http://www.feedbooks.com/list/932 A list of Horror stories that I'd like to read. Frankenstein Mary Shelley http://www.feedbooks.com/book/91 urn:isbn:0743487583 en 1818 Novels Science Fiction Horror Gothic Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus, generally known as Frankenstein, is a novel written by the British author Mary Shelley. The title of the novel refers to a scientist, Victor Frankenstein, who learns how to create life and creates a being in the likeness of man, but larger than average and more powerful. In popular culture, people have tended to refer to the Creature as "Frankenstein", despite this being the name of the scientist. Frankenstein is a novel infused with some elements of the Gothic novel and the Romantic movement. It was also a warning against the "over-reaching" of modern man and the Industrial Revolution, alluded to in the novel's subtitle, The Modern Prometheus. The story has had an influence across literature and popular culture and spawned a complete genre of horror stories and films. It is arguably considered the first fully realized science fiction novel. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/91.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/91.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/91.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/91.mobi The Call of Cthulhu Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://www.feedbooks.com/book/18 urn:isbn:0786926392 en 1926 Short Fiction Horror "The Call of Cthulhu" is one of H. P. Lovecraft's best-known short stories. Written in the summer of 1926, it was first published in Weird Tales, February 1928. It is the only story written by Lovecraft in which the extraterrestrial entity Cthulhu himself makes a major appearance. It is written in a documentary style, with three independent narratives linked together by the device of a narrator discovering notes left by a deceased relative. The narrator pieces together the whole truth and disturbing significance of the information he possesses, illustrating the story's first line: "The most merciful thing in the world, I think, is the inability of the human mind to correlate all its contents. We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity; and it was not meant that we should voyage far." This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/18.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/18.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/18.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/18.mobi The Damned Thing Ambrose Bierce http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2835 urn:isbn:1406595918 en 1898 Short Fiction Horror This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2835.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2835.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2835.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/2835.mobi The Lair of the White Worm Bram Stoker http://www.feedbooks.com/book/459 urn:isbn:0646418424 en 1911 Novels Horror This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/459.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/459.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/459.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/459.mobi The Whisperer in Darkness Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://www.feedbooks.com/book/25 urn:isbn:1931082723 en 1930 Novels Horror The story is told by Albert N. Wilmarth, an instructor of literature at Miskatonic University in Arkham. When local newspapers report strange things seen floating in rivers during a historic Vermont flood, Wilmarth becomes embroiled in a controversy about the reality and significance of the sightings, though he sides with the skeptics. Wilmarth uncovers old legends about monsters living in the uninhabited hills who abduct people who venture or settle too close to their territory. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/25.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/25.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/25.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/25.mobi The Alchemist Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://www.feedbooks.com/book/235 en 1916 Short Fiction Horror "The Alchemist" is a short story by H. P. Lovecraft, written in 1908, when Lovecraft was 17 or 18, and first published in the November 1916 issue of the United Amateur. The story is recounted by the protagonist, Antoine C-, in the first person. Hundreds of years ago, Antoine's noble ancestor was responsible for the death of a dark wizard, Michel Mauvais. The wizard's son, Charles le Sorcier, swore revenge on not only him but all his descendants, cursing them to die on reaching the age of 32. The protagonist recounts how his ancestors all died in some mysterious way around the age of 32. The line has dwindled and the castle has been left to fall into disrepair, tower by tower. Finally, Antoine is the only one left, with one poor servant, Pierre, who raised him, and a tiny section of the castle with a single tower is still usable. Antoine has reached adulthood, and his 32nd year is approaching. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/235.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/235.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/235.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/235.mobi The Case of Charles Dexter Ward Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://www.feedbooks.com/book/24 urn:isbn:0345354907 en 1927 Novels Horror Incantations of black magic unearthed unspeakable horrors in a quiet town near Providence, Rhode Island. Evil spirits are being resurrected from beyond the grave, a supernatural force so twisted that it kills without offering the mercy of death! This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/24.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/24.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/24.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/24.mobi The Shadow out of Time Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://www.feedbooks.com/book/29 urn:isbn:0967321530 en 1934 Short Fiction Science Fiction Horror "The Shadow Out of Time" indirectly tells of the Great Race of Yith, an extraterrestrial species with the ability to travel through space and time. The Yithians accomplish this by switching bodies with hosts from the intended spatial or temporal destination. The story implies that the effect when seen from the outside is similar to spiritual possession. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/29.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/29.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/29.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/29.mobi The Dunwich Horror Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://www.feedbooks.com/book/20 urn:isbn:0447745026 en 1928 Short Fiction Horror In H.P. Lovecraft’s, "The Dunwich Horror", we are told the story of Wilbur Whateley, the son of a deformed albino mother and an unknown father (alluded to in passing by the mad Old Whateley as "Yog-Sothoth"), and the strange events surrounding his birth and precocious development. Wilbur matures at an abnormal rate, reaching manhood within a decade. All the while, his sorcerer grandfather indoctrinates him into certain dark rituals and the study of witchcraft. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/20.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/20.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/20.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/20.mobi The Fall of the House of Usher Edgar Allan Poe http://www.feedbooks.com/book/772 urn:isbn:1420927035 en 1839 Short Fiction Horror The tale opens with the unnamed narrator arriving at the house of his friend, Roderick Usher, having received a letter from him in a distant part of the country complaining of an illness and asking for his comfort. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/772.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/772.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/772.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/772.mobi The Legend of Sleepy Hollow Washington Irving http://www.feedbooks.com/book/196 urn:isbn:0809594080 en 1820 Short Fiction Horror Ghost Stories http://www.feedbooks.com/book/196.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/196.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/196.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/196.mobi The Tell-Tale Heart Edgar Allan Poe http://www.feedbooks.com/book/814 urn:isbn:0553212281 en 1843 Short Fiction Horror Gothic "The Tell-Tale Heart" is a short story by Edgar Allan Poe first published in 1843. It follows an unnamed narrator who insists on his sanity after murdering an old man with a "vulture eye". The murder is carefully calculated, and the murderer hides the body by cutting it into pieces and hiding it under the floorboards. Ultimately the narrator's guilt manifests itself in the hallucination that the man's heart is still beating under the floorboards. It is unclear what relationship, if any, the old man and his murderer share. It has been suggested that the old man is a father figure or, perhaps, that his vulture eye represents some sort of veiled secret. The ambiguity and lack of details about the two main characters stand in stark contrast to the specific plot details leading up to the murder. The story was first published in James Russell Lowell's The Pioneer in January 1843. "The Tell-Tale Heart" is widely considered a classic of the Gothic fiction genre and one of Poe's most famous short stories. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/814.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/814.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/814.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/814.mobi The Metamorphosis Franz Kafka http://www.feedbooks.com/book/8 urn:isbn:0553213695 en 1912 Short Fiction Horror The Metamorphosis (German: Die Verwandlung) is a novella by Franz Kafka, first published in 1915. The story begins with a traveling salesman, Gregor Samsa, waking to find himself transformed into a "monstrous vermin". This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/8.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/8.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/8.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/8.mobi Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde Robert Louis Stevenson http://www.feedbooks.com/book/95 urn:isbn:1593081316 en 1886 Novels Horror Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde is a novella written by the Scottish author Robert Louis Stevenson and first published in 1886. It is about a London lawyer who investigates strange occurrences between his old friend, Dr Henry Jekyll, and the misanthropic Edward Hyde. The work is known for its vivid portrayal of a split personality, split in the sense that within the same person there is both an apparently good and an evil personality each being quite distinct from each other; in mainstream culture the very phrase "Jekyll and Hyde" has come to mean a person who is vastly different in moral character from one situation to the next. This is different from multiple personality disorder where the different personalities do not necessarily differ in any moral sense. Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde was an immediate success and one of Stevenson's best-selling works. Stage adaptations began in Boston and London within a year of its publication and it has gone on to inspire scores of major film and stage performances. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/95.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/95.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/95.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/95.mobi A Descent into the Maelström Edgar Allan Poe http://www.feedbooks.com/book/765 en 1841 Short Fiction Horror Inspired by the Moskstraumen, it is couched as a story within a story, a tale told at the summit of a mountain climb. The story is told by an old man who reveals that he only appears old - "You suppose me a very old man," he says, "but I am not. It took less than a single day to change these hairs from a jetty black to white, to weaken my limbs, and to unstring my nerves." The narrator, convinced by the power of the whirlpools he sees in the ocean beyond, is then told of the "old" man's fishing trip with his two brothers a few years ago. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/765.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/765.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/765.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/765.mobi Dracula's Guest Bram Stoker http://www.feedbooks.com/book/462 en 1914 Short Fiction Horror Gothic This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70 and in the USA. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/462.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/462.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/462.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/462.mobi The Haunter of the Dark Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://www.feedbooks.com/book/254 urn:isbn:1902197232 en 1936 Short Fiction Horror The story takes place in Providence, Rhode Island and revolves around the Church of Starry Wisdom. The cult uses an ancient artifact known as the Shining Trapezohedron to summon a terrible being from the depths of time and space. The Shining Trapezohedron was discovered in Egyptian ruins, in a box of alien construction, by Professor Enoch Bowen before he returned to Providence, Rhode Island in 1844. Members of the Church of Starry Wisdom in Providence would awaken the Haunter of the Dark, an avatar of Nyarlathotep, by gazing into the glowing crystal. Summoned from the black gulfs of chaos, this being could show other worlds, other galaxies, and the secrets of arcane and paradoxical knowledge; but he demanded monstrous sacrifices, hinted at by disfigured skeletons that were later found in the church. The Haunter of the Dark was banished by light and could not cross a lighted area. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/254.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/254.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/254.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/254.mobi The Colour Out of Space Howard Phillips Lovecraft http://www.feedbooks.com/book/19 urn:isbn:1590170261 en 1927 Short Fiction Horror "The Colour Out of Space" is a first-person narrative written from the perspective of an unnamed surveyor from Boston. In order to prepare for the construction of a new reservoir in Massachusetts, he surveys a rural area that is to be flooded near Lovecraft's fictional town of Arkham. He comes across a mysterious patch of land, an abandoned five-acre farmstead, which is completely devoid of all life. This work is available for countries where copyright is Life+70. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/19.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/19.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/19.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/19.mobi Carmilla Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1506 urn:isbn:1587155958 en 1871 Short Fiction Horror Sexuality Gothic "Carmilla" is a Gothic novella by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu. First published in 1872, it tells the story of a young woman's susceptibility to the attentions of a female vampire named Carmilla. "Carmilla" predates Bram Stoker's Dracula by 25 years and has been adapted many times for cinema. http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1506.png http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1506.pdf http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1506.epub http://www.feedbooks.com/book/1506.mobi