Horror Books

A Phantom Lover

Vernon Lee

A Phantom Lover is a supernatural novella by Vernon Lee (pseudonym of Violet Paget) first published in 1886. Set in a Kentish manor house, the story concerns a portrait painter commissioned by a squir..

Each Man Kills

Victoria Glad

Each Man Kills is a short ghost story written by Victoria Glad.Excerpts:I wanted to punch his head in. For some reason I didn't like him. Not because I sensed his rivalry; I was above that. God k..

L'effrayante aventure

L'effrayante aventure is a monster fiction novel in French written by Jules Lermina, a French writer.  The English translation of this novel is titled as The Scary Adventure.We are at the beginni..

Three John Silence Stories

Algernon Blackwood

Three John Silence Stories is a collection of supernatural horror short stories written by Algernon Blackwood, an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer, and among ..

A Victim of Higher Space

Algernon Blackwood

A Victim of Higher Space is a supernatural fiction horror short story written by Algernon Henry Blackwood,  an English broadcasting narrator, journalist, novelist and short story writer...

Clarimonde

Théophile Gautier

Clarimonde is a short horror story written by Théophile Gautier and published in La Chronique de Paris in 1836. It tells the story of a priest named Romuald who falls in love with Clarimonde, a beauti..

The Castle of Otranto

Horace Walpole

The Castle of Otranto is a 1764 novel by Horace Walpole. It is generally regarded as the first gothic novel. In the second edition, Walpole applied the word 'Gothic' to the novel in the subtitle – "A ..

The Night Land

William Hope Hodgson

The Night Land is a horror novel by English writer William Hope Hodgson, first published in 1912. As a work of fantasy it belongs to the Dying Earth subgenre. H. P. Lovecraft describes the novel ..