Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce

10 best books like Ghost and Horror Stories of Ambrose Bierce (Ambrose Bierce): Ghost Stories, Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood, The Dark Descent, Tales of Unease, Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural, The Three Impostors and Other Stories, Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural, Best Ghost Stories of J.S. Le Fanu, Lovecraft Unbound, The Collected Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson

Ghost Stories

Author	Henry James
ISBN	1840224223

With an Introduction and Notes by Martin Scofield, University of Kent at Canterbury. Henry James was arguably the greatest practitioner of what has been called the psychological ghost story. His stories explore the region which lies between the supernatural or straightforwardly marvellous and...

Best Ghost Stories of Algernon Blackwood

Author	Algernon Blackwood
ISBN	0486229777

A woman of snow ... a midnight caller keeping his promise ... forests where Nature is deliberate and malefic ... enchanted houses ... these are the beings and ideas that flood through this collection of ghost stories by Algernon Blackwood (1869-1951). Altogether 13 stories, gathered from the entire...

The Dark Descent

Author	David G. Hartwell
ISBN	0312862172

This highly acclaimed anthology traces the evolution of horror, from Nathaniel Hawthorn and Edgar Allan Poe to Stephen King. Adopted by colleges across the country to be used in literature courses, The Dark Descent showcases some of the finest horror fiction ever written.

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Tales of Unease

Author	Arthur Conan Doyle
ISBN	1840224061

One of the impressive things about this book is that its worst stories, in spite of their trivial or absurd denouements, still offer a satisfying reading experience. Conan Doyle is a master of narrative prose and draws you into the world of his stories even when their essential conception may be...

Masterpieces of Terror and the Supernatural

Author	Marvin Kaye
ISBN	0385185499

I savored these stories and poems, reading them over the course of several years, whenever it was late at night, and I was in the mood for some good horror.



The Professor's Teddy Bear, by Theodore Sturgeon, is possibly my favorite short story ever, and I have read it many times. The other...

The Three Impostors and Other Stories

Author	Arthur Machen
ISBN	1568821328

Some of the finest horror stories ever written. Arthur Machen had a profound impact upon H.P. Lovecraft and the group of stories that would later become known as the Cthulhu Mythos. This first volume of Chaosium's Arthur Machen collection begins with the chilling "The Three Impostors" in its complete...

Great Tales of Terror and the Supernatural

Author	Phyllis Fraser
ISBN	0679601287

When this longtime Modern Library favorite--filled with fifty-two stories of heart-stopping suspense--was first published in 1944, one of its biggest fans was critic Edmund Wilson, who in The New Yorker applauded what he termed a sudden revival of the appetite for tales of horror. Represented in...

Best Ghost Stories of J.S. Le Fanu

Author	J. Sheridan Le Fanu
ISBN	0486204154

Distinguished Edwardian ghost story author M. R. James referred to his Victorian predecessor Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873) as "the Master" of the sub-genre, an assessment echoed by many fans since then. E. F. Bleiler, one of the few serious 20th-century literary scholars to specialize in (instead...

Lovecraft Unbound

Author	Ellen Datlow
ISBN	1595821465

The stories are legendary, the characters unforgettable, the world horrible and disturbing. Howard Phillips Lovecraft may have been a writer for only a short time, but the creations he left behind after his death in 1937 have shaped modern horror more than any other author in the last two centuries:...

The Collected Ghost Stories of E.F. Benson

Author	E.F. Benson
ISBN	0786709804

United by a perfect chilling atmosphere and graceful literary style, these ghostly stories range from the horror of vampires, homicidal ghosts and monstrous spectral worms and slugs (appearing in the classic "Negotium Perambulans" and "And No Bird Sings") to the satire of humorous tales that poke...

Carnacki, the Ghost Finder

Author	William Hope Hodgson
ISBN	1406905747

Carnacki, the Ghost-Finder is a collection of supernatural detective short stories by author William Hope Hodgson. It was first published in 1913 by the English publisher Eveleigh Nash. In 1947, a new edition of 3,050 copies was published by Mycroft & Moran and included three additional stories....

Books of Blood: Volume Three

Author

Clive Barker

Alternate Cover Edition for ISBN 9780425093474

To a mortician, the preparation of a corpse is an art. The smooth, silent exchange of blood and embalming fluid is like a symphony to be orchestrated. The presentation of the deceased -- lying in a shining casket framed by flowers -- is an exquisitely...