I prefer those that don't involve vampires, werewolves, zombies, etc... Ghosts, and the unseen would suit me.
2007-04-16 04:19:46 · 8 answers · asked by wow 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Books & Authors
Edgar Allan Poe has a lot of good short stories.. Not terrifying horror, but thrillers... The Black Cat, The Tell Tale Heart.. a few others....
Ummm, Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" has a kind of eerie tone to it....
A Lamb To The Slaughter, (forget the author) is a murder mystery worth a read.
2007-04-16 04:24:45 · answer #1 · answered by Sunny S 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Edgar Allen Poe is always fabulous.
There's always Hans Christian Anderson or the original Grimm Fairy Tales. Not precisely horror, but certainly dark. How they ever turned them into Disney kid's movies...
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad is an amazing story, very much about the horror found within the heart of each individual.
And Shakespeare's Macbeth is truly great, full of witches and murder and political maneuvering.
2007-04-16 04:41:24 · answer #2 · answered by bookworm 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Edgar Allan Poe - The pit & the pendulum, The fall of the house of usher, the cask of amontillado.
2007-04-16 04:25:05 · answer #3 · answered by Moi 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
S. King wrote some short stories.
2007-04-16 04:22:38 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Saki aka H.H. Munro is a good author for short horror stories. "the monkey's paw" is one of the best.
2007-04-16 04:23:45 · answer #5 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
definitley edgar allen poe.
the tell-tale heart
the pit and the pendulum
the black cat
the cask of amontillado
many more
2007-04-16 09:32:36 · answer #6 · answered by TwilightStar 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Puss-n-boots
Very scary ghost..
2007-04-16 04:23:29 · answer #7 · answered by ROCKET 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stephen king has mini series on books that are short and scary
2007-04-16 04:26:00 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋