Horror intends to create an eerie and frightening atmosphere for the reader. Prevalent elements include ghosts, demons, vampires, werewolves, ghouls, the Devil, witches, monsters, dystopian and apocalyptic worlds, serial killers, cannibalism, psychopaths, cults, dark magic, Satanism, the macabre, gore, and torture."The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. These facts few psychologists will dispute, and their admitted truth must establish for all time the genuineness and dignity of the weirdly horrible tale as a literary form?As may naturally be expected of a form so closely connected with primal emotion, the horror-tale is as old as human thought and speech themselves".Contents:Edgar Allan PoeTHE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUETHE GOLD BUGTHE BLACK CATTHE PIT AND THE PENDULUMTHE TELL-TALE HEARTTHE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHERTHE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATHTHE CASK OF AMONTILLADOTHE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMARHOP-FROGTHE RAVENBram StokerDRACULAMary ShelleyFRANKENSTEINJoseph Sheridan Le FanuCARMILLARobert Louis StevensonTHE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDEH.P. LovecraftTHE ALCHEMISTAT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESSAZATHOTHTHE BEAST IN THE CAVEBEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEPTHE BOOKTHE CALL OF CTHULHUTHE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARDTHE CATS OF ULTHARTHE COLOUR OUT OF SPACEDAGONTHE DESCENDANTTHE DOOM THAT CAME TO SARNATHTHE DREAM-QUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATHTHE DUNWICH HORRORTHE EVIL CLERGYMANEX OBLIVIONEFACTS CONCERNING THE LATE ARTHUR JERMYN AND HIS FAMILYTHE FESTIVALFROM BEYONDTHE HAUNTER OF THE DARKHEHERBERT WEST-REANIMATORTHE HISTORY OF THE NECRONOMICONTHE HORROR AT RED HOOKTHE HOUNDHYPNOSIBIDIN THE VAULTTHE LITTLE GLASS BOTTLEMEMORYTHE MOON-BOGTHE MUSIC OF ERICH ZANNTHE NAMELESS CITYNYARLATHOTEPOLD BUGSTHE OTHER GODSTHE OUTSIDERPICKMAN'S MODELTHE PICTURE IN THE HOUSEPOLARISTHE QUEST OF IRANONTHE RATS IN THE WALLSA REMINISCENCE OF DR. SAMUEL JOHNSONTHE SECRET CAVE OR JOHN LEES ADVENTURETHE SHADOW OUT OF TIMETHE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTHTHE SHUNNED HOUSETHE SILVER KEYTHE STATEMENT OF RANDOLPH CARTERTHE STRANGE HIGH HOUSE IN THE MISTTHE STREETTHE TEMPLETHE TERRIBLE OLD MANTHE TOMBTHE TRANSITION OF JUAN ROMEROTHE TREEUNDER THE PYRAMIDSTHE VERY OLD FOLKWHAT THE MOON BRINGSTHE WHISPERER IN DARKNESSTHE WHITE SHIPSUPERNATURAL HORROR IN LITERATUREAlgernon BlackwoodTHE WILLOWSFrancis Marion CrawfordTHE DOLL'S GHOSTRobert W. ChambersTHE KING IN YELLOW
Horror intends to create an eerie and frightening atmosphere for the reader. Prevalent elements include ghosts, demons, vampires, werewolves, ghouls, the Devil, witches, monsters, dystopian and apocalyptic worlds, serial killers, cannibalism, psychopaths, cults, dark magic, Satanism, the macabre, gore, and torture.
"The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. These facts few psychologists will dispute, and their admitted truth must establish for all time the genuineness and dignity of the weirdly horrible tale as a literary form...
As may naturally be expected of a form so closely connected with primal emotion, the horror-tale is as old as human thought and speech themselves".
Contents:
Edgar Allan Poe
THE MURDERS IN THE RUE MORGUE
THE GOLD BUG
THE BLACK CAT
THE PIT AND THE PENDULUM
THE TELL-TALE HEART
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF USHER
THE MASQUE OF THE RED DEATH
THE CASK OF AMONTILLADO
THE FACTS IN THE CASE OF M. VALDEMAR
HOP-FROG
THE RAVEN
Bram Stoker
DRACULA
Mary Shelley
FRANKENSTEIN
Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
CARMILLA
Robert Louis Stevenson
THE STRANGE CASE OF DR. JEKYLL AND MR. HYDE
H.P. Lovecraft
THE ALCHEMIST
AT THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS
AZATHOTH
THE BEAST IN THE CAVE
BEYOND THE WALL OF SLEEP
THE BOOK
THE CALL OF CTHULHU
THE CASE OF CHARLES DEXTER WARD
THE CATS OF ULTHAR
THE COLOUR OUT OF SPACE
DAGON
THE DESCENDANT
THE DOOM THAT CAME TO SARNATH
THE DREAM-QUEST OF UNKNOWN KADATH
THE DUNWICH HORROR
THE EVIL CLERGYMAN
EX OBLIVIONE
FACTS CONCERNING THE LATE ARTHUR JERMYN AND HIS FAMILY
THE FESTIVAL
FROM BEYOND
THE HAUNTER OF THE DARK
HE
HERBERT WEST-REANIMATOR
THE HISTORY OF THE NECRONOMICON
THE HORROR AT RED HOOK
THE HOUND
HYPNOS
IBID
IN THE VAULT
THE LITTLE GLASS BOTTLE
MEMORY
THE MOON-BOG
THE MUSIC OF ERICH ZANN
THE NAMELESS CITY
NYARLATHOTEP
OLD BUGS
THE OTHER GODS
THE OUTSIDER
PICKMAN'S MODEL
THE PICTURE IN THE HOUSE
POLARIS
THE QUEST OF IRANON
THE RATS IN THE WALLS
A REMINISCENCE OF DR. SAMUEL JOHNSON
THE SECRET CAVE OR JOHN LEES ADVENTURE
THE SHADOW OUT OF TIME
THE SHADOW OVER INNSMOUTH
THE SHUNNED HOUSE
THE SILVER KEY
THE STATEMENT OF RANDOLPH CARTER
THE STRANGE HIGH HOUSE IN THE MIST
THE STREET
THE TEMPLE
THE TERRIBLE OLD MAN
THE TOMB
THE TRANSITION OF JUAN ROMERO
THE TREE
UNDER THE PYRAMIDS
THE VERY OLD FOLK
WHAT THE MOON BRINGS
THE WHISPERER IN DARKNESS
THE WHITE SHIP
SUPERNATURAL HORROR IN LITERATURE
Algernon Blackwood
THE WILLOWS
Francis Marion Crawford
THE DOLL'S GHOST
Robert W. Chambers
THE KING IN YELLOW