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Literary Horror: Scary Books Your Teachers Can't Object To, Unless…

…unless they a) have absolutely no regard for dark fantasy as a serious literary form; or b) they wouldn't know literature if it came up behind them and bit them. ( You would be surprised how many English teachers are in the second category.) Anyway, this retired English teacher majored in genre fiction as a specialty, and would happily put any of these on a reading list. Given the opportunity, he would also put Lovecraft, King, Straub, Kiernan, and Simmons on the list, but that would be pushing it.
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"The Great God Pan" (Arthur Machen)
"The Great God Pan"
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Arthur Machen
All Saints' Eve (Amelia B. Edwards)
All Saints' Eve
2
Amelia B. Edwards
American Supernatural Fiction (Joshi)
American Supernatural Fiction
3
Joshi
Ancient Sorceries (Algernon Blackwood)
Ancient Sorceries
4
Algernon Blackwood
The Bell in the Fog & Other Stories (Gertrude Atherton)
The Bell in the Fog & Other Stories
5
Gertrude Atherton
Best Ghost Stories (Lefanu) (Lefanu)
Best Ghost Stories (Lefanu)
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Lefanu
The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories (Marjorie Bowen)
The Bishop of Hell and Other Stories
7
Marjorie Bowen
Children of the Night (Davies)
Children of the Night
8
Davies
Classic Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories (Collings)
Classic Victorian and Edwardian Ghost Stories
9
Collings
Count Magnus & Other Ghost Stories (M.R. James)
Count Magnus & Other Ghost Stories
10
M.R. James
The Dark Country (Dennis Etchison)
The Dark Country
11
Dennis Etchison
The Dark Eidolon (Clark Ashton Smith)
The Dark Eidolon
12
Clark Ashton Smith
Dead of Night (Onions)
Dead of Night
13
Onions
Dracula (Stoker)
Dracula
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Stoker
Fancies and Goodnights (John Collier)
Fancies and Goodnights
15
John Collier
Fear and Trembling (Robert Bloch)
Fear and Trembling
16
Robert Bloch
Frankenstein (Mary Shelley)
Frankenstein
17
Mary Shelley
Ghost and Horror Stories (Bidrce)
Ghost and Horror Stories
18
Bidrce
Ghost Stories and Mysteries (J Sheridan Le Fanu)
Ghost Stories and Mysteries
19
J Sheridan Le Fanu
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (M R James)
Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
20
M R James
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton (Edith Wharton)
The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton
21
Edith Wharton
Gothic Short Stories (Blair)
Gothic Short Stories
22
Blair
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural (Modern Library)
Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural
23
Modern Library
The Halloween Tree (Ray Bradbury)
The Halloween Tree
24
Ray Bradbury
The Haunted Doll's House (M. R. James)
The Haunted Doll's House
25
M. R. James
The Haunting of Hill House (Shirley Jackson)
The Haunting of Hill House
26
Shirley Jackson
The House of the Seven Gables (Hawthorne)
The House of the Seven Gables
27
Hawthorne
In the Land of Time & Other Fantasy Tales (Lord Dunsany)
In the Land of Time & Other Fantasy Tales
28
Lord Dunsany
The King in Yellow (Robert W. Chambers)
The King in Yellow
29
Robert W. Chambers
The King of Elfland's Daughter (Lord Dunsany)
The King of Elfland's Daughter
30
Lord Dunsany
Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Stories (Sheridan Le Fanu)
Madam Crowl's Ghost and Other Stories
31
Sheridan Le Fanu
The Monk (Matthew Lewis)
The Monk
32
Matthew Lewis
More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary (James)
More Ghost Stories of an Antiquary
33
James
The October Country (Ray Bradbury)
The October Country
34
Ray Bradbury
The Picture of Dorian Gray (Oscar Wilde)
The Picture of Dorian Gray
35
Oscar Wilde
The Power of Darkness (E. Nesbit)
The Power of Darkness
36
E. Nesbit
Something Wicked This Way Comes (Bradbury)
Something Wicked This Way Comes
37
Bradbury
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Robert Louis Stevenson)
The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
38
Robert Louis Stevenson
Strange Tales (Rudyard Kipling)
Strange Tales
39
Rudyard Kipling
Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Poe)
Tales of Mystery and Imagination
40
Poe
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