like the babysitter who found the twins dead..stuff like that..scary
2006-12-17 11:09:57 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
I'll second "The Tell-Tale Heart" by Edgar Allen Poe.
2006-12-17 23:58:43 · answer #1 · answered by xander 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The best, shortest scary story I've ever heard is by Anonymous...
"The last man on earth sat in a room. There was a knock on the door."
Perfect, no? Hemingway wrote one as well...
"For Sale: Baby stroller. Never used."
If you're interested in the urban legend type of horror tale, I'd recommend any of the collections of Jan Harald Brunvand (you can probably Google him as well, find some stuff online). For real horror short stories, you must read 'The Lottery' by Shirley Jackson, 'I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream' or 'The Whimper of Whipped Dogs' by Harlan Ellison, 'The Midnight Meat Train' by Clive Barker, 'Heavy Set' or 'Small Assassin' or 'The Jar' by Ray Bradbury, 'The Tell-Tale Heart' by Edgar Allan Poe, 'The Picture in the House' by H.P. Lovecraft, 'Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper' by Robert Bloch, 'The Boogeyman' by Stephen King or any short tale by Poppy Z. Brite.
2006-12-18 01:10:43 · answer #2 · answered by john_sunseri 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read some of Edgar Allen Poe's short stories. Genuinely, creepy stuff: the cask of amontillado and the fall of the house of usher.
2006-12-17 20:19:11 · answer #3 · answered by nightowl 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Edgar Allen Poe writes short stories that are considered sinister. I like him. Check him out. It's not "The girl found her younger sister with a knife through her head" kind of stuff, and it's really wordy, but very good.
2006-12-17 19:13:07 · answer #4 · answered by brooke 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try reading "I am the doorway" in Stephen King's Nightshift collection. The whole book is really good. It is fairly old. One of his early works when he was at his best. Another one is "The Avatar of Nyarlethetop" by Clark Ashton Smith. What makes it so creepy is it almost makes you beleive it is a true story. Kind of hard to find this one.
2006-12-18 02:26:56 · answer #5 · answered by Christine J 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The one when an old lady sits alone at night putting a jigsaw puzzle together without a reference picture. In time she begins to realize that the picture represents the room she is in together with her and the puzzle. Finally, she puts the last two pieces at the place where the window of the room is shown and she sees a horrible face of a lunatic with a knife. She lifts her head and looks straight into his bloody eyes.
(Nice one, eh?)
2006-12-17 19:28:23 · answer #6 · answered by cailleachaeryn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Poe's The Cask of Amontillado
2006-12-17 19:13:37 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You may need a story that scares but also sets you thinking about gender issues, a handy scary tale that you need not spend time precious time and hard -earned $$ on (thanks to Page by Page on line books).
"Up and down and sideways they crawl, and those absurd, unblinking eyes are everywhere."
jeez!!what are these creepy phantasmagoria!
Get it all just now while still skimming through these responses.
It is right here:
2006-12-17 22:33:12 · answer #8 · answered by ari-pup 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the one about the guy sititng in his room upstairs alone and he keeps hearing someone laughing behind him where the window is. he keeps turning his head every time he hears the noise to see if anyone is there and the third time he checks he thinks he sees something in the window so he runs downstars and calls the cops and they go up and check his room and find footprints right behind the couch the dude was sitting in trailing from the window!!
2006-12-17 19:16:52 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read POE
The Fall of the house of Usher 22 pages
&
The Masque of the Red Death 7 pages
&
The Murders of the Rue Morgue 40 pages
..........---- lock the doors----.........
2006-12-17 19:21:32 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋