The Great God Pan, a novella by Welsh born Arthur Machen (3 March 1863 – 15 December 1947), was cited by Stephen King as maybe the best horror story … [Read more...] about The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen
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The Mezzotint
From Ghost Stories of an Antiquary, by M. R. James M.R. James had a knack for compressing a chilling tale into a short space. Which is very … [Read more...] about The Mezzotint
Gothic Horror Stories: The Death of Halpin Frayser by Ambrose Bierce
When we say Ambrose Bierce was a western writer, we aren't referring to western civilization. Rather, Bierce lived and wrote in the western United … [Read more...] about Gothic Horror Stories: The Death of Halpin Frayser by Ambrose Bierce
Gothic Horror Stories: J. Habakuk Jephson’s Statement by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
When we think of the Marie Celeste, we might be surprised to know that much of our facts are based upon a short story by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, which … [Read more...] about Gothic Horror Stories: J. Habakuk Jephson’s Statement by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Gothic Horror Stories: The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood
Algernon Blackwood was one of the most prolific writers of gothic horror stories, particularly ghost stories, including both novels and short stories. … [Read more...] about Gothic Horror Stories: The Empty House by Algernon Blackwood
Glassic Gothic Ghost Stories: Beyond the Wall of Sleep by H.P. Lovecraft
Building 93, KIng's Park Psychiatric Hospital, Long Island, New York Growing up in the seventies, we were more likely to equate the title of this … [Read more...] about Glassic Gothic Ghost Stories: Beyond the Wall of Sleep by H.P. Lovecraft
On the Brighton Road
Richard Middleton Slowly the sun had climbed up the hard white downs, till it broke with little of the mysterious ritual of dawn upon a sparkling … [Read more...] about On the Brighton Road
Buried Alive! A Southern Gothic Ghost Story from Edisto Island, South Carolina’s Low Country
Top: Legare Mausoleum, Graveyard of the Edisto Presbyterian Church, c. 1831. Edisto Island, Charleston County, South Carolina Diphtheria, now almost … [Read more...] about Buried Alive! A Southern Gothic Ghost Story from Edisto Island, South Carolina’s Low Country
Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne
By Nathaniel Hawthorne The great-great-grandson of the only judge in Salem's witch trials who never publicly regretted his role, Nathaniel … [Read more...] about Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne
The Pursuit of Ichabod Crane, from the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving
Writing in an introduction from a reprinting of the story in 1996, Henry Steiner, Village Historian of Sleepy Hollow states that "At the close of his … [Read more...] about The Pursuit of Ichabod Crane, from the Legend of Sleepy Hollow, by Washington Irving
The Tractate Middoth
The Salem Athenaeum in Salem Massachusetts has a ghost story of it's own. The tales of M.R. James (1 August 1862 -12 June 1936) are rightfully … [Read more...] about The Tractate Middoth
Poe in Charleston and the Legend of Annabel Lee
Sullivan's Island, Charleston, South Carolina. "I asked myself- "Of all melancholy topics what, according to the universal understanding of mankind, … [Read more...] about Poe in Charleston and the Legend of Annabel Lee
The Shadow in the Corner
by M. E. Braddon Wildheath Grange stood a little way back from the road, with a barren stretch of heath behind it, and a few tall fir-trees, with … [Read more...] about The Shadow in the Corner
The Roll Call of the Reef
By A. T. Quiller-Couch ("Q.") "Yes, sir," said my host, the quarryman, reaching down the relics from their hook in the wall over the chimneypiece; … [Read more...] about The Roll Call of the Reef
The Judge’s House
by Bram Stoker When the time for his examination drew near Malcolm Malcolmson made up his mind to go somewhere to read by himself. He feared the … [Read more...] about The Judge’s House
