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Short Stories for October and Halloween - Page 2

In the quiet, in the dark, no lights but one behind you, an open book across your lap, and all the time of night to terrorize yourself.
Old or new, some of the best dark fiction, tales of terror or of the supernatural, come in short forms. Here are some suggested stories, some quiet as they creep up on you, and some louder, launching themselves at you from their first words; some stories feature ghosts and some vampires, some werewolves and some mummies, some present things harder to name and some are all about human deviltry. And some are even funny.
Titles here represent specific short stories or novellas, not collections or novels, and are in order alphabetically by title.
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Carnaby's Fish (Carl Jacobi)
Carnaby's Fish
41
Carl Jacobi
Carrion Comfort (Dan Simmons)
Carrion Comfort
42
Dan Simmons
The Cask of Amontillado (Edgar Allan Poe)
The Cask of Amontillado
43
Edgar Allan Poe
Casting the Runes by MR James
Casting the Runes by MR James
44
The Cat Jumps (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Cat Jumps
45
Elizabeth Bowen
"Caterpillars" (E.F. Benson)
"Caterpillars"
46
E.F. Benson
A Child's Problem (Reggie Oliver)
A Child's Problem
47
Reggie Oliver
Civilwarland in Bad Decline (George Saunders)
Civilwarland in Bad Decline
48
George Saunders
The Coffin-Maker's Daughter (Angela Slatter)
The Coffin-Maker's Daughter
49
Angela Slatter
Cold Print (Ramsey Campbell)
Cold Print
50
Ramsey Campbell
A Colder War (Charles Stross)
A Colder War
51
Charles Stross
The Color Out of Space (H. P. Lovecraft)
The Color Out of Space
52
H. P. Lovecraft
Come, Lady Death (Peter Beagle)
Come, Lady Death
53
Peter Beagle
Conversations in a Dead Language (Thomas Ligotti)
Conversations in a Dead Language
54
Thomas Ligotti
Crouch End (Stephen King)
Crouch End
55
Stephen King
The Crowd (Ray Bradbury)
The Crowd
56
Ray Bradbury
The Damned Thing (Ambrose Bierce)
The Damned Thing
57
Ambrose Bierce
Cleopatra Brimstone (Elizabeth Hand)
Cleopatra Brimstone
58
Elizabeth Hand
The Dark Eidolon (Clark Ashton Smith)
The Dark Eidolon
59
Clark Ashton Smith
The Dead Valley (Ralph Adams Cram)
The Dead Valley
60
Ralph Adams Cram
Dear Emily (Joanna Russ)
Dear Emily
61
Joanna Russ
Delta Sly Honey (Lucius Shepard)
Delta Sly Honey
62
Lucius Shepard
The Demon Lover (Elizabeth Bowen)
The Demon Lover
63
Elizabeth Bowen
Descending (Thomas Disch)
Descending
64
Thomas Disch
The Devil's Rose (Tanith Lee)
The Devil's Rose
65
Tanith Lee
The Devotee of Evil (Clark Ashton Smith)
The Devotee of Evil
66
Clark Ashton Smith
Displaced Person (Eric Frank Russell)
Displaced Person
67
Eric Frank Russell
The Distributor (Richard Matheson)
The Distributor
68
Richard Matheson
Disturb Not My Slumbering Fair (Chelsea Quinn Yarbro)
Disturb Not My Slumbering Fair
69
Chelsea Quinn Yarbro
Dracula's Guest
Dracula's Guest
70
The Dreams of Albert Moreland (Fritz Leiber)
The Dreams of Albert Moreland
71
Fritz Leiber
The Dressmaker's Doll (Agatha Christie)
The Dressmaker's Doll
72
Agatha Christie
Drive-In Date (Joe R. Lansdale)
Drive-In Date
73
Joe R. Lansdale
The Empire of the Necromancers (Clark Ashton Smith)
The Empire of the Necromancers
74
Clark Ashton Smith
The End of the Story (Clark Ashton Smith)
The End of the Story
75
Clark Ashton Smith
The End of the Whole Mess (Stephen King)
The End of the Whole Mess
76
Stephen King
Enoch Soames (Max Beerbohm)
Enoch Soames
77
Max Beerbohm
The Estuary (Margaret St. Clair)
The Estuary
78
Margaret St. Clair
Evening Primrose (John Collier)
Evening Primrose
79
John Collier
The Events at Poroth Farm (T. E. D. Klein)
The Events at Poroth Farm
80
T. E. D. Klein
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