favorite short horror stories

[mjs9153]

I was wondering what you all like for short stories,in the horror genre,as we are here on SK's site,I think he writes some of the best shorts,and maybe it is some of his best writing..no need for a top ten or anything like that,just what you like..I will start with my favorite SK short,though I could fill the page with them..going to give other writers equal time..
Crouch End,by SK..a short walk in the London back areas,goes horribly wrong..Misty kinda wrong..
Canavan's Backyard,by Joseph Payne Brennan..disturbing,mind stretching type of story..
The Finnegan,by Ray Bradbury..arachnophobists need not apply..
Rio Grande Gothic,by David Morrell..you will never look at the guy selling you tomatoes and cucumbers at the farmers market the same way again..
The Dead Valley,by Ralph Adams Cram..another walk goes wrong(should we stay home and not go for walks?!) an older tale,but still disquieting..
The Mark of the Beast,by Rudyard Kipling..a howling good time..

As many or as few as you like,just wondering what you all like for short fiction like our SK produces...

 

[GNTLGNT]

...as a kid, I chewed up quite a bit of Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce and the like, then I got into Splatter Punk shorts and stories by Skipp & Spector, munched onJoe R.Lansdale and Ray Bradbury, and pretty much feasted on new horror anthologies anytime I could find them...

 

[not_nadine]

...as a kid, I chewed up quite a bit of Lovecraft, Ambrose Bierce and the like, then I got into Splatter Punk shorts and stories by Skipp & Spector, munched onJoe R.Lansdale and Ray Bradbury, and pretty much feasted on new horror anthologies anytime I could find them...

You need a cookie, GNT?

 

[Dana Jean]

Shirley Jackson
Edgar Poe
Ray Bradbury

 

[GNTLGNT]

You need a cookie, GNT?

...that obvious huh?....

 

[Steffen]

Sheridan Le Fanu - Carmilla, a vampire tale from the late 19th century
Arthur Machen - The Great God Pan
HP Lovecraft - every damn thing, but Pickman's Model and Dunwich Horro were the ones I read in school that made me seek out his work
Edgar Allan Poe - Masque of the Red Death always stood out to me, but I love everything he wrote

 

[Arcadevere]

Poe, Bradbury and Lovecraft fascinate me most, especially E.A. Poe because he is teh author of one of my first short story to read (cask of amontillado, during elementary days of mine)

 

[Tery]

Poe was my go to for short stories. But I would read stories recommended to me. That's how I found "The Upper Berth." Can't remember who wrote it but it scared the beejeezus out of me!

 

[mjs9153]

Poe was my go to for short stories. But I would read stories recommended to me. That's how I found "The Upper Berth." Can't remember who wrote it but it scared the beejeezus out of me!

Is this it? Haven't started reading it yet,but will..
The Upper Berth

 

[Doc Creed]

The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs. This one leaped to my mind immediately, which may come as no surprise to some of you, since my favorite King novel is Pet Sematary which riffs off of this famous gem.

 

[Kurben]

M.R.James. Oh, whistle and i come for you, my lad
Shirley Jackson. The Lottery
Poe. Masque Of The Red Death

 

[Nomik]

The Monkey's Paw by W.W. Jacobs. This one leaped to my mind immediately, which may come as no surprise to some of you, since my favorite King novel is Pet Sematary which riffs off of this famous gem.

Oh absolutely, Pet Sematary is by far the most disturbing King book. The Poe connection is a nice touch. There was one story in Full Dark No Stars (and I can't think of the title right now) that gave me the same kind of sensory heebie jeeebies, but not in a good way. I loved Pet Semetary because the moments from your worst nightmares balanced lovingly with characters like Jud Crandall and Pascal.

 

[Tery]

Is this it? Haven't started reading it yet,but will..
The Upper Berth

Yep. I'd wait until daylight if I were you!

 

[carrie's younger brother]

I think many of today's "psychological horror" short stories would not exist were it not for The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. Once read, you simply can't forget it.

 

[mjs9153]

Yep. I'd wait until daylight if I were you!

Haha, I did not wait till daylight I read it last night.. It was very good!

 

[Nomik]

Haha, I did not wait till daylight I read it last night.. It was very good!

I wish I had the time to get into The Yellow wallpaper right now. (Not literally!)

 

[doowopgirl]

M.R.James. Oh, whistle and i come for you, my lad
Shirley Jackson. The Lottery
Poe. Masque Of The Red Death

We are major fans of MR James in this house. I don't know anyone else who reads his stuff.

 

[doowopgirl]

Poe kind of got me started, but Shirley Jackson for sure.

 

[Kurben]

We are major fans of MR James in this house. I don't know anyone else who reads his stuff.

I love his ghost stories. Many that are really good.

 

[mjs9153]

I wish I had the time to get into The Yellow wallpaper right now. (Not literally!)

That is what is kind of cool about shorts,you can read one,or two,just before sleep,and not suffer too much loss of sleep,while a full length SK novel or another author,I may read until daylight..and I feel like I ate the whole pig at a pig roast..