Best Dark Fiction Short Stories

1.
The Lottery
The Lottery 4.04 avg rating — 104,205 ratings
2.
The Tell-Tale Heart
The Tell-Tale Heart 4.24 avg rating — 117,084 ratings
3.
The Masque of the Red Death
The Masque of the Red Death 4.06 avg rating — 44,765 ratings
4.
The Monkey's Paw
The Monkey's Paw 3.84 avg rating — 16,999 ratings
5.
The Fall of the House of Usher
The Fall of the House of Usher 3.85 avg rating — 83,622 ratings
6.
Children of the Corn
Children of the Corn 3.91 avg rating — 12,733 ratings
7.
The Veldt
The Veldt 4.14 avg rating — 13,780 ratings
8.
The Most Dangerous Game
The Most Dangerous Game 3.95 avg rating — 59,384 ratings
9.
Independence Denied
Independence Denied 4.33 avg rating — 221 ratings
10.
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge 4.01 avg rating — 26,412 ratings
11.
Hannah-Beast (Dark Corners Collection, #1)
Hannah-Beast (Dark Corners Collection, #1) 3.80 avg rating — 7,647 ratings
12.
The Pit and the Pendulum
The Pit and the Pendulum 4.14 avg rating — 71,252 ratings
13.
In the Tall Grass
In the Tall Grass 3.63 avg rating — 29,773 ratings
14.
Prom Screams
Prom Screams 4.36 avg rating — 203 ratings
15.
Hungry Ghosts
Hungry Ghosts 4.07 avg rating — 332 ratings
16.
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale 3.95 avg rating — 9,399 ratings
17.
The Cask of Amontillado
The Cask of Amontillado 4.08 avg rating — 85,819 ratings
18.
Invitation Only: A Halloween Short Story
Invitation Only: A Halloween Short Story 3.45 avg rating — 33 ratings
19.
UR
UR 3.76 avg rating — 22,171 ratings
20.
Red as Blood and White as Bone
Red as Blood and White as Bone 3.79 avg rating — 1,941 ratings
21.
Herbert West: Reanimator
Herbert West: Reanimator 3.83 avg rating — 7,642 ratings
22.
Lamb to the Slaughter
Lamb to the Slaughter 4.17 avg rating — 13,250 ratings
23.
The Call of Cthulhu
The Call of Cthulhu 4.02 avg rating — 115,376 ratings
24.
Thanks Sinning
Thanks Sinning 4.21 avg rating — 258 ratings
25.
Dying Valentine
Dying Valentine 4.34 avg rating — 274 ratings
26.
Trick or Death
Trick or Death 4.18 avg rating — 303 ratings
27.
The Body
The Body 4.30 avg rating — 44,936 ratings
28.
Spring Outbreak
Spring Outbreak 4.33 avg rating — 237 ratings
28.
Mischief
Mischief 3.30 avg rating — 23 ratings
30.
Labor Day Hunt
Labor Day Hunt 4.38 avg rating — 264 ratings
31.
Twittering from the Circus of the Dead
Twittering from the Circus of the Dead
by: Joe Hill
3.75 avg rating — 3,112 ratings
32.
She Will Rise
She Will Rise 4.45 avg rating — 210 ratings
33.
Oddbody: Stories
Oddbody: Stories 3.61 avg rating — 254 ratings
33.
Heathen's Barrow: My Evil
Heathen's Barrow: My Evil 4.80 avg rating — 15 ratings
35.
All My Darkest Impulses (House of Crows, #1)
All My Darkest Impulses (House of Crows, #1) 3.76 avg rating — 5,544 ratings
36.
Dark Carousel
Dark Carousel
by: Joe Hill
4.15 avg rating — 908 ratings
36.
Circling the Drain (House of Crows, #3)
Circling the Drain (House of Crows, #3) 3.90 avg rating — 3,976 ratings
36.
Devil's Night: A Halloween Short Story
Devil's Night: A Halloween Short Story 3.87 avg rating — 447 ratings
39.
This World is Full of Monsters
This World is Full of Monsters 3.38 avg rating — 2,318 ratings
39.
Unidentified Fatherly Object
Unidentified Fatherly Object 4.44 avg rating — 207 ratings
39.
Love the Way You Lie (House of Crows, #4)
Love the Way You Lie (House of Crows, #4) 4.01 avg rating — 4,559 ratings
39.
The House On Cottage Lane
The House On Cottage Lane 3.93 avg rating — 265 ratings
43.
Happy Dark Year
Happy Dark Year 4.49 avg rating — 220 ratings
43.
The Toll: A Halloween Short Story
The Toll: A Halloween Short Story 3.85 avg rating — 74 ratings
45.
The Mannequin: A Horror Short Story
The Mannequin: A Horror Short Story 3.74 avg rating — 449 ratings
46.
Lights Out: a horror short story
Lights Out: a horror short story 3.82 avg rating — 349 ratings
47.
Crypt
Crypt 3.89 avg rating — 373 ratings
48.
Mile 81
Mile 81 3.68 avg rating — 29,631 ratings
48.
Crawlspace
Crawlspace 3.70 avg rating — 861 ratings
50.
Throttle
Throttle
by: Joe Hill
3.75 avg rating — 10,030 ratings
51.
In the Heart of the Fire (Nameless: Season One, #1)
In the Heart of the Fire (Nameless: Season One, #1) 4.13 avg rating — 54,302 ratings
52.
Wolverton Station
Wolverton Station
by: Joe Hill
3.77 avg rating — 3,261 ratings
53.
Thumbprint
Thumbprint
by: Joe Hill
3.56 avg rating — 2,347 ratings
54.
There's a Giant Trapdoor Spider Under Your Bed (Dark Corners Collection, #3)
There's a Giant Trapdoor Spider Under Your Bed (Dark Corners Collection, #3) 2.84 avg rating — 4,558 ratings
55.
Three Dead Men
Three Dead Men 4.27 avg rating — 218 ratings
56.
Fog Descending (House of Crows, #2)
Fog Descending (House of Crows, #2) 3.89 avg rating — 4,243 ratings
57.
Faster
Faster 4.39 avg rating — 273 ratings
58.
Photographing the Dead (Nameless: Season One, #2)
Photographing the Dead (Nameless: Season One, #2) 4.19 avg rating — 32,999 ratings
58.
Forbidden Fruit
Forbidden Fruit 4.32 avg rating — 230 ratings
60.
The Great God Pan
The Great God Pan 3.68 avg rating — 15,731 ratings