Best Horror Short Stories

1.
Skeleton Crew
Skeleton Crew 3.97 avg rating — 134,453 ratings
2.
Night Shift
Night Shift 4.04 avg rating — 194,146 ratings
3.
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart 4.24 avg rating — 117,110 ratings
4.
The Complete Stories and Poems
The Complete Stories and Poems 4.40 avg rating — 291,505 ratings
5.
Four Past Midnight
Four Past Midnight 3.95 avg rating — 114,563 ratings
6.
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum 4.14 avg rating — 71,256 ratings
7.
Full Dark, No Stars
Full Dark, No Stars 4.08 avg rating — 115,766 ratings
8.
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw 3.38 avg rating — 172,382 ratings
9.
The Living Dead (The Living Dead, #1)
The Living Dead (The Living Dead, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 9,202 ratings
10.
Prime Evil: New Stories by the Masters of Modern Horror
Prime Evil: New Stories by the Masters of Modern Horror 3.94 avg rating — 3,160 ratings
11.
The Monkey's Paw
The Monkey's Paw 3.84 avg rating — 17,008 ratings
12.
The Rats in the Walls
The Rats in the Walls 3.97 avg rating — 11,595 ratings
13.
The Tower Formerly Known as Sears and Two Other Tales of Urban Horror
The Tower Formerly Known as Sears and Two Other Tales of Urban Horror 3.71 avg rating — 24 ratings
14.
A Gentle Hell
A Gentle Hell 4.21 avg rating — 73 ratings
15.
Blue World
Blue World 3.97 avg rating — 5,708 ratings
16.
Everything's Eventual
Everything's Eventual 3.97 avg rating — 107,015 ratings
17.
The Black Cat
The Black Cat 4.03 avg rating — 54,346 ratings
18.
Spirit of a Doll
Spirit of a Doll 4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings
18.
Circus of the Dead
Circus of the Dead 3.24 avg rating — 656 ratings
18.
Guilt of the Innocent (Haunted Dreams #1)
Guilt of the Innocent (Haunted Dreams #1) 4.76 avg rating — 17 ratings
18.
Wake the Wicked
Wake the Wicked 3.45 avg rating — 76 ratings
18.
Benjamin
Benjamin 3.80 avg rating — 10 ratings
18.
He Sees You When You're Sleeping
He Sees You When You're Sleeping
by: Lisa Dee
4.25 avg rating — 8 ratings
18.
The Living and the Dead
The Living and the Dead 3.85 avg rating — 477 ratings
25.
It's a Curse
It's a Curse 4.27 avg rating — 15 ratings
26.
The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Horror Anthology
The Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849: A Classic Horror Anthology really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 95 ratings
26.
Will Work for Food
Will Work for Food 4.55 avg rating — 40 ratings
28.
The Knife and The Wound It Deals
The Knife and The Wound It Deals 4.07 avg rating — 30 ratings
29.
The Most Dangerous Game
The Most Dangerous Game 3.95 avg rating — 59,394 ratings
30.
Alone With the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction, 1961-1991
Alone With the Horrors: The Great Short Fiction, 1961-1991 3.95 avg rating — 1,452 ratings
31.
Ghosts Can Bleed
Ghosts Can Bleed 4.24 avg rating — 33 ratings
32.
April Fool and other Antipodean horror stories
April Fool and other Antipodean horror stories 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings
33.
Children of the Corn
Children of the Corn 3.91 avg rating — 12,737 ratings
34.
I Held My Breath as Long as I Could
I Held My Breath as Long as I Could 3.49 avg rating — 57 ratings
34.
Darkness Calls: A Collection of Short Stories - Volume One
Darkness Calls: A Collection of Short Stories - Volume One
by: Andy Hill
3.82 avg rating — 17 ratings
34.
Hannibal House
Hannibal House 4.06 avg rating — 16 ratings
34.
On Call
On Call 4.67 avg rating — 21 ratings
34.
The Diorama
The Diorama 3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings
34.
Mid Harvest Road: Jacob Kearns Series, Part I
Mid Harvest Road: Jacob Kearns Series, Part I 3.69 avg rating — 16 ratings
34.
Disco Inferno: Short Story
Disco Inferno: Short Story it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings
41.
The Dark Inside
The Dark Inside 4.36 avg rating — 28 ratings
41.
From Beyond the Grave: A Collection of 19 Ghostly Tales
From Beyond the Grave: A Collection of 19 Ghostly Tales 4.50 avg rating — 10 ratings
41.
The Shadow over Innsmouth
The Shadow over Innsmouth 4.10 avg rating — 26,140 ratings
44.
Sleep
Sleep 3.63 avg rating — 59 ratings
44.
Experimental Procedure
Experimental Procedure 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings
44.
Adrift
Adrift
by: Lisa Dee
3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
47.
My Favorite Horror Story
My Favorite Horror Story 3.97 avg rating — 347 ratings
47.
Thirty Scary Tales
Thirty Scary Tales 3.76 avg rating — 390 ratings
49.
Enter At Your Own Risk: Fires and Phantoms
Enter At Your Own Risk: Fires and Phantoms 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings
50.
Rock, Paper, Scissors
Rock, Paper, Scissors 3.79 avg rating — 19 ratings
50.
Shriek of the Harpy
Shriek of the Harpy 4.17 avg rating — 23 ratings
50.
Sweet & Sticky Sarah/Rachel at Rest
Sweet & Sticky Sarah/Rachel at Rest really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
50.
Stained
Stained 3.51 avg rating — 75 ratings
54.
Cupid's Maze
Cupid's Maze 4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings
54.
Someone Wicked: A Written Remains Anthology
Someone Wicked: A Written Remains Anthology 4.27 avg rating — 44 ratings
54.
The Call of Cthulhu
The Call of Cthulhu 4.02 avg rating — 115,400 ratings
57.
Call the Fire Brigade
Call the Fire Brigade 4.67 avg rating — 6 ratings
57.
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke and Other Misfortunes 3.18 avg rating — 17,987 ratings
59.
Along the Splintered Path
Along the Splintered Path 4.27 avg rating — 22 ratings
59.
Through A Forest Dark
Through A Forest Dark 4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings
59.
The Drunk and the Dead
The Drunk and the Dead 3.14 avg rating — 7 ratings
59.
Were-wolves, Apocalypses, and Genetic Mutation, Oh My!
Were-wolves, Apocalypses, and Genetic Mutation, Oh My! 3.93 avg rating — 28 ratings
59.
Campfire Chillers
Campfire Chillers 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings
59.
Beatrice Beecham's Houseful of Horrors
Beatrice Beecham's Houseful of Horrors 3.20 avg rating — 5 ratings
59.
Phobophobia
Phobophobia 4.37 avg rating — 30 ratings
59.
Mrs. Midnight and Other Stories
Mrs. Midnight and Other Stories 4.32 avg rating — 133 ratings
67.
Vermin
Vermin 3.67 avg rating — 160 ratings
67.
Book of the Dead (Book of the Dead, #1)
Book of the Dead (Book of the Dead, #1) 4.06 avg rating — 4,046 ratings
69.
The White Hands and Other Weird Tales
The White Hands and Other Weird Tales 4.14 avg rating — 364 ratings
70.
The Man Who Collected Machen and Other Weird Tales
The Man Who Collected Machen and Other Weird Tales 3.92 avg rating — 397 ratings
71.
Ancestral Shadows: An Anthology of Ghostly Tales
Ancestral Shadows: An Anthology of Ghostly Tales 4.36 avg rating — 127 ratings
71.
Prayers to Broken Stones (Hyperion Cantos, #0.5)
Prayers to Broken Stones (Hyperion Cantos, #0.5) 3.83 avg rating — 1,416 ratings
73.
The Nameless City
The Nameless City 3.63 avg rating — 6,319 ratings
74.
Nachtmahr: Strange Tales
Nachtmahr: Strange Tales 4.29 avg rating — 84 ratings
74.
Lovedeath
Lovedeath 3.77 avg rating — 1,472 ratings
76.
The Lord Came at Twilight
The Lord Came at Twilight 4.12 avg rating — 193 ratings
76.
Nightmare Seasons
Nightmare Seasons 3.92 avg rating — 171 ratings
78.
The Lottery
The Lottery 4.04 avg rating — 104,238 ratings
79.
Trust No One
Trust No One 3.57 avg rating — 21 ratings
80.
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher 3.85 avg rating — 83,642 ratings
81.
Cool Air
Cool Air 3.59 avg rating — 2,915 ratings
82.
The House Sitter
The House Sitter it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 5 ratings
83.
Denning Swamp: A Ghost Story
Denning Swamp: A Ghost Story 2.95 avg rating — 41 ratings
84.
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar 3.70 avg rating — 5,129 ratings
85.
Skin: Short Fiction
Skin: Short Fiction 3.36 avg rating — 11 ratings
85.
Sihir Perempuan
Sihir Perempuan 3.97 avg rating — 1,384 ratings
85.
Stone Prison (Twisted Tales, #1)
Stone Prison (Twisted Tales, #1)
by: H.M. Ward
3.49 avg rating — 236 ratings
85.
A Proper Revenge Takes Time
A Proper Revenge Takes Time really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings
85.
The Comfort Shack
The Comfort Shack 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings
85.
Fearlings
Fearlings 3.56 avg rating — 72 ratings
85.
Hunt for the Chupacabra (a Chupacabra Series micro story)
Hunt for the Chupacabra (a Chupacabra Series micro story) 2.96 avg rating — 51 ratings
85.
Nightscapes: Tales of Dark Fantasy
Nightscapes: Tales of Dark Fantasy 3.57 avg rating — 7 ratings
85.
Weird Tales
Weird Tales 3.88 avg rating — 8 ratings
85.
Dark Corners
Dark Corners 4.03 avg rating — 104 ratings
85.
Enter At Your Own Risk: Old Masters, New Voices
Enter At Your Own Risk: Old Masters, New Voices 4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings
85.
Angel Mine
Angel Mine 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings
85.
Dying in Indian Country: A Family Journey from Self-destruction to Opposing Tribal Sovereignty
Dying in Indian Country: A Family Journey from Self-destruction to Opposing Tribal Sovereignty
by: Beth Ward
3.79 avg rating — 48 ratings
85.
Closing Time and Other Stories
Closing Time and Other Stories 3.80 avg rating — 251 ratings
85.
Zippered Flesh 2
Zippered Flesh 2 4.02 avg rating — 83 ratings
85.
Tales of the Undead: Hell Whore
Tales of the Undead: Hell Whore 4.15 avg rating — 20 ratings
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