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• Hell House

  Matheson, Richard, 1926-2013

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  For more than 20 years, Belasco House has stood empty. Its shadowed walls have witnessed scenes of unimaginable horror and depravity. All previous attempts to probe its mysteries have ended in murder, suicide, or insanity. But now, a new…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Haunting of Hill House

  Jackson, Shirley, 1916-1965

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  First published in 1959, Shirley Jackson's The Haunting of Hill House has been hailed as a perfect work of unnerving terror. It is the story of four seekers who arrive at a notoriously unfriendly pile called Hill House: Dr. Montague, an occult…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Carmilla

  Le Fanu, Joseph Sheridan, 1814-1873,

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  In an isolated castle deep in the Austrian forest, teenaged Laura leads a solitary life with only her father, attendant and tutor for company. Until one moonlit night, a horse-drawn carriage crashes into view, carrying an unexpected guest — the…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Ring

  Suzuki, Kōji, 1957-

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  A mysterious videotape warns that the viewer will die in one week unless a certain, unspecified act is performed. Exactly one week after watching the tape, four teenagers die one after another of heart failure.

• Carrion Comfort

  Simmons, Dan, 1948-

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  Embraced by giants such as Stephen King and Dean R. Koontz, Dan Simmons's Carrion Comfort was originally published by Warner Books in 1989, and remains a classic of dark fantasy and horror.

• The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories

  James, Henry, 1843-1916,

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  "In 'The Turn of the Screw,' one of the most famous ghost stories of all time, a governess becomes obsessed with the belief that malevolent forces are stalking the children in her care. It is accompanied here by several more of the very best of…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Harvest Home

  a Novel

  Tryon, Thomas,

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  Credited as the inspiration for Stephen King’s Children of the Corn, Thomas Tryon’s chilling novel was ahead of its time when first published, and continues to provoke abject terror in readers.

• Dracula

  Stoker, Bram, 1847-1912

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  The quintessential horror tale of the powerful, centuries-old vampire follows his bloodthirsty trail from the mountains of Central Europe to England, until the savvy Dr. Van Helsing comes up with a way to end his reign of terror.

• The Shining

  King, Stephen, 1947-

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  Jack Torrance sees his stint as winter caretaker of a Colorado hotel as a way back from failure, his wife sees it as a chance to preserve their family, and their five-year-old son sees the evil waiting just for them.

• Something Wicked This Way Comes

  Bradbury, Ray, 1920-2012

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  When the carnival comes to town, two boys unearth the terrifying and horrible secrets that lurk within Cooger & Dark's Pandemonium Shadow Show and learn the consequences of wishes, as a sinister and evil force is at work in Green Town, Illinois.

• Gothic Tales

  Gaskell, Elizabeth Cleghorn, 1810-1865

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  Elizabeth Gaskell's chilling Gothic tales blend the real and the supernatural to eerie, compelling effect. 'Disappearances', inspired by local legends of mysterious vanishings, mixes gossip and fact; 'Lois the Witch', a novella based on an account…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories

  Carter, Angela, 1940-1992,

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  In her masterpiece, The Bloody Chamber—which includes the story that is the basis of Neil Jordan’s 1984 movie The Company of Wolves—she spins subversively dark and sensual versions of familiar fairy tales and legends like “Little Red Riding Hood,”…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus

  Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft, 1797-1851

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  The epic battle between man and monster reaches its greatest pitch in the famous story of Frankenstein. In trying to create life, the young student Victor Frankenstein unleashes forces beyond his control, setting into motion a long and tragic chain…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The Exorcist

  Blatty, William Peter

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  Originally published in 1971, The Exorcist remains one of the most controversial novels ever written and went on to become a literary phenomenon. Inspired by a true story of a child's demonic possession in the 1940s, William Peter Blatty created an…Read moreRead more of this annotation

• The King in Yellow, and Other Horror Stories

  Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William), 1865-1933

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  One of the most important works of American supernatural fiction since those of Poe, The King in Yellow was among the first attempts to establish the horror of the nameless and the unimaginable.