Horror (Bookshelf)

Horror Fiction is, broadly, fiction in any medium intended to scare, unsettle, or horrify the audience. Historically, the cause of the "horror" experience has often been the intrusion of an evil — or, occasionally, misunderstood — supernatural element into everyday human experience. Since the 1960s, any work of fiction with a morbid, gruesome, surreal, or exceptionally suspenseful or frightening theme has come to be called "horror." Horror fiction often overlaps science fiction or fantasy, all three of which categories are sometimes placed under the umbrella classification speculative fiction.

—Excerpted from Horror Fiction on Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia.

For a history of the genre, see also The Tale of Terror - A Study of the Gothic Romance 

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Contents 1 Ambrose Bierce 1842-1914? 2 Algernon Blackwood, 1869-1951 3 Robert W. Chambers, 1865-1933 4 John Meade Falkner, 1858-1932 5 Paul H. C. Féval, 1817-1887 6 William Hope Hodgson, 1877-1918 7 Henry James, 1843-1916 8 M. R. James, 1862-1936 9 Franz Kafka, 1883-1924 10 Sheridan Le Fanu, 1814-1873 11 H.P. Lovecraft 1890-1937 12 Arthur Machen 1863-1947 13 Charles Nodier 1780-1844 14 Elliott O'Donnell, 1872-1965 15 Oliver Onions (pseud), 1873-1961 16 Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849 17 John William Polidori, 1795-1821 18 Thomas Preskett Prest, 1810?-1859? 19 Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-1894 20 Bram Stoker, 1847-1912 21 George Sylvester Viereck, 1884-1962

Ambrose Bierce 1842-1914?

Wikipedia: Ambrose Bierce

• An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge  (English)
• The Damned Thing
  1898, From "In the Midst of Life"  (English)

Algernon Blackwood, 1869-1951

Wikipedia: Algernon Blackwood

• The Damned  (English)
• Four Weird Tales  (English)
• The Wendigo  (English)
• The Willows  (English)

Robert W. Chambers, 1865-1933

Wikipedia: Robert W. Chambers

• The King in Yellow  (English)

John Meade Falkner, 1858-1932

• The Lost Stradivarius  (English)

Paul H. C. Féval, 1817-1887

Wikipedia: Paul H. C. Féval

• La vampire  (French)

William Hope Hodgson, 1877-1918

Wikipedia: William Hope Hodgson

• The House on the Borderland  (English)
• The Night Land  (English)
• The Boats of the "Glen Carrig"  (English)

Henry James, 1843-1916

Wikipedia: Henry James

• The Turn of the Screw 

M. R. James, 1862-1936

Wikipedia: M. R. James

• A Thin Ghost and Others 
• Ghost Stories of an Antiquary 
• Ghost Stories of an Antiquary Part 2: More Ghost Stories 

Franz Kafka, 1883-1924

• Metamorphosis 
• The Trial 

Sheridan Le Fanu, 1814-1873

Wikipedia: Sheridan Le Fanu

• Carmilla  (English)

H.P. Lovecraft 1890-1937

Wikipedia:H. P. Lovecraft

• The Shunned House 

Arthur Machen 1863-1947

Wikipedia: Arthur Machen

• The Great God Pan 
  
• The House of Souls (collection) 
  

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Charles Nodier 1780-1844

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• Infernaliana: Anecdotes, petits romans, nouvelles et contes sur les revenans, les spectres, les démons et les vampires  (French)

Elliott O'Donnell, 1872-1965

• Animal Ghosts Or, Animal Hauntings and the Hereafter 
• Scottish Ghost Stories 
• The Sorcery Club 

Oliver Onions (pseud), 1873-1961

Wikipedia:Oliver Onions

• Widdershins  -- a collection of strange stories, including the classic "The Beckoning Fair One"

Edgar Allan Poe, 1809-1849

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• The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 1 
• The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 2 
• The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 3 
• The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 4 
• The Works of Edgar Allan Poe — Volume 5 

• Le Corbeau (The Raven)  (French)
• Derniers Contes  (French)

John William Polidori, 1795-1821

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• The Vampyre; a Tale  (English)

Thomas Preskett Prest, 1810?-1859?

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• Varney the Vampire: Or the Feast of Blood  (English)

Robert Louis Stevenson 1850-1894

Wikipedia: Robert Louis Stevenson

• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde  (English)
• The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde  (English)

Bram Stoker, 1847-1912

Wikipedia: Bram Stoker

• Dracula  (English)
• Dracula  (English)
• Dracula  (English)
• Dracula's Guest  (English)
• The Jewel of Seven Stars  (English)
• The Lady of the Shroud  (English)
• Lair of the White Worm  (English)
• The Man  (English)

George Sylvester Viereck, 1884-1962

Wikipedia: George Sylvester Viereck

• The House of the Vampire  (English)