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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorThe Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories
William L. Hedges · 358 pages
Originally entitled, "The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent.", this collection of essays, sketches, and tales established Washington's reputation as America's foremost professional author. "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle" are classics of American fiction and display Irving's ability to depict American landscapes and culture. This volume also contains a number of gently ironic
Ritual
David Pinner
Shrouded in the same brand of mystery and contradiction that forms its tangled plot, "Ritual", the 1967 debut by David Pinner is commonly recognised by cult cinema fanatics as the original seed that grew into the towering movie enigma "The Wicker Man". Set against an enclosed rural Cornish landscape, Ritual follows the trail of English police officer, David Hanlin, who is requested to investiga
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Alvin Schwartz · 111 pages
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark is a timeless collection of chillingly scary tales and legends, in which folklorist Alvin Schwartz offers up some of the most alarming tales of horror, dark revenge, and supernatural events of all time.
The White People and Other Weird Stories
Arthur Machen · 377 pages
"Machen's weird tales of the creepy and fantastic finally come to Penguin Classics. With an introduction from S.T. Joshi, editor of AMERICAN SUPERNATURAL TALES, THE WHITE PEOPLE AND OTHER WEIRD STORIES is the perfect introduction to the father of weird fiction. The title story "The White People" is an exercise in the bizarre leaving the reader disoriented and on edge. From the first page, Machen t
Hex
Thomas Olde Heuvelt · 384 pages
"Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a seventeenth-century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Muzzled, she walks the streets and enters homes at will. She stands next to children's beds for nights on end. Everybody knows that her eyes may never be opened or the consequences will be too terrible to bear. The elders of Black S
Dark Hollow
Brian Keene · 384 pages
Strange things are happening in the rural community of LeHorn's Hollow. Women are disappearing overnight, mysterious fires are seen in the woods, and eerie piping music is heard. The ancient god Pan has been summoned to Earth!
Pedro Páramo
Juan Rulfo · 123 pages
Dentro de su brevedad -determinada por el rigor y la concentración expresiva-, *Pedro Páramo* sintetiza la mayor parte de los temas que han interesado -y afligido- siempre a los mexicanos: ese misterio nacional que el talento de Juan Rulfo ha sabido condensar por medio rural del sur de Jalisco -de Comala en particular, región inscrita ya en la mitología literia universal-; sus personajes muertos q
Occultation and Other Stories
Laird Barron · 245 pages
Laird Barron has emerged as one of the strongest voices in modern horror and dark fantasy fiction, building on the eldritch tradition pioneered by writers such as H. P. Lovecraft, Peter Straub, and Thomas Ligotti. His stories have garnered critical acclaim and have been reprinted in numerous year’s best anthologies and nominated for multiple awards, including the Crawford, International Horror Gui
Young Goodman Brown and Other Short Stories
Nathaniel Hawthorne · 111 pages
Contents: [Dr. Heidegger's Experiment](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455515W) The birthmark -- [Young Goodman Brown][1] -- [Rappaccini's Daughter](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455378W) Roger Malvin's burial -- The artist of the beautiful -- My kinsman, Major Molineux [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL455569W/Young_Goodman_Brown
Fragile Things: Short Fictions and Wonders
Neil Gaiman · 400 pages
This is a duplicate. Please update your lists. See https://openlibrary.org/works/OL679359W.
The Dunwich Horror and Other Stories
H.P. Lovecraft
The Dunwich horror -- The dreams in the witch house -- The lurking fear -- The thing on the doorstep -- Hypnos -- The outsider.
The Complete Grimm's Fairy Tales
Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm · 880 pages
Enter, Night
Michael Rowe · 340 pages
In 1972 Christina Parr, a widow, her daughter Morgan and brother-in-law Jeremy and Dr. Billy Lightning, who is searching for the truth to his father's murder, return to Parr's Landing, Ontario just as an old evil is about to be resurrected.
The Man in the Moss
Phil Rickman · 608 pages
Though dead for two millennia, he remains perfectly preserved in black peat. The Man in the Moss is one of the most fascinating finds of the century. But, for the isolated Pennine community of Bridelow, his removal is a sinister sign. A danger to the ancient spiritual tradition maintained, curiously, by the Mothers' Union. In the wecks approaching Samhain — the Celtic least of the dead — tra
Hellboy, Vol. 7: The Troll Witch and Others
Mike Mignola, P. Craig Russell · 144 pages
A collection featuring the world's greatest paranormal detective includes a previously unpublished story by Mike Mignola and P. Craig Russell, along with sketches and story notes.
Long Lankin
Lindsey Barraclough · 464 pages
A compelling, atmospheric story inspired by a haunting folk song about murder, witchcraft and revenge.
Blood and Salt
Kim Liggett · 352 pages
Romeo and Juliet meets Children of the Corn in this one-of-a-kind romantic horror. “When you fall in love, you will carve out your heart and throw it into the deepest ocean. You will be all in—blood and salt.” These are the last words Ash Larkin hears before her mother returns to the spiritual commune she escaped long ago. But when Ash follows her to Quivira, Kansas, something sinister and a