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Dark Classics for the Halloween Season

As the days get shorter and we approach October, our maverick English Teacher and genre enthusiast gives us 72 works of literary merit (or at least notoriety) that can also make you lock the doors and windows, close the curtains, and leave the lights on all night. There are many more, of course, but these are the classics that got to our compiler.
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"The Great God Pan" (Arthur Machen)
"The Great God Pan"
1
Arthur Machen
"The Horla" (Guy De Maupassant)
"The Horla"
2
Guy De Maupassant
Ambrose Bierce (Ambrose Bierce)
Ambrose Bierce
3
Ambrose Bierce
American Supernatural Tales (S. T. Joshi)
American Supernatural Tales
4
S. T. Joshi
Ancient Sorceries (Algernon Blackwood)
Ancient Sorceries
5
Algernon Blackwood
Best Ghost Stories (Charles Dickens)
Best Ghost Stories
6
Charles Dickens
Best Ghost Stories (Lefanu) (Lefanu)
Best Ghost Stories (Lefanu)
7
Lefanu
The Best of Richard Matheson (Matheson)
The Best of Richard Matheson
8
Matheson
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories (H.P Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories
9
H.P Lovecraft
Carmilla (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
10
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
The Case Against Satan (Ray Russell)
The Case Against Satan
11
Ray Russell
The Castle of Otranto (Horace Walpole)
The Castle of Otranto
12
Horace Walpole
Children of the Night (Davies)
Children of the Night
13
Davies
Classic Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories (Collings)
Classic Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories
14
Collings
Collected Ghost Stories (M.R James)
Collected Ghost Stories
15
M.R James
Complete Supernatural Stories (Nesbit)
Complete Supernatural Stories
16
Nesbit
Count Magnus & Other Ghost Stories (M.R. James)
Count Magnus & Other Ghost Stories
17
M.R. James
The Dark Eidolon (Clark Ashton Smith)
The Dark Eidolon
18
Clark Ashton Smith
The Dead of Night (Onions)
The Dead of Night
19
Onions
The Devil Rides Out (Dennis Wheatley)
The Devil Rides Out
20
Dennis Wheatley
Dracula (Bram Stoker)
Dracula
21
Bram Stoker
The Dreams in the Witch House
The Dreams in the Witch House
22
The Exorcist (William Peter Blatty)
The Exorcist
23
William Peter Blatty
The Fall of the House of Usher (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Fall of the House of Usher
24
Edgar Allan Poe
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
25
Mary Shelley
Ghost Stories (Henry James)
Ghost Stories
26
Henry James
Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson (Benson)
Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson
27
Benson
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton (Edith Wharton)
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
28
Edith Wharton
Ghost Story (Peter Straub)
Ghost Story
29
Peter Straub
The Halloween Tree (Ray Bradbury)
The Halloween Tree
30
Ray Bradbury
Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Stories (Ray Russell)
Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Stories
31
Ray Russell
The Haunted Doll's House (M. R. James)
The Haunted Doll's House
32
M. R. James
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
33
Shirley Jackson
The House of the Seven Gables (Nathaniel Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
34
Nathaniel Hawthorne
The House on the Borderland (William Hope Hodgson)
The House on the Borderland
35
William Hope Hodgson
The House on the Strand (Daphne Du Maurier)
The House on the Strand
36
Daphne Du Maurier
Jane Eyre (Charlotte Bronte)
Jane Eyre
37
Charlotte Bronte
The King in Yellow (Robert W. Chambers)
The King in Yellow
38
Robert W. Chambers
The Lair of the White Worm (Bram Stoker)
The Lair of the White Worm
39
Bram Stoker
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Other Stories (Washington Irving)
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow & Other Stories
40
Washington Irving
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