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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Song for the Unraveling of the World by Brian Evenson

Song for the Unraveling of the World

Brian Evenson

240 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror short stories dark mysterious fast-paced
Goblin: A Novel in Six Novellas by Josh Malerman

Goblin: A Novel in Six Novellas

Earthling Halloween Series #13

Josh Malerman

416 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction horror short stories dark medium-paced
The Pram by Joe Hill

The Pram

Creature Feature Collection #1

Joe Hill

58 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror adventurous dark tense fast-paced
Cursed Bunny by Bora Chung

Cursed Bunny

Bora Chung

247 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

fiction horror short stories speculative fiction dark mysterious medium-paced
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes by Eric LaRocca

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes

Eric LaRocca

283 pages • first pub 2022 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ short stories dark tense fast-paced
The Sandman by E.T.A. Hoffmann

The Sandman

E.T.A. Hoffmann

98 pages • first pub 1816 (editions)

fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap

Never Have I Ever

Isabel Yap

297 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction short stories dark mysterious reflective medium-paced
Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes by Eric LaRocca

Things Have Gotten Worse Since We Last Spoke And Other Misfortunes

Eric LaRocca

288 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ dark tense fast-paced
What the #@&% Is That?: The Saga Anthology of the Monstrous and the Macabre by John Joseph Adams, Douglas Cohen

What the #@&% Is That?: The Saga Anthology of the Monstrous and the Macabre

John Joseph Adams, Douglas Cohen

368 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

fiction horror short stories adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced
The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories by Eric LaRocca

The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

Eric LaRocca

208 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

fiction horror lgbtqia+ short stories dark tense fast-paced