PDF Books in Horror Fiction
The Phantom of the Opera
by Gaston LerouxThe Phantom of the Opera is a Gothic novel by Gaston Leroux. Christine a girl who sings chorus in the Paris Opera house, hear and start talking with a heavenly voice. The voice belongs to Erik, a mentally disturbed musical genius and one of the architects of the opera house. In spite of his deformed face, he starts loving Christine. Meanwhile Chris..
Incredible Adventures
by Algernon BlackwoodIncredible Adventures written by Algernon Blackwood is a series of novels and a short story. Though all of them are part of one book, there are no similarities with each other except the backgrounds of them are atmospheric. The Regeneration of Lord Ernie is about a tutor who tries to breathe spirit into his ward after exposing him to a ceremony,..
The Fall of the House of Usher
by Edgar Allan PoeThe Fall of the House of Usher is written by Edgar Allan Poe, an American author who has contributed to the invention and practicing writing in emerging genres of literary world such as detective fiction and science fiction. Poised to making a living in writing alone, he had run into financial troubles. This novel narrates the story of a family,..
The Castle of Otranto
by Horace WalpoleThe Castle of Otranto is a novel written by Horace Walpole, an English historian remembered for initiating the literary genre Gothic novel and his notable other writings include Some Anecdotes of Painting in England, The Mysterious Mother and A Description of the Villa of Mr. Horace Walpole. Manfred, lives as lord of the castle along with lady c..
The Monkey's Paw
by W. W. JacobsThe Monkey's Paw is a short story with horrifying end written by William Wymark Jacobs, an English novelist, well remembered for this horror story, though most of his stories are humorous, notable among them are Deep Waters, Ship's Company, At Sunwich Port and A Master of Craft. The family of Whites Mr. & Mrs. White and their son Herbert wer..
The Shunned House
by H. P. LovecraftThe Shunned House is a horror short story written by Howard Phillips Lovecraft, an American writer remembered for his horror fiction works, notable among them are The Call of Cthulhu and The Shadow Out of Time At the Mountains of Madness. The protagonist and his uncle Dr. Elihu Whipple have been fascinated with an abandoned house, in which the m..
The Red Room
by H. G. WellsThe Red Room is a gothic fiction written as a short story by H. G. Wells, an English novelist known as “The Father Of Science Fiction” for his works such as The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man and The Time Machine. The narrator bravely announces to an elderly couple working as caretakers of a house, that he has never seen a ghost and is not..
The Story of Blue-Beard
by Charles PerraultBlue Beard is folktale written by Charles Perrault, a French writer who laid the foundations for creation of literary genre folklore. Most of his works were rewritten by Brothers Grimm such as Little Red Riding Hood, Puss in Boots, Cinderella and The Sleeping Beauty. This folktale narrates the story of BlueBeard, an ugly aristocrat with bl..