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Great Short Fiction for the Halloween Season 2023 - Page 2

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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Four Past Midnight (Stephen King)
Four Past Midnight
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Stephen King
Full Dark, No Stars (Stephen King)
Full Dark, No Stars
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Stephen King
Full Throttle (Joe Hill)
Full Throttle
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Joe Hill
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton (Wharton)
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
44
Wharton
Ghost Stories of Henry James (Henry James)
Ghost Stories of Henry James
45
Henry James
Gothic Short Stories (Blair)
Gothic Short Stories
46
Blair
Gothic Tales (Elizabeth Gaskell)
Gothic Tales
47
Elizabeth Gaskell
The Great God Pan (Arthur Machen)
The Great God Pan
48
Arthur Machen
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (Phyllis Cerf)
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural
49
Phyllis Cerf
The Haunted Doll's House (M. R. James)
The Haunted Doll's House
50
M. R. James
The Haunter of the Ring (Howard)
The Haunter of the Ring
51
Howard
The Howling Man (Charles Beaumont)
The Howling Man
52
Charles Beaumont
If It Bleeds (Stephen King)
If It Bleeds
53
Stephen King
In the Land of Time & Other Fantasy Tales (Lord Dunsany)
In the Land of Time & Other Fantasy Tales
54
Lord Dunsany
Irish Ghost Stories (Rosemary Gray)
Irish Ghost Stories
55
Rosemary Gray
Just After Sunset (Stephen King)
Just After Sunset
56
Stephen King
The Lottery (Shirley Jackson)
The Lottery
57
Shirley Jackson
Masters of Darkness (Dennis Etchison)
Masters of Darkness
58
Dennis Etchison
Metahorror (Dennis Etchison)
Metahorror
59
Dennis Etchison
A Night on the Moor and Other Tales of Dread (Robert Murray Gilchirst)
A Night on the Moor and Other Tales of Dread
60
Robert Murray Gilchirst
Night Shift (Stephen King)
Night Shift
61
Stephen King
Night Terrors (Benson)
Night Terrors
62
Benson
Nightmare at 20000 Feet
Nightmare at 20000 Feet
63
Nightmares & Dreamscapes (Stephen King)
Nightmares & Dreamscapes
64
Stephen King
Oriental Ghost Stories (Lafcadio Hearn)
Oriental Ghost Stories
65
Lafcadio Hearn
Perchance to Dream (Charles Beaumont)
Perchance to Dream
66
Charles Beaumont
The Power of Darkness (E. Nesbit)
The Power of Darkness
67
E. Nesbit
Prime Evil (Douglas E. Winter)
Prime Evil
68
Douglas E. Winter
Red Dreams (Dennis Etchison)
Red Dreams
69
Dennis Etchison
Scars (Matheson)
Scars
70
Matheson
A Second Century of Creepy Stories (Hugh Walpole, Ed.)
A Second Century of Creepy Stories
71
Hugh Walpole, Ed.
Skeleton Crew (Stephen King)
Skeleton Crew
72
Stephen King
Still Dead (John Skipp & Craig Spector)
Still Dead
73
John Skipp & Craig Spector
Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (Wilkie Collins)
Tales of Terror and the Supernatural
74
Wilkie Collins
Tales of Unease (Arthur Conan Doyle)
Tales of Unease
75
Arthur Conan Doyle
The Thing on the Doorstep (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Thing on the Doorstep
76
H. P. Lovecraft
The Turn of the Screw (Henry James)
The Turn of the Screw
77
Henry James
The White People (Arthur Machen)
The White People
78
Arthur Machen
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