Do you know any well-known gothic horror stories such as the tell-tale heart that I could read to give me ideas?
2007-01-11 04:24:21 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Do it at the library. It's common to be afraid when you read Gothic Horror. That's what it's all about. Edgar Allen Poe is good, Frankenstein, and Dracula are all good. I want to know why you're scared to read horror at home? Is there something scary there? In most cases the creepiest thing in anyone's home(okay, aside from the stray ghost here, or there)is their own imagination.Or a younger sibling.
2007-01-11 04:37:13 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Edgar Allen Poe's stories are excellent - my favourites are The Black Cat and The Cask Of Amontillado.
Yeah, reading in daylight seems like a good idea. I never read horror novels (well, the ones that scare me!) when I'm alone at night time. When I was reading The Shining, I moved back in with my uncle and aunt for 2 days!
2007-01-11 23:35:56 · answer #2 · answered by Elphaba 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try these - read them in daylight if you're easily spooked !
Bram Stoker "Dracula"
Edgar Allan Poe "The Pit and the Pendulum"
Robert Louis Stevenson "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde"
Henry James "The Turn of the Screw"
Oscar Wilde "Picture of Dorian Gray"
2007-01-11 04:32:36 · answer #3 · answered by the_lipsiot 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Give J Sheridan le Fanu a go especially Carmilla one of my fave horror stories!! Also try MR James and Algernon Blackwood.
Try reading in daylight hours or with friends and family around you.
2007-01-13 04:31:21 · answer #4 · answered by minniema10 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only read horror at home when it's light outside! That's how I have handled it. Maybe at a well-lighted library would be a good alternative location. Places with other people around, but where you won't get too distracted.
2007-01-11 05:32:25 · answer #5 · answered by Piaz 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I love The Tell-Tale Heart. Wrote an essay about it too. Anyways, you should go to your local library. They should be able to point you in the right direction.
2007-01-11 04:32:50 · answer #6 · answered by suz' 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Read just about any of Edgar Allen Poe's short stories. Creepy, yes, but fascinating.
2007-01-11 04:28:45 · answer #7 · answered by Elven 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Varney the Vampire the original penny dreadfuls, lair of the white worm.
dickins wrote quite a few ghost stories so maybe you want to start with him.
2007-01-11 22:12:46 · answer #8 · answered by comicbookrob 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try MR James. Very sinister.
2007-01-12 06:09:05 · answer #9 · answered by duckee 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the best two are dracula by bram stoker and gormenghast
2007-01-11 12:20:38 · answer #10 · answered by tracey t 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋