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  2. The Lottery - Wikipedia

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    Publication date. June 26, 1948. " The Lottery " is a short story by Shirley Jackson that was first published in The New Yorker on June 26, 1948. [a] The story describes a fictional small American community that observes an annual tradition known as "the lottery", which is intended to ensure a good harvest and purge the town of bad omens.

  3. The Turn of the Screw - Wikipedia

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    The Turn of the Screw is an 1898 gothic horror novella by Henry James which first appeared in serial format in Collier's Weekly from January 27 to April 16, 1898. On October 7, 1898, it was collected in The Two Magics, published by Macmillan in New York City and Heinemann in London. The novella follows a governess who, caring for two children ...

  4. 69 Horror Books That Will Make Your Jaw Drop in Fear - AOL

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    Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde is a relatively quick read, but it's a novella that will leave an impression long after you complete it ...

  5. The Tell-Tale Heart - Wikipedia

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    January 1843. " The Tell-Tale Heart " is a short story by American writer Edgar Allan Poe, first published in 1843. It is told by an unnamed narrator who endeavors to convince the reader of the narrator's sanity while simultaneously describing a murder the narrator committed. The victim was an old man with a filmy pale blue "vulture-eye", as ...

  6. Horror fiction - Wikipedia

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    t. e. Horror is a genre of speculative fiction that is intended to disturb, frighten, or scare. [1] Horror is often divided into the sub-genres of psychological horror and supernatural horror, which are in the realm of speculative fiction. Literary historian J. A. Cuddon, in 1984, defined the horror story as "a piece of fiction in prose of ...

  7. The Yellow Wallpaper - Wikipedia

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    1892. " The Yellow Wallpaper " (original title: " The Yellow Wall-paper. A Story ") is a short story by American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in The New England Magazine. [1] It is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature for its illustration of the attitudes towards mental and ...

  8. Category:Horror short stories - Wikipedia

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    Berenice (short story) Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman No. 2) The Birds (story) Black Canaan; The Black Cat (short story) Black Colossus; The Black Stranger; Blood!: The Life and Future Times of Jack the Ripper; The Boarded Window; The Body Snatcher; The Boogeyman (short story) The Book (short story) Books of Blood; The Boy Who ...

  9. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark - Wikipedia

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    Publisher. Harper & Row. Publication date. 1981–1991. Publication place. United States. Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a series of three collections of short horror stories for children, written by Alvin Schwartz and originally illustrated by Stephen Gammell. In 2011, HarperCollins published editions featuring new art by Brett Helquist ...

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