If you're a fan of short horror stories and you don't know Richard Matheson, rectify that right now. This story is told from the perspective of a very creepy child who has been locked in her room ...

Horror short stories are a wonderfully effective incubator ... an aspiring tattoo artist, and a very unsettling visit. Where to find it: After the People Lights Have Gone Off by Stephen Graham ...

"Harold" is a short story, most famously appearing in the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark ... the unnerving atmosphere it creates from the very first scene. It’s mundane and boring, but ...

For the littler little ones who may not be up to very scary stories, Donna Liquori recommends "Narwhalicorn and Jelly" by Ben Clanton. "Death at Morning House" by Maureen Johnson is Donna Liquori ...

This October, I’ve been sampling newly issued short-story collections from small publishers that specialize in horror and the supernatural ... s best stories is his very first, “Mive ...

Short ghost stories by Inagawa Junji an entertainer who is famous for his horror stories broadcasted on late night radio He has gone on to write horror novels and directing liveaction horror ...

King writes older women very well. Dolores Claiborne is the ... “N” is King’s most sophisticated short horror story. In 50-odd pages he weaves folk, cosmic, and psychological horror in ...

Indeed, as a genre, horror has always been best represented by short stories and novellas. The Stand, which perennially tops the popular lists of all-time greatest novels and comes in at a mammoth ...