PDF Books in Horror Fiction
The Cask of Amontillado
by Edgar Allan PoeThe Cask of Amontillado is a mystery story of the narrator who buried his friend alive as revenge against his insult by him. This short horror story is written by the American mystery writer Edgar Allan Poe, who is known as the inventor of detective fiction writings. Among his many mystery short stories notable include The Black Cat, Th..
The Masque of the Red Death
by Edgar Allan PoeThe Masque of the Red Death is a gothic fiction short story written by the American author Edgar Allan Poe known for his mystery short tales such as The Cask of Amontillado, The Fall of the House of Usher, The Black Cat , and The Imp of the Perverse. The Masque of the Red Death narrates the story of the Prince Prospero, who attempts to escape from ..
The Great God Pan
by Arthur MachenThe Great God Pan is a horror novel written by the Welsh novelist Arthur Machen, whose works had influential effects on the supernatural fiction genre. Dr. Raymond perform a brain surgery on Mary in an effort to seeing the (Greek mythical) God Pan. His surgery has horrific effects and she wakes up mentally crippled. Years later a woman named Helen ..
Tales of Terror and Mystery
by Arthur Conan DoyleTales of Terror and Mystery is a collection of ignored works from the master of detective fiction writer Arthur Conan Doyle. All the tales written in this series are without the presence of Conan's popular detective Sherlock Holmes, however the stories starts with logical facts and takes a steep turn in mysteries circumstances, travels through puzz..
Varney the Vampire; Or, the Feast of Blood
by Thomas Preskett PrestVarney the Vampire; Or, the Feast of Blood is vampire fiction work written by Thomas Preskett Prest, although there are disputes over the authorship and it also being attributed to James Malcolm Rymer. It first appeared in 1845–47 as a series of cheap pamphlets of the kind then known as "penny dreadfuls". The story was published in book f..
The Beast in the Jungle
by Henry JamesThe Beast in the Jungle is a 1903 novella by Henry James, first published as part of the collection, The Better Sort. Almost universally considered one of James' finest short narratives, this story treats appropriately universal themes: loneliness, fate, love and death. The parable of John Marcher and his peculiar destiny has spoken to many readers..
The Haunted Hotel - A Mystery of Modern Venice
by Wilkie CollinsWilkie Collins's ghost story was set in 1860 and published in book form with 'My Lady's Money'. It was dedicated to his friends Mr and Mrs Sebastian Schlesinger. Apart from supernatural elements, the story contains detective procedures and an insurance fraud relying on substituted identity that anticipates the later Blind Love (1890).&n..
Pillar of Fire
by Ray BradburyHe couldn't breathe. He flung his arms over his face and tried to breathe. It was impossible. He walked on the earth, he came out of the earth. But he was dead. He couldn't breathe. He could take air into his mouth and force it half down his throat, with withered moves of long-dormant muscles, wildly, wildly! And with this little air he could shout..