Most Terrifying Short Stories

1.
The Complete Stories and Poems
The Complete Stories and Poems 4.40 avg rating — 291,496 ratings
2.
The Lottery and Other Stories
The Lottery and Other Stories 4.02 avg rating — 82,496 ratings
3.
The Yellow Wall-Paper
The Yellow Wall-Paper 4.07 avg rating — 338,272 ratings
4.
Night Shift
Night Shift 4.04 avg rating — 194,131 ratings
5.
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 4.06 avg rating — 71,345 ratings
6.
Skeleton Crew
Skeleton Crew 3.97 avg rating — 134,447 ratings
7.
Vital Signs
Vital Signs 3.87 avg rating — 15 ratings
8.
Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three (Books of Blood, #1-3)
Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three (Books of Blood, #1-3) 4.19 avg rating — 29,452 ratings
9.
Tales of H.P. Lovecraft
Tales of H.P. Lovecraft 4.23 avg rating — 9,484 ratings
10.
Collected Ghost Stories
Collected Ghost Stories 4.13 avg rating — 7,690 ratings
11.
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings
The Tell-Tale Heart and Other Writings 4.19 avg rating — 243,678 ratings
12.
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories
Nightmare at 20,000 Feet: Horror Stories 4.06 avg rating — 8,177 ratings
13.
The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death 4.06 avg rating — 44,769 ratings
14.
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories
The Call of Cthulhu and Other Weird Stories 4.02 avg rating — 115,397 ratings
15.
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary 4.06 avg rating — 5,589 ratings
16.
The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado 4.07 avg rating — 85,825 ratings
17.
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos
Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos 4.22 avg rating — 4,876 ratings
18.
Books of Blood, Volumes Four to Six (Books of Blood, #4-6)
Books of Blood, Volumes Four to Six (Books of Blood, #4-6) 4.28 avg rating — 4,538 ratings
19.
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
Nightmares and Dreamscapes 3.95 avg rating — 86,673 ratings
20.
The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and Macabre
The Monkey's Paw and Other Tales of Mystery and Macabre 3.91 avg rating — 1,528 ratings
21.
Graveyard Shift, and Other Stories from Night Shift
Graveyard Shift, and Other Stories from Night Shift 3.89 avg rating — 4,908 ratings
22.
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories
A Good Man Is Hard to Find and Other Stories 4.17 avg rating — 48,600 ratings
23.
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
More Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark 4.11 avg rating — 20,125 ratings
24.
The Willows
The Willows 4.05 avg rating — 16,021 ratings
25.
The Mountain City Bronzes
The Mountain City Bronzes 4.19 avg rating — 26 ratings
26.
The Dunwich Horror and Others
The Dunwich Horror and Others 4.19 avg rating — 16,395 ratings
27.
The Picture of Dorian Gray
The Picture of Dorian Gray 4.13 avg rating — 1,783,020 ratings
28.
Four Past Midnight
Four Past Midnight 3.95 avg rating — 114,560 ratings
29.
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre
The Best of H.P. Lovecraft: Bloodcurdling Tales of Horror and the Macabre 4.30 avg rating — 29,987 ratings
30.
20th Century Ghosts
20th Century Ghosts
by: Joe Hill
3.90 avg rating — 46,893 ratings
31.
The Veldt
The Veldt 4.14 avg rating — 13,784 ratings
32.
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher 3.85 avg rating — 83,633 ratings
33.
The Ivory Tower
The Ivory Tower 3.81 avg rating — 166 ratings
34.
State of the Dark
State of the Dark 4.60 avg rating — 20 ratings
35.
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde 3.83 avg rating — 641,416 ratings
36.
Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood
Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood 4.15 avg rating — 3,163 ratings
37.
It Lives in The Basement
It Lives in The Basement 3.58 avg rating — 469 ratings
38.
The October Country
The October Country 4.11 avg rating — 20,537 ratings
39.
The Illustrated Man
The Illustrated Man 4.13 avg rating — 105,372 ratings
40.
Cabal
Cabal 3.92 avg rating — 22,151 ratings
41.
Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce
Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce 4.12 avg rating — 3,174 ratings
42.
The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard
The Horror Stories of Robert E. Howard 4.12 avg rating — 2,941 ratings
43.
Teatro Grottesco
Teatro Grottesco 4.10 avg rating — 5,665 ratings
44.
American Gothic Tales
American Gothic Tales 4.12 avg rating — 1,366 ratings
45.
The Living Dead (The Living Dead, #1)
The Living Dead (The Living Dead, #1) 3.85 avg rating — 9,202 ratings
46.
The Black Cat
The Black Cat 4.03 avg rating — 54,341 ratings
47.
The Woman in Black
The Woman in Black 3.75 avg rating — 77,969 ratings
48.
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror
At the Mountains of Madness and Other Tales of Terror 4.25 avg rating — 24,671 ratings
49.
Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales
Bradbury Stories: 100 of His Most Celebrated Tales 4.41 avg rating — 6,799 ratings
50.
The Other Side
The Other Side 3.55 avg rating — 414 ratings
51.
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart 4.24 avg rating — 117,104 ratings
52.
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow 3.78 avg rating — 148,582 ratings
53.
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
54.
Bumper Crop
Bumper Crop 3.97 avg rating — 772 ratings
55.
The Last Testament of Thomas Griffith (A Short Story from The Spirals of Danu Book 1)
The Last Testament of Thomas Griffith (A Short Story from The Spirals of Danu Book 1) 4.43 avg rating — 21 ratings
56.
I Am Legend and Other Stories
I Am Legend and Other Stories really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 135,101 ratings
57.
Nightmares & Daydreams
Nightmares & Daydreams 4.70 avg rating — 10 ratings
58.
Help! Wanted: Tales of On-the-Job Terror
Help! Wanted: Tales of On-the-Job Terror 3.61 avg rating — 194 ratings
59.
The Most Dangerous Game
The Most Dangerous Game 3.95 avg rating — 59,392 ratings
60.
High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale
High Cotton: Selected Stories of Joe R. Lansdale 4.14 avg rating — 849 ratings
61.
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural
Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural 4.25 avg rating — 1,788 ratings
62.
Chimaera and Other Stories
Chimaera and Other Stories 4.93 avg rating — 27 ratings
63.
The Lucienne Twins
The Lucienne Twins 3.90 avg rating — 117 ratings
64.
Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Tales
Dracula's Guest and Other Weird Tales 3.78 avg rating — 12,603 ratings
65.
Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque
Haunted: Tales of the Grotesque 3.70 avg rating — 1,797 ratings
66.
Noctuary
Noctuary 3.93 avg rating — 2,225 ratings
67.
Strange Wine
Strange Wine 4.13 avg rating — 2,268 ratings
68.
The Good Girls
The Good Girls 4.17 avg rating — 41 ratings
69.
Mysteria
Mysteria 4.65 avg rating — 54 ratings
70.
Books of Blood: Volume Two (Books of Blood #2)
Books of Blood: Volume Two (Books of Blood #2) 4.07 avg rating — 12,452 ratings
71.
The Turn of the Screw
The Turn of the Screw 3.38 avg rating — 172,366 ratings
72.
The Man Who Collected Machen and Other Weird Tales
The Man Who Collected Machen and Other Weird Tales 3.92 avg rating — 397 ratings
73.
Narrativa completa (vol. I)
Narrativa completa (vol. I) 4.35 avg rating — 834 ratings
74.
The Complete Stories, Vol. 1: Final Reckonings
The Complete Stories, Vol. 1: Final Reckonings 4.15 avg rating — 264 ratings
75.
R is for Rocket
R is for Rocket 4.12 avg rating — 5,710 ratings
76.
Don't Look Now
Don't Look Now 3.82 avg rating — 9,392 ratings
77.
In the Flesh (Books of Blood, #5)
In the Flesh (Books of Blood, #5) 4.02 avg rating — 8,401 ratings
77.
Wake the Wicked
Wake the Wicked 3.45 avg rating — 76 ratings
79.
Small Town Ghosts
Small Town Ghosts 4.12 avg rating — 60 ratings
80.
Boneyard Smack
Boneyard Smack 3.70 avg rating — 30 ratings
81.
In The Devil's Own Words
In The Devil's Own Words 4.42 avg rating — 185 ratings
82.
Strange Highways
Strange Highways 3.87 avg rating — 19,977 ratings
82.
Motherhood
Motherhood 4.05 avg rating — 21 ratings
84.
Hitchhiker: A Suspense Thriller
Hitchhiker: A Suspense Thriller
by: Tim Kizer
3.17 avg rating — 117 ratings
85.
Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror
Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror 4.08 avg rating — 2,887 ratings
86.
Full Dark, No Stars
Full Dark, No Stars 4.08 avg rating — 115,760 ratings
87.
The Spirit of Glassboro & Other Tales of Terror
The Spirit of Glassboro & Other Tales of Terror 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings
88.
The Man in the Picture
The Man in the Picture 3.64 avg rating — 6,056 ratings
89.
Deathbird Stories
Deathbird Stories 4.14 avg rating — 4,579 ratings
90.
The Moonlit Road and Other Ghost and Horror Stories
The Moonlit Road and Other Ghost and Horror Stories 3.77 avg rating — 335 ratings
91.
The Small Hand
The Small Hand 3.46 avg rating — 7,350 ratings
92.
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream
I Have No Mouth & I Must Scream 3.89 avg rating — 47,897 ratings
93.
Enter At Your Own Risk: Old Masters, New Voices
Enter At Your Own Risk: Old Masters, New Voices 4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings
93.
The Knife and The Wound It Deals
The Knife and The Wound It Deals 4.07 avg rating — 30 ratings
95.
Thirty Scary Tales
Thirty Scary Tales 3.76 avg rating — 390 ratings
96.
64 Deaths
64 Deaths 3.84 avg rating — 19 ratings
97.
Silencieuses
Silencieuses 3.89 avg rating — 19 ratings
98.
I Held My Breath as Long as I Could
I Held My Breath as Long as I Could 3.49 avg rating — 57 ratings
99.
Circus of the Dead
Circus of the Dead 3.24 avg rating — 656 ratings
100.
Skull Full of Kisses
Skull Full of Kisses 4.18 avg rating — 74 ratings
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