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Short Stories for October and Halloween - Page 8

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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Thus I Refute Beelzy (John Collier)
Thus I Refute Beelzy
281
John Collier
Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back (Joe R. Lansdale)
Tight Little Stitches in a Dead Man's Back
282
Joe R. Lansdale
Torch Song (John Cheever)
Torch Song
283
John Cheever
A Touch of Nutmeg Makes It (John Collier)
A Touch of Nutmeg Makes It
284
John Collier
The Tugging (Ramsey Campbell)
The Tugging
285
Ramsey Campbell
Two Bottles of Relish (Lord Dunsany)
Two Bottles of Relish
286
Lord Dunsany
The Two Sams (Glen Hirshberg)
The Two Sams
287
Glen Hirshberg
Undertow (Karl Edward Wagner)
Undertow
288
Karl Edward Wagner
Unicorn Variations (Suzy McKee Charnas)
Unicorn Variations
289
Suzy McKee Charnas
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag (Robert A. Heinlein)
The Unpleasant Profession of Jonathan Hoag
290
Robert A. Heinlein
Valentia (Caitlin R. Kiernan)
Valentia
291
Caitlin R. Kiernan
"The Upper Berth" (F. Marion Crawford)
"The Upper Berth"
292
F. Marion Crawford
The Villa Desiree (May Sinclair)
The Villa Desiree
293
May Sinclair
The Vine (Kit Reed)
The Vine
294
Kit Reed
Vintage Season (C. L. Moore & Henry Kuttner)
Vintage Season
295
C. L. Moore & Henry Kuttner
The Visiting Star (Robert Aickman)
The Visiting Star
296
Robert Aickman
A Visitor From Down Under (L. P. Hartley)
A Visitor From Down Under
297
L. P. Hartley
The Viy (Nikolai Gogol)
The Viy
298
Nikolai Gogol
The Voice in the Night (William Hope Hodgson)
The Voice in the Night
299
William Hope Hodgson
The Voice of the Beach (Ramsey Campbell)
The Voice of the Beach
300
Ramsey Campbell
The Wall of Clouds (Sarah Monette)
The Wall of Clouds
301
Sarah Monette
Was She Wicked? Was She Good? (M. Rickert)
Was She Wicked? Was She Good?
302
M. Rickert
The Wendigo (Algernon Blackwood)
The Wendigo
303
Algernon Blackwood
What Was It? (Fritz-James O'Brien)
What Was It?
304
Fritz-James O'Brien
Where the Woodbine Twineth (Davis Grubb)
Where the Woodbine Twineth
305
Davis Grubb
The Whimper of Whipped Dogs (Harlan Ellison)
The Whimper of Whipped Dogs
306
Harlan Ellison
The White Hands (Mark Samuels)
The White Hands
307
Mark Samuels
Whitstable (Stephen Volk)
Whitstable
308
Stephen Volk
Who Goes There? (John W. Campbell Jr.)
Who Goes There?
309
John W. Campbell Jr.
The Wide, Carnivorous Sky (John Langan)
The Wide, Carnivorous Sky
310
John Langan
The Wife's Story (Ursula K. Le Guin)
The Wife's Story
311
Ursula K. Le Guin
William Wilson (Edgar Allan Poe)
William Wilson
312
Edgar Allan Poe
The Willows by Algernon Blackwood
The Willows by Algernon Blackwood
313
Window (Bob Leman)
Window
314
Bob Leman
The Year's Class Picture (Dan Simmons)
The Year's Class Picture
315
Dan Simmons
The Yellow Sign (Robert W. Chambers)
The Yellow Sign
316
Robert W. Chambers
The Yellow Wallpaper (Charlotte Perkins Gilman)
The Yellow Wallpaper
317
Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Yesterday's Witch (Gahan Wilson)
Yesterday's Witch
318
Gahan Wilson
You're All Alone (Fritz Leiber)
You're All Alone
319
Fritz Leiber
Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper (Robert Bloch)
Yours Truly, Jack the Ripper
320
Robert Bloch
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