love, obsession, and emotional turmoil. Amid secrecy and inner conflict, the characters grapple with desire, morality, and the haunting consequences of choices that challenge societal norms and personal conscience.
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The Italian or The Confessional of the Black Penitents - Vol. 2
by Ann Radcliffe
The plot intensifies as the secrets, threats, and emotional turmoil surrounding the young lovers unfold. The story continues to focus on the dangerous obstacles they face in their pursuit of love.
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The Romance of the Forest: Interspersed with Some Pieces of Poetry
by Ann Radcliffe
Fleeing scandal, a desperate couple and their ward take refuge in a ruined abbey, where moonlit corridors hide a skeleton, a sealed chest, and a manuscript that hints at murder. Pursued by a ruthless noble, the young Adeline is torn from her protectors, whisked to shadowed castles and courts, until secret parentage, steadfast love, and a final reckoning break the web of terror.
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The Italian or The confessional of the Black Penitents - Vol. 1
by Ann Radcliffe
In Naples, a nobleman defies his proud mother to love a penniless orphan. An enigmatic monk with icy eyes stalks their steps, luring them into convent walls, midnight corridors, and the shadow of the Inquisition. Rumors, abductions, and a fatal confession close like a net as hidden kinships and long-buried crimes turn love’s flight into a reckoning with terror.
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A Sicilian Romance
by Ann Radcliffe
In a Sicilian castle, two sisters uncover dark family secrets. Haunted by ghostly visions and eerie sounds, they navigate forbidden love and a tyrannical father’s schemes. As hidden truths unravel, their quest for freedom leads through labyrinthine corridors and perilous escapes, weaving a thrilling tale of mystery, romance, and gothic intrigue set against a sun-drenched Mediterranean backdrop
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The Turn of the Screw
by Henry James
In a misty English estate, a young governess tends two orphaned children haunted by ghostly apparitions of past servants. Visions blur innocence and corruption, sanity and dread, in this psychological tale probing perception's ambiguities, repressed desires, and lingering moral terror.
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Pierre or The Ambiguities
by Herman Melville
An idealistic young heir’s world shatters when a mysterious woman claims to be his father’s secret child. To protect her, he defies family and fortune, plunging into a feverish New York of artists, schemers, and scandal. Love, duty, and desire blur until noble impulses curdle into ruin, exposing how self-invention and hidden sin can destroy every bond.
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Frankenstein or The Modern Prometheus
by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
A dark and gripping tale of ambition and consequence, it follows a scientist who defies nature to create life. Confronted by the horrors of his own creation, he faces moral dilemmas, isolation, and the terrifying power of human ingenuity gone awry.
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The Lady of the Shroud
by Bram Stoker
An English heir, newly master of a Balkan stronghold, is visited at midnight by a silent woman in a burial shroud. Is she ghost, vampire, or victim? Drawn into border wars and secret councils, he arms mountaineers, challenges a ruthless pretender, and wagers his life on the mysterious bride whose secret could save a kingdom—or damn his soul.
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