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The Big Book of the Masters of Horror: 120+ authors and 1000+ stories
If you were looking for the Holy Bible of the horror anthologies, consider yourself lucky, because you just found it!
Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities.
This collection of the greatest mysterious dark tales gathers together more than 100 authors and more than 1000 short stories (!), which makes it truly unique in its kind.
Be aware that this book includes a big amount of stories that appear for the first time in digital print.
Cosmic horror, supernatural events, ghost stories, weird fiction, mystical fantasies, occult narratives, this book plunges you into dark domains and brings you face to face with surreal monstrosities.
This collection of the greatest mysterious dark tales gathers together more than 100 authors and more than 1000 short stories (!), which makes it truly unique in its kind.
Be aware that this book includes a big amount of stories that appear for the first time in digital print.
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First published May 10, 2018
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Cynthia Asquith
80 books30 followersLady Cynthia Mary Evelyn Asquith was an English writer, now known for her ghost stories and diaries. She also wrote novels and edited a number of anthologies, as well as writing for children and on the British Royal family.
Her father was Hugo Richard Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss (1857 – 1937) and her mother Mary Constance Wyndham (see The Souls). In 1910, she married Herbert Asquith, son of H. H. Asquith, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916.
In 1913 she met D.H. Lawrence in Margate, and became a friend and correspondent.
Her father was Hugo Richard Charteris, 11th Earl of Wemyss (1857 – 1937) and her mother Mary Constance Wyndham (see The Souls). In 1910, she married Herbert Asquith, son of H. H. Asquith, the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1908 to 1916.
In 1913 she met D.H. Lawrence in Margate, and became a friend and correspondent.
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April 11, 2021
I have very mixed feelings about this collection. Summarizing as follows:
The Good: This is indeed an extensive collection and offers the benefits of reading multiple short stories by the same author. The collection is grouped by author, and I was introduced to both authors and stories I had not read previously.
The Bad: Formatting is often problematic, with broken lines and numerous typos/OCR errors. I recall finding duplicated text, which makes me wonder how many instances of dropped text I might have missed.
The Ugly: Clearly this collection was "cribbed" from other sites, as this enigmatic entry at Location 50732 (inserted into the narrative of "The Thing in the Forest" by Barnard Capes) indicates: "Sorry if you find this annoying, but you might want to find a site that does the work instead of stealing someone else’s work."
The Good: This is indeed an extensive collection and offers the benefits of reading multiple short stories by the same author. The collection is grouped by author, and I was introduced to both authors and stories I had not read previously.
The Bad: Formatting is often problematic, with broken lines and numerous typos/OCR errors. I recall finding duplicated text, which makes me wonder how many instances of dropped text I might have missed.
The Ugly: Clearly this collection was "cribbed" from other sites, as this enigmatic entry at Location 50732 (inserted into the narrative of "The Thing in the Forest" by Barnard Capes) indicates: "Sorry if you find this annoying, but you might want to find a site that does the work instead of stealing someone else’s work."
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"Dark Ann" by Marjorie Bowen
"Dark Dignum" by Bernard Capes
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"Davis Swan" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
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“De Profundis” by Arthur Conan Doyle
"Death and the Woman" by Gertrude Atherton
"Decay" by Marjorie Bowen
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"Dionea" by Vernon Lee
"Diplomacy" by Lafcadio Hearn
"Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Dracula’s Guest" by Bram Stoker
"Eveline’s Visitant" by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
"Exchange" by Barry Pain
"Faith, Hope and Charity" by Irvin S. Cobb
"Fancy’s Show Box" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Farmer Finch" by Sarah Orne Jewett
"Father Macclesfield’s Tale" by R. H. Benson
"Father Meuron’s Tale" by R. H. Benson
"Fear" by Achmed Abdullah
"Fear" by Guy De Maupassant
"Feet Foremost" by L. P. Hartley
"Fishhead" by Irvin S. Cobb
"Florence Flannery" by Marjorie Bowen
"For the Blood Is the Life" by F. Marion Crawford
"Fountainblue" by John Buchan
"From Beyond" by H. P. Lovecraft
"From the Dead" by Edith Nesbit
"From the Loom of the Dead" by Elia W. Peattie
"Fullcircle" by John Buchan
"Gabriel-Ernest" by Saki
"Gavon’s Eve" by E. F. Benson
"Giudetta’s Wedding Night" by Marjorie Bowen
"God Grante That She Lye Stille" by Cynthia Asquith
"Good Lady Ducayne" by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
"Governor Manco and the Soldier" by Washington Irving
"Green Tea" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
"Half Past Two" by Marjorie Bowen
"Haunted Subalterns" by Rudyard Kipling
"He?" by Guy De Maupassant
"He" by H. P. Lovecraft
"Herbert West — Reanimator" by H. P. Lovecraft
"Hereditary Memories" by Lafcadio Hearn
"Hill Drums" by Henry S. Whitehead
"His Brother’s Keeper" by W. W. Jacobs
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"His Secret Sin" by Aleister Crowley
"His Unconquerable Enemy" by W. C. Morrow
"Hop-Frog" by Edgar Allan Poe
"Horror: A True Tale" by John Berwick Harwood
"How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery" by E. F. Benson
"How It Happened" by Arthur Conan Doyle
"How Love Came to Professor Guildea" by Robert Hichens
"How Nuth Would Have Practiced His Art upon the Gnoles" by Lord Dunsany
"How One Came, as Was Foretold, to the City of Never" by Lord Dunsany
"How Plash-Goo Came to the Land of None’s Desire" by Lord Dunsany
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"Idle Days on the Yann" by Lord Dunsany
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"In Kropfsberg Keep" by Ralph Adams Cram
"In Mid-Atlantic" by W. W. Jacobs
"In the Abyss" by H. G. Wells
"In the Confessional" by Amelia B. Edwards
"In the Court of the Dragon" by Robert W. Chambers
"In the Dark" by Edith Nesbit
"In the House of Suddhoo" by Rudyard Kipling
"In the Library" by W. W. Jacobs
"In the Penal Colony" by Franz Kafka
"In the Vault" by H. P. Lovecraft
"Inscrutable Decrees" by E. F. Benson
"Io" by Oliver Onions
"J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" by Arthur Conan Doyle
"Jerry Bundler" by W. W. Jacobs
"Jewels of Gwahlur" by Robert E. Howard
"Jikininki" by Lafcadio Hearn
"Jiu-Roku-Zakura" by Lafcadio Hearn
"John Barrington Cowles" by Arthur Conan Doyle
"John Bartine’s Watch" by Ambrose Bierce
"John Charrington’s Wedding" by Edith Nesbit
"John Granger" by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
"Jumbee" by Henry S. Whitehead
"Kecksies" by Marjorie Bowen
"Keeping His Promise" by Algernon Blackwood
"Keeping Up Appearances" by W. W. Jacobs
"Kerfol" by Edith Wharton
"Kings of the Night" by Robert E. Howard
"Lady Ferry" by Sarah Orne Jewett
"Laura" by Saki
"Laura Silver Bell" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
"Lazarus" by Leonid Andreyev
"Lex Talionis" by Erckmann-Chatrian
"Light" by Achmed Abdullah
"Little Annie’s Ramble" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Lord of the Jackals" by Sax Rohmer
"Lost Hearts" by M. R. James
"Lot No. 249" by Arthur Conan Doyle
"Luella Miller" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
"Lukundoo" by Edward Lucas White
"Mad Monkton" by Wilke Collins
"Madam Crowl’s Ghost" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
"Madam Spitfire" by Marjorie Bowen
"Man Overboard!" by F. Marion Crawford
"Man-Size in Marble" by Edith Nesbit
"Markheim" by Robert Louis Stevenson
"Marsyas in Flandres" by Vernon Lee
"Martin’s Close" by M. R. James
"Master of Fallen Years" by Vincent O’Sullivan
"May Day Eve" by Algernon Blackwood
"Metempsychosis" by Lafcadio Hearn
"Metzengerstein" by Edgar Allan Poe
"Midnight Express" by Alfred Noyes
"Ministers of Grace" by Saki
"Miracle in Suburbia" by Thomas Burke
"Miss Jeromette and the Clergyman" by Wilke Collins
"Miss Mary Pask" by Edith Wharton
"Moonlight Sonata" by Alexander Woolcott
"Morella" by Edgar Allan Poe
"Moxon’s Master" by Ambrose Bierce
"Mr. Higginbotham’s Catastrophe" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Mr. Humphreys and his Inheritance" by M. R. James
"Mr. Jones" by Edith Wharton
"Mr. Lobel’s Apoplexy" by Irvin S. Cobb
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"Mrs. Amworth" by E. F. Benson
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"MS. Found in a Bottle" by Edgar Allan Poe
"Mujina" by Lafcadio Hearn
"Munitions of War" by Arthur Machen
"My Black Mirror" by Wilke Collins
"My Enemy and Myself" by Vincent O’Sullivan
"My Friend’s Story" by Catherine Crowe
"My Own True Ghost Story" by Rudyard Kipling
"My Wife’s Temper" by Fitz-James O’Brien
"Mysterious Masie" by Wirt Gerrare
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"Night Fears" by L. P. Hartley
"Nightmare Jack" by John Metcalfe
"Nine o’Clock!" by Wilke Collins
"No. 252 Rue M. le Prince" by Ralph Adams Cram
"No Eye-Witnesses" by Henry S. Whitehead
"No-Man’s-Land" by John Buchan
"Novel of the White Powder" by Arthur Machen
"Number 13" by M. R. James
"Number Three" by Amelia B. Edwards
"Nut Bush Farm" by Charlotte Riddell
"Nyarlathotep" by H. P. Lovecraft
"Obi in the Caribbean" by Henry S. Whitehead
"Of a Mirror and a Bell" by Lafcadio Hearn
"Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad" by M. R. James
"Oke of Okehurst" by Vernon Lee
"On the Dark Mountains" by Magaret Oliphant
"On the Northern Ice" by Elia W. Peattie
"On the River" by Guy De Maupassant
"One Summer Night" by Ambrose Bierce
"Opening the Door" by Arthur Machen
"Original Sin" by Vincent O’Sullivan
"Oshidori" by Lafcadio Hearn
"Out of the Deep" by Walter De La Mare
"Out of the Earth" by Arthur Machen
"Out of the Sea" by A. C. Benson
"Outside the Door" by E. F. Benson
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"Over the Gateway" by R. H. Benson
"Over the Side" by W. W. Jacobs
"Owen Wingrave" by Henry James
"Passeur" by Irvin S. Cobb
"Passeur" by Robert W. Chambers
"Passing of a God" by Henry S. Whitehead
"Paul’s Case" by Willa Cather
"People of the Dark" by Robert E. Howard
"Phantas" by Oliver Onions
"Pickman’s Model" by H. P. Lovecraft
"Pigeons from Hell" by Robert E. Howard
"Playing With Fire" by Arthur Conan Doyle
"Podolo" by L. P. Hartley
"Pollock and the Porroh Man" by H. G. Wells
"Pomegranate Seed" by Edith Wharton
"Poor Old Bill" by Lord Dunsany
"Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady" by Vernon Lee
"Psychology" by Arthur Machen
"Railhead" by Perceval Landon
"Randalls Round" by Eleanor Scott
"Rappaccini’s Daughter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Rats" by M. R. James
"Raw Material" by Marjorie Bowen
"Reality or Delusion?" by Ellen Wood
"Revenge" by Samuel Blas
"Riki-Baka" by Lafcadio Hearn
"Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving
"Rokuro-Kubi" by Lafcadio Hearn
"Rooum" by Oliver Onions
"Rue Barrée" by Robert W. Chambers
"A : B : O" by Walter De La Mare
"A Bit of a Banshee" by Tod Robbins
"A Bottle of Perrier" by Edith Wharton
"A Case of Eavesdropping" by Algernon Blackwood
"A Child of the Rain" by Elia W. Peattie
"A Dark Mirror" by Arthur Quiller-Couch
"A Dead Secret" by Lafcadio Hearn
“A Death in the Desert” by Willa Cather
"A Descent into the Maelström" by Edgar Allan Poe
"A Dream of Armageddon" by H. G. Wells
"A Dream of Red Hands" by Bram Stoker
"A Ghost-Child" by Bernard Capes
"A Ghost Story" by Mark Twain
"A Ghoul’s Accountant" by Stephen Crane
"A Gold Slipper" by Willa Cather
"A Grammatical Ghost" by Elia W. Peattie
"A Gypsy Prophecy" by Bram Stoker
"A Haunted Island" by Algernon Blackwood
"A Journey" by Edith Wharton
"A Journey of Little Profit" by John Buchan
"A Literary Mosaic" by Arthur Conan Doyle
"A Lover Came to Sunnamees" by Guy Preston
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"A May Night, or the Drowned Maiden" by Nikolai Gogol
"A Narrow Escape" by Lord Dunsany
"A Neighbor’s Landmark" by M. R. James
"A Night in Malnéant” by Clark Ashton Smith
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"A Pair of Hands" by Arthur Quiller-Couch
"A Pastoral Horror" by Arthur Conan Doyle
"A Poor Spanish Lodging" by Marjorie Bowen
"A Psychological Experiment" by Richard Marsh
"A Recluse" by Walter De La Mare
"A Relic of the Borgias" by Richard Marsh
"A Rill from the Town-Pump" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"A School Story" by M. R. James
"A Service of Danger" by Amelia B. Edwards
"A Silent Guardian" by Robert Hichens
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"A Spectral Collie" by Elia W. Peattie
"A Star Trap" by Bram Stoker
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"A Tough Tussle" by Ambrose Bierce
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"A Visitor from Down Under" by L. P. Hartley
"A Voice from the Pit" by Bernard Capes
"A Wagner Matinée" by Willa Cather
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"A Wedding Chest" by Vernon Lee
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"A Wicked Voice" by Vernon Lee
"Across the Gulf" by Henry S. Whitehead
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"After Dark in the Playing Fields" by M. R. James
"Afterward" by Edith Wharton
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"All Souls’" by Edith Wharton
"Am I Insane?" by Guy De Maupassant
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"Amour Dure" by Vernon Lee
"An Account of Some Strange Disturbances in Aungier Street" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
"An Adventure at Brownville" by Ambrose Bierce
"An Astral Onion" by Elia W. Peattie
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"An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
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"At Simmel Acres Farm" by Eleanor Scott
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"Bethmoora" by Lord Dunsany
"Between the Lights" by E. F. Benson
"Bewitched" by Edith Wharton
"Beyond the Toll-Gate" by Sarah Orne Jewett
"Beyond the Wall" by Ambrose Bierce
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"Blow Up with the Brig!" by Wilke Collins
"Brent’s Folly" by Marjorie Bowen
"Brevet Rank" by W. W. Jacobs
"Bubbles" by Wilbur Daniel Steele
"By the Waters of Paradise" by F. Marion Crawford
"By These Presents" by Henry Kuttner
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"Canon Alberic’s Scrap-Book" by M. R. James
"Captain Murderer and the Devil’s Bargain" by Charles Dickens
"Captain Rogers" by W. W. Jacobs
"Casting the Runes" by M. R. James
"Caterpillars" by E. F. Benson
"Celephaïs" by H. P. Lovecraft
"Celui-Là" by Eleanor Scott
"Chu-Bu and Sheemish" by Lord Dunsany
"Circumstance” by Harriett Prescott Spofford
"Consequences" by Willa Cather
“Consolatrix Afflictorum” by R. H. Benson
"Cool Air" by H. P. Lovecraft
"Count Magnus" by M. R. James
"Crewe" by Walter De La Mare
"Crooken Sands" by Bram Stoker
"Crowned with One Crest" by Gertrude Atherton
"Curious, if True" by Elizabeth Gaskell
"Dagon" by H. P. Lovecraft
"Dark Ann" by Marjorie Bowen
"Dark Dignum" by Bernard Capes
"Darkness" by Irvin S. Cobb
"Davis Swan" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"De Grey: A Romance" by Henry James
“De Profundis” by Arthur Conan Doyle
"Death and the Woman" by Gertrude Atherton
"Decay" by Marjorie Bowen
"Dickon the Devil" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
"Dionea" by Vernon Lee
"Diplomacy" by Lafcadio Hearn
"Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Dracula’s Guest" by Bram Stoker
"Eveline’s Visitant" by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
"Exchange" by Barry Pain
"Faith, Hope and Charity" by Irvin S. Cobb
"Fancy’s Show Box" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Farmer Finch" by Sarah Orne Jewett
"Father Macclesfield’s Tale" by R. H. Benson
"Father Meuron’s Tale" by R. H. Benson
"Fear" by Achmed Abdullah
"Fear" by Guy De Maupassant
"Feet Foremost" by L. P. Hartley
"Fishhead" by Irvin S. Cobb
"Florence Flannery" by Marjorie Bowen
"For the Blood Is the Life" by F. Marion Crawford
"Fountainblue" by John Buchan
"From Beyond" by H. P. Lovecraft
"From the Dead" by Edith Nesbit
"From the Loom of the Dead" by Elia W. Peattie
"Fullcircle" by John Buchan
"Gabriel-Ernest" by Saki
"Gavon’s Eve" by E. F. Benson
"Giudetta’s Wedding Night" by Marjorie Bowen
"God Grante That She Lye Stille" by Cynthia Asquith
"Good Lady Ducayne" by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
"Governor Manco and the Soldier" by Washington Irving
"Green Tea" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
"Half Past Two" by Marjorie Bowen
"Haunted Subalterns" by Rudyard Kipling
"He?" by Guy De Maupassant
"He" by H. P. Lovecraft
"Herbert West — Reanimator" by H. P. Lovecraft
"Hereditary Memories" by Lafcadio Hearn
"Hill Drums" by Henry S. Whitehead
"His Brother’s Keeper" by W. W. Jacobs
"His First Experiment" by Richard Marsh
"His Secret Sin" by Aleister Crowley
"His Unconquerable Enemy" by W. C. Morrow
"Hop-Frog" by Edgar Allan Poe
"Horror: A True Tale" by John Berwick Harwood
"How Fear Departed from the Long Gallery" by E. F. Benson
"How It Happened" by Arthur Conan Doyle
"How Love Came to Professor Guildea" by Robert Hichens
"How Nuth Would Have Practiced His Art upon the Gnoles" by Lord Dunsany
"How One Came, as Was Foretold, to the City of Never" by Lord Dunsany
"How Plash-Goo Came to the Land of None’s Desire" by Lord Dunsany
"Hugo Raven’s Hand" by Vincent O’Sullivan
"Idle Days on the Yann" by Lord Dunsany
‘— In Case of Disaster Only’ by Henry S. Whitehead
"In Dark New England Days" by Sarah Orne Jewett
"In Kropfsberg Keep" by Ralph Adams Cram
"In Mid-Atlantic" by W. W. Jacobs
"In the Abyss" by H. G. Wells
"In the Confessional" by Amelia B. Edwards
"In the Court of the Dragon" by Robert W. Chambers
"In the Dark" by Edith Nesbit
"In the House of Suddhoo" by Rudyard Kipling
"In the Library" by W. W. Jacobs
"In the Penal Colony" by Franz Kafka
"In the Vault" by H. P. Lovecraft
"Inscrutable Decrees" by E. F. Benson
"Io" by Oliver Onions
"J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" by Arthur Conan Doyle
"Jerry Bundler" by W. W. Jacobs
"Jewels of Gwahlur" by Robert E. Howard
"Jikininki" by Lafcadio Hearn
"Jiu-Roku-Zakura" by Lafcadio Hearn
"John Barrington Cowles" by Arthur Conan Doyle
"John Bartine’s Watch" by Ambrose Bierce
"John Charrington’s Wedding" by Edith Nesbit
"John Granger" by Mary Elizabeth Braddon
"Jumbee" by Henry S. Whitehead
"Kecksies" by Marjorie Bowen
"Keeping His Promise" by Algernon Blackwood
"Keeping Up Appearances" by W. W. Jacobs
"Kerfol" by Edith Wharton
"Kings of the Night" by Robert E. Howard
"Lady Ferry" by Sarah Orne Jewett
"Laura" by Saki
"Laura Silver Bell" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
"Lazarus" by Leonid Andreyev
"Lex Talionis" by Erckmann-Chatrian
"Light" by Achmed Abdullah
"Little Annie’s Ramble" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Lord of the Jackals" by Sax Rohmer
"Lost Hearts" by M. R. James
"Lot No. 249" by Arthur Conan Doyle
"Luella Miller" by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman
"Lukundoo" by Edward Lucas White
"Mad Monkton" by Wilke Collins
"Madam Crowl’s Ghost" by J. Sheridan Le Fanu
"Madam Spitfire" by Marjorie Bowen
"Man Overboard!" by F. Marion Crawford
"Man-Size in Marble" by Edith Nesbit
"Markheim" by Robert Louis Stevenson
"Marsyas in Flandres" by Vernon Lee
"Martin’s Close" by M. R. James
"Master of Fallen Years" by Vincent O’Sullivan
"May Day Eve" by Algernon Blackwood
"Metempsychosis" by Lafcadio Hearn
"Metzengerstein" by Edgar Allan Poe
"Midnight Express" by Alfred Noyes
"Ministers of Grace" by Saki
"Miracle in Suburbia" by Thomas Burke
"Miss Jeromette and the Clergyman" by Wilke Collins
"Miss Mary Pask" by Edith Wharton
"Moonlight Sonata" by Alexander Woolcott
"Morella" by Edgar Allan Poe
"Moxon’s Master" by Ambrose Bierce
"Mr. Higginbotham’s Catastrophe" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Mr. Humphreys and his Inheritance" by M. R. James
"Mr. Jones" by Edith Wharton
"Mr. Lobel’s Apoplexy" by Irvin S. Cobb
"Mr. Testator’s Visitation" by Charles Dickens
"Mrs. Amworth" by E. F. Benson
"Mrs. Zant and the Ghost" by Wilke Collins
"MS. Found in a Bottle" by Edgar Allan Poe
"Mujina" by Lafcadio Hearn
"Munitions of War" by Arthur Machen
"My Black Mirror" by Wilke Collins
"My Enemy and Myself" by Vincent O’Sullivan
"My Friend’s Story" by Catherine Crowe
"My Own True Ghost Story" by Rudyard Kipling
"My Wife’s Temper" by Fitz-James O’Brien
"Mysterious Masie" by Wirt Gerrare
"Negotium Perambulans" by E. F. Benson
"Night Fears" by L. P. Hartley
"Nightmare Jack" by John Metcalfe
"Nine o’Clock!" by Wilke Collins
"No. 252 Rue M. le Prince" by Ralph Adams Cram
"No Eye-Witnesses" by Henry S. Whitehead
"No-Man’s-Land" by John Buchan
"Novel of the White Powder" by Arthur Machen
"Number 13" by M. R. James
"Number Three" by Amelia B. Edwards
"Nut Bush Farm" by Charlotte Riddell
"Nyarlathotep" by H. P. Lovecraft
"Obi in the Caribbean" by Henry S. Whitehead
"Of a Mirror and a Bell" by Lafcadio Hearn
"Oh, Whistle, and I’ll Come to You, My Lad" by M. R. James
"Oke of Okehurst" by Vernon Lee
"On the Dark Mountains" by Magaret Oliphant
"On the Northern Ice" by Elia W. Peattie
"On the River" by Guy De Maupassant
"One Summer Night" by Ambrose Bierce
"Opening the Door" by Arthur Machen
"Original Sin" by Vincent O’Sullivan
"Oshidori" by Lafcadio Hearn
"Out of the Deep" by Walter De La Mare
"Out of the Earth" by Arthur Machen
"Out of the Sea" by A. C. Benson
"Outside the Door" by E. F. Benson
"Over an Absinthe Bottle" by W. C. Morrow
"Over the Gateway" by R. H. Benson
"Over the Side" by W. W. Jacobs
"Owen Wingrave" by Henry James
"Passeur" by Irvin S. Cobb
"Passeur" by Robert W. Chambers
"Passing of a God" by Henry S. Whitehead
"Paul’s Case" by Willa Cather
"People of the Dark" by Robert E. Howard
"Phantas" by Oliver Onions
"Pickman’s Model" by H. P. Lovecraft
"Pigeons from Hell" by Robert E. Howard
"Playing With Fire" by Arthur Conan Doyle
"Podolo" by L. P. Hartley
"Pollock and the Porroh Man" by H. G. Wells
"Pomegranate Seed" by Edith Wharton
"Poor Old Bill" by Lord Dunsany
"Prince Alberic and the Snake Lady" by Vernon Lee
"Psychology" by Arthur Machen
"Railhead" by Perceval Landon
"Randalls Round" by Eleanor Scott
"Rappaccini’s Daughter" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Rats" by M. R. James
"Raw Material" by Marjorie Bowen
"Reality or Delusion?" by Ellen Wood
"Revenge" by Samuel Blas
"Riki-Baka" by Lafcadio Hearn
"Rip Van Winkle" by Washington Irving
"Rokuro-Kubi" by Lafcadio Hearn
"Rooum" by Oliver Onions
"Rue Barrée" by Robert W. Chambers
August 23, 2020
Wonderful, but exasperating collection.
This is a recollection of classic supernatural and gothic works at an incredible bargain price; however, actually read it on my kindle fire was very frustrating. The file frequently crashes, leaving the in infuriated reader to find his way back to page 378 or wherever else he foolishly attempted to turn the page in some gothic time. For me this problem made the book useless and literally unreadable, and for that technical reason I can not recommend it.
This is a recollection of classic supernatural and gothic works at an incredible bargain price; however, actually read it on my kindle fire was very frustrating. The file frequently crashes, leaving the in infuriated reader to find his way back to page 378 or wherever else he foolishly attempted to turn the page in some gothic time. For me this problem made the book useless and literally unreadable, and for that technical reason I can not recommend it.
May 31, 2019
Good selection of authors. Nice introductory pieces. Shame about the scanning errors. Ok this is a huge book and not expensive on Kindle. But it would have been nice if the person(s) who lifted these texts from Project Gutenberg had run the text through a type checker. Many annoying scan errors could have been easily removed. I checked the stories and compared them with the Gutenberg scans and they are identical. Did anyone actually read these tales before committing them to an anthology?
This is very sloppy and a little disingenuous. I can deal with the odd typo, but some stories were nearly unreadable. Had a bit of copy editing been applied I would have rated this 5 stars.
This is very sloppy and a little disingenuous. I can deal with the odd typo, but some stories were nearly unreadable. Had a bit of copy editing been applied I would have rated this 5 stars.
December 24, 2024
This is an anthologhy of horror stories, mostly in the public domain. It wuld be more prudent to post a list of the authors collected here, but it's a big list. Suffice it to say that the horror stories in this are mostly old, so it's a good indication of how what horrifies us has changed over the years, especially if you compare it to, say, You Like It Darker. PLus, stories were a lot longer then. Without movies to inspire you to edit your work, and perhaps because there was more leisure time, stories could be made longer.
April 17, 2019
Too many "Masters" omitted
This book contains too many authors who seem to be here to fill in the pages. It misses out many authors who I believe are in their own right are Masters of horror. It is also not properly edited and varies between the trying to keep the original author's English style and bad editing.
This book contains too many authors who seem to be here to fill in the pages. It misses out many authors who I believe are in their own right are Masters of horror. It is also not properly edited and varies between the trying to keep the original author's English style and bad editing.
May 10, 2020
I thought this collection was exceptional! It's breadth was amazing! So many different authors with such different viewpoints and styles!
I found this collection to be astounding! So many different authors with such varied viewpoints and writing styles. It was also a great mixture of little known stories with classics. Truly enjoyable!
Greg
I found this collection to be astounding! So many different authors with such varied viewpoints and writing styles. It was also a great mixture of little known stories with classics. Truly enjoyable!
Greg
January 26, 2022
This was a long book to say the least. I read it between books for the most part and then decided to just concentrate on it and finish it. There were some good short stories but there were quite a few that I felt were just filler. If you can put up with the filler, it’s a really good book to have for horror fans. It’s introduced me to some authors I would never have encountered so alls good.
January 11, 2026
I live and breathe, and write, horror fiction and I am always on the look out for inspiration and ideas. I think this was a 99 pence buy for the Kindle. It's range of writers, across all horror genres, can't be bettered. I particularly liked the inclusion of more obscure stories from long forgotten writers. Itxakso has its fair share of genre staples so, something for everyone.
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October 4, 2024Just in time for Halloween.
December 16, 2024
A classic collection of horror that’s perfect r for any fan.
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September 15, 2025i did not read morw than the first story....my kindle is not responding or something....i paid the book cost and cant even find the page that lists all the stories!!
April 10, 2022
Wow, I've just bought this for 75p on Kindle thinking that there would be a few short stories to fill gaps in my collection, but there are literally hundreds. There is a good index and introduction to all of the authors. A well put together collection.
The Corner Shop by Cynthia Asquith - A visitor to an antique shop gets more than a warm welcome. 4/5
Ann Mellor's Lover by Marjorie Bowen - Reminiscent of Somewhere in Time, but lacking the warmth. 2/5
The Waxwork by A.M.Burrage - Atmospheric beadwork horror that builds to the inevitable conclusion. 4/5.
Good Grant That She Lye Stille by Cynthia Asquith - Gothic tale of a lonely woman in secluded house, by overlong and uneventful. 2/5
Smee by A.M.Burrage - A ghostly game of hide &seek. 3/5
The Corner Shop by Cynthia Asquith - A visitor to an antique shop gets more than a warm welcome. 4/5
Ann Mellor's Lover by Marjorie Bowen - Reminiscent of Somewhere in Time, but lacking the warmth. 2/5
The Waxwork by A.M.Burrage - Atmospheric beadwork horror that builds to the inevitable conclusion. 4/5.
Good Grant That She Lye Stille by Cynthia Asquith - Gothic tale of a lonely woman in secluded house, by overlong and uneventful. 2/5
Smee by A.M.Burrage - A ghostly game of hide &seek. 3/5
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