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Great Short Fiction for the Halloween Season 2023

Many writers, critics, and readers believe that the best horror stories are in the short form - novellas, novelettes, and short stories - and they may well be right. Here are 75 classic and contemporary collections and anthologies to make the spooky season even spookier.
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20th Century Ghosts (Joe Hill)
20th Century Ghosts
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Joe Hill
Alone With the Horrors (Ramsey Campbell)
Alone With the Horrors
2
Ramsey Campbell
American Supernatural Fiction (Joshi)
American Supernatural Fiction
3
Joshi
Ancient Sorceries (Algernon Blackwood)
Ancient Sorceries
4
Algernon Blackwood
Are You Loathsome Tonight?: A Collection of Short Stories (Poppy Z. Brite)
Are You Loathsome Tonight?: A Collection of Short Stories
5
Poppy Z. Brite
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (Stephen King)
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
6
Stephen King
The Bell in the Fog & Other Stories (Gertrude Atherton)
The Bell in the Fog & Other Stories
7
Gertrude Atherton
Best Ghost Stories (Lefanu) (Lefanu)
Best Ghost Stories (Lefanu)
8
Lefanu
The Best of H. P. Lovecraft (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Best of H. P. Lovecraft
9
H. P. Lovecraft
The Best of Richard Matheson (Matheson)
The Best of Richard Matheson
10
Matheson
The Black Veil and Other Tales of Supernatural Sleuths (Mark Valentine)
The Black Veil and Other Tales of Supernatural Sleuths
11
Mark Valentine
The Blood Kiss (Etchison)
The Blood Kiss
12
Etchison
Blue World (Robert McCammon)
Blue World
13
Robert McCammon
The Book of the Dead (Skipp & Spector)
The Book of the Dead
14
Skipp & Spector
Boris Karloff's Tales of Terror (Karloff)
Boris Karloff's Tales of Terror
15
Karloff
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories (H.P Lovecraft)
The Call of Cthulhu & Other Weird Stories
16
H.P Lovecraft
Carmilla (Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu)
Carmilla
17
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Casting the Runes & Other Ghost Stories (M.R. James)
Casting the Runes & Other Ghost Stories
18
M.R. James
Children of the Night (Davies)
Children of the Night
19
Davies
Classic Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories (Davies)
Classic Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories
20
Davies
The Collection (Bentley Little)
The Collection
21
Bentley Little
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe (Edgar Allen Poe)
The Complete Tales and Poems of Edgar Allen Poe
22
Edgar Allen Poe
Count Magnus & Other Ghost Stories (M.R. James)
Count Magnus & Other Ghost Stories
23
M.R. James
Cutting Edge (Dennis Etchinson)
Cutting Edge
24
Dennis Etchinson
The Dark (Datlow)
The Dark
25
Datlow
The Dark Country (Dennis Etchison)
The Dark Country
26
Dennis Etchison
Dark Delicacies (Del Howison and Jeff Gelb)
Dark Delicacies
27
Del Howison and Jeff Gelb
Dark Delicacies II (Howson)
Dark Delicacies II
28
Howson
The Dark Eidolon (Clark Ashton Smith)
The Dark Eidolon
29
Clark Ashton Smith
Dark Forces (Kirby McCauley)
Dark Forces
30
Kirby McCauley
Dark Masques (Williamson)
Dark Masques
31
Williamson
Darker Masques (Williamson)
Darker Masques
32
Williamson
Darkness (Ellen Datlow)
Darkness
33
Ellen Datlow
The Dead of Night (Onions)
The Dead of Night
34
Onions
The Death Artist (Etchison)
The Death Artist
35
Etchison
Different Seasons (Stephen King)
Different Seasons
36
Stephen King
The Dreams in the Witch House
The Dreams in the Witch House
37
Duel (Richard Mathison)
Duel
38
Richard Mathison
Everything's Eventual (Stephen King)
Everything's Eventual
39
Stephen King
Fear and Trembling (Robert Bloch)
Fear and Trembling
40
Robert Bloch
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