Horror Subgenre Challenge! - hosted by dexlud

Short Story Horror
Short story horror is a horror that is told in short stories. This genre will most likely overlap with some of these other ones, so feel free to reuse a book, although try not to!

Examples Include: Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke by Eric LaRocca, Stories of the Occult by Jamie King, Ghostly Stories by Celia Fremlin, Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Alvin Schwartz, The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enriquez and Megan McDowell
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Amelia by A.W. Rene

Amelia

A.W. Rene

113 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

fiction horror
The House Where Death Lives by Alex Brown, Traci Chee, Tori Bovalino, Kay Costales, Gina Chen, C.L. McCollum, Nova Ren Suma, Justine Pucella Winans, Nora Elghazzawi, Sandra Proudman, g. haron davis, Shelly Page, Liz Hull, Rosiee Thor, Courtney Gould, Linsey Miller

The House Where Death Lives

Alex Brown, Traci Chee, Tori Bovalino, Kay Costales, Gina Chen, C.L. McCollum, Nova Ren Suma, Justine Pucella Winans, Nora Elghazzawi, Sandra Proudman, g. haron davis, Shelly Page, Liz Hull, Rosiee Thor, Courtney Gould, Linsey Miller

352 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

fiction horror short stories young adult medium-paced
The Book of Queer Saints by Mae Murray, Eric Raglin, Perry Ruhland, LC von Hessen, James Bennett, George Daniel Lea, Nikki R. Leigh, Joe Koch, K.S. Walker, Hailey Piper, Briar Ripley Page, Joshua R. Pangborn, Eric LaRocca, Belle Tolls

The Book of Queer Saints

Mae Murray, Eric Raglin, Perry Ruhland, LC von Hessen, James Bennett, George Daniel Lea, Nikki R. Leigh, Joe Koch, K.S. Walker, Hailey Piper, Briar Ripley Page, Joshua R. Pangborn, Eric LaRocca, Belle Tolls

188 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ short stories dark medium-paced
The Black Phone: Stories by Joe Hill

The Black Phone: Stories

Joe Hill

336 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror short stories dark mysterious tense medium-paced
Different Faces by Rory Say

Different Faces

dim shores chapbooks

Rory Say

67 pages • first pub 2024 (editions) user-added

fiction horror short stories
Dead Lake by Darcy Coates

Dead Lake

Darcy Coates

243 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

fiction horror mystery dark mysterious fast-paced
Petite Mort by S.C. Mendes, Nikki Noir

Petite Mort

S.C. Mendes, Nikki Noir

182 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark tense fast-paced
The Girl Who Cried Diamonds and Other Stories by Rebecca Hirsch Garcia

The Girl Who Cried Diamonds and Other Stories

Rebecca Hirsch Garcia

256 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror literary short stories dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Betwixt: A Horror Manga Anthology by Ryo Hanada, Aki Shimizu, Shima Shinya, Michael Conrad, Becky Cloonan, Leslie Hung, Hua Hua Zhu, Sloane Leong

Betwixt: A Horror Manga Anthology

Ryo Hanada, Aki Shimizu, Shima Shinya, Michael Conrad, Becky Cloonan, Leslie Hung, Hua Hua Zhu, Sloane Leong

200 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror manga short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced
The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen by Ellen Datlow

The Best Horror of the Year Volume Thirteen

The Best Horror of the Year #13

Ellen Datlow

432 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark mysterious tense medium-paced