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24 books with the same feel
Include books by the same authorI Have No Mouth and I Must Scream
Harlan Ellison · 178 pages
This is a story set in a post-apocalyptic future. The Cold War progressed until it was too complicated for humans to manage, so the three major superpowers each developed a computer program to help run the war. When one of the programs becomes sentient it eliminates all of the human race except five persons, which it tortures for eternity.
Book of the Dead
Glen Vasey, Les Daniels, Douglas E. Winter, Steven R. Boyett, Nicholas Royle, Joe R. Lansdale, Brian Hodge, David J. Schow, Robert R. McCammon, Chan McConnell, Richard Laymon, Ramsey Campbell, Stephen King, Philip Nutman, Edward Bryant · 362 pages
Blossom / Chan McConnell -- Mess hall / Richard Laymon -- It helps if you sing / Ramsey Campbell -- [Home delivery / Stephen King][1] -- Wet work / Philip Nutman -- A sad last love at the diner of the damned / Edward Bryant -- Bodies and heads / Steve Rasnic Tem -- Choices / Glen vasey -- The good parts / Les Daniels -- Less than zombie / Douglas E. Winter -- Like Pavlov's dogs
Haunted
Chuck Palahniuk · 416 pages
Twenty-three stories chronicle the experiences of people who have answered an ad for an artist's retreat, believing that they will find a peaceful refuge, only to find themselves isolated and trapped in a cavernous old theater.
Gutshot
Amelia Gray · 209 pages
"A searing new collection from the inimitable Amelia Gray. A woman creeps through the ductwork of a quiet home. A medical procedure reveals an object of worship. A carnivorous reptile divides and cauterizes a town. Amelia Gray's curio cabinet expands in Gutshot, where isolation and coupling are pushed to their dark and outrageous edges. These singular stories live and breathe on their own, pulsati
Her Body and Other Parties
Carmen Maria Machado · 248 pages
In this electric and provocative debut, Carmen Maria Machado bends genre to shape startling narratives that map the realities of women's lives and the violence visited upon their bodies. A wife refuses her husband's entreaties to remove the green ribbon from around her neck. A woman recounts her sexual encounters as a plague slowly consumes humanity. A salesclerk in a mall makes a horrifying di
Fragments of Horror
Junji Ito · 219 pages
A new collection of delightfully macabre tales from a master of horror manga. An old wooden mansion that turns on its inhabitants. A dissection class with a most unusual subject. A funeral where the dead are definitely not laid to rest. Ranging from the terrifying to the comedic, from the erotic to the loathsome, these stories showcase Junji Itō's long-awaited return to the world of horror.
Are You Loathsome Tonight?: A Collection of Short Stories
Poppy Z. Brite · 185 pages
Poppy Z. Brite, an acclaimed horror fan favorite, is known for going to the edge and back—and this collection of stories, many set against the backdrop of the author's native New Orleans, explores the outermost regions of murder, sex, death, and religion. Featuring titles such as "In Vermis Veritas," "Entertaining Mr. Orton," and "Mussolini and the Axeman's Jazz," as well as collaborations with
The Facts In The Case Of M. Valdemar
Edgar Allan Poe · 32 pages
"The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar" is a short story by the American author Edgar Allan Poe about a mesmerist who puts a man in a suspended hypnotic state at the moment of death. An example of a tale of suspense and horror, it is also to a certain degree a hoax, as it was published without claiming to be fictional, and many at the time of publication (1845) took it to be a factual account. Poe
The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories: The Great Short Works of Franz Kafka
Franz Kafka · 316 pages
"Translated by Joachim Neugroschel, The Metamorphosis, In the Penal Colony, and Other Stories is widely recognized as the preeminent English-language anthology of Kafka's stories. These translations illuminate one of this century's most controversial writers and have made Kafka's work accessible to a whole new generation. This classic collection of forty-one great short works - including such tim
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
Tapping the Vein
Clive Barker, P. Craig Russell, Chuck Wagner, Fred Burke, Bo Hampton, Steve Niles · 160 pages
Robot Visions
Isaac Asimov · 496 pages
Collection of science fiction short stories and factual essays **Short stories:** Robot visions Too bad! [Robbie](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL46260W) Liar! Runaround Evidence Little lost robot The Evitable conflict Feminine intuition The Bicentennial man Someday Think! Segregationist Mirror image Lenny Galley slave Christmas without Rodney **Essays:** Robots I have kn
Otherness
David Brin · 368 pages
From multiple award-winning author David Brin comes this extraordinary collection of tales and essays of the near and distant future, as humans and aliens encounter the secrets of the cosmos--and of their own existence. In "Dr. Pak's Preschool" a woman discovers that her baby has been called upon to work while still in the womb. In "NatuLife" a married couple finds their relationship threatened