Browse Stories
Showing 1-12 of 36 stories

Horror
The Bolted Door
By Edith Wharton
A tired, middle-aged man, baffled and worn out by years of literary failure, contemplates a desperate act and summons his lawyer for a final, unsettling confession.

Horror
The Shadow
By Hans Christian Andersen
A learned man's shadow detaches itself, gains independence, and ultimately usurps its former master's life and identity.

Horror
Nie Xiaoqian (The Ghost Lover) (聂小倩)
By Pu Songling
A scholar encounters a beautiful ghost haunted by a demon and must help her find freedom.

Horror
Painted Skin (画皮)
By Pu Songling
A scholar encounters a beautiful woman who is actually a hideous demon wearing a painted human skin, leading to a terrifying ordeal and a strange resurrection.

Horror
The Dunwich Horror
By H. P. Lovecraft
A tale of hereditary horror and cosmic dread in isolated Dunwich, where a monstrous entity is unleashed upon the world.

Horror
The Call of Cthulhu
By H. P. Lovecraft
A university professor's investigation into a mysterious cult and a grotesque statuette uncovers terrifying secrets about ancient cosmic entities and the perilous fragility of human sanity.

Horror
The Outsider
By H. P. Lovecraft
An isolated figure, after escaping a decaying castle, makes a horrifying discovery about their own identity upon encountering a lively party.

Horror
Dagon
By H. P. Lovecraft
A morphine-addicted man recounts his horrifying encounter with a monstrous, ancient sea creature and a cyclopean monolith after being shipwrecked on a newly risen, nightmarish landmass in the Pacific.

Horror
Dracula’s Guest
By Bram Stoker
An Englishman's eerie adventure on Walpurgis Night near Munich takes a dark turn when he stumbles upon a mysterious tomb guarded by a wolf and encounters supernatural forces, only to be rescued under the watchful eye of Dracula.

Horror
Casting the Runes
By M. R. James
A scholar incurs the wrath of a sinister occultist after rejecting his work, leading to a desperate race to undo a deadly curse transmitted by ancient runes.

Horror
Sredni Vashtar
By Saki (H. H. Munro)
A sickly boy finds solace and a dark form of empowerment through his secret worship of a polecat-ferret he names Sredni Vashtar, leading to a grim triumph over his oppressive guardian.

Horror
The Wendigo
By Algernon Blackwood
A hunting party in the desolate Canadian wilderness encounters the terrifying Wendigo, a creature of legend that embodies the horror and isolation of the untamed north.