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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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The Sandman by E.T.A. Hoffmann

The Sandman
E.T.A. Hoffmann with Christopher Moncreiff (Translator)

98 pages • first pub 1816 (editions)

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fiction classics horror short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced

The Sandman by E.T.A. Hoffmann

The Sandman

E.T.A. Hoffmann with Christopher Moncreiff (Translator)

98 pages • first pub 1816 (editions)

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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)

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fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction short stories dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

Never Have I Ever by Isabel Yap

Never Have I Ever

297 pages • first pub 2021 (editions)

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fiction horror lgbtqia+ science fiction short stories dark mysterious reflective medium-paced

What the #@&% Is That?: The Saga Anthology of the Monstrous and the Macabre by Douglas Cohen, John Joseph Adams

What the #@&% Is That?: The Saga Anthology of the Monstrous and the Macabre
Douglas Cohen, John Joseph Adams with Christopher Golden, Seanan McGuire, Scott Sigler, Rachel Swirsky, Alan Dean Foster, Maria Dahvana Headley, Jonathan Maberry

368 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

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fiction horror short stories adventurous dark mysterious medium-paced

What the #@&% Is That?: The Saga Anthology of the Monstrous and the Macabre by Douglas Cohen, John Joseph Adams

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

Douglas Cohen, John Joseph Adams with Christopher Golden, Seanan McGuire, Scott Sigler, Rachel Swirsky, Alan Dean Foster, Maria Dahvana Headley, Jonathan Maberry

368 pages • first pub 2016 (editions)

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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)

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fiction horror lgbtqia+ short stories dark tense fast-paced

The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories by Eric LaRocca

The Trees Grew Because I Bled There: Collected Stories

208 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

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fiction horror lgbtqia+ short stories dark tense fast-paced

Don't Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Jonathan Maberry, R.L. Stine

Don't Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark
Jonathan Maberry, R.L. Stine with Adam Verner (Narrator), Hillary Huber (Narrator)

6 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

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fiction horror middle grade short stories adventurous fast-paced

Don't Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark by Jonathan Maberry, R.L. Stine

Don't Turn Out the Lights: A Tribute to Alvin Schwartz's Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark

Jonathan Maberry, R.L. Stine with Adam Verner (Narrator), Hillary Huber (Narrator)

6 hours, 51 minutes • first pub 2020 (editions)

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fiction horror middle grade short stories adventurous fast-paced

Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant

Rolling in the Deep
Rolling in the Deep #0.5

Mira Grant

122 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

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fiction horror science fiction dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Rolling in the Deep by Mira Grant

Rolling in the Deep

Rolling in the Deep #0.5

122 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

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fiction horror science fiction dark mysterious tense fast-paced

Full Throttle: Stories by Joe Hill

Full Throttle: Stories
Joe Hill with Neil Gaiman (Narrator), Ashleigh Cummings (Narrator), Nate Corddry (Narrator), Laysla De Oliveira (Narrator), Wil Wheaton (Narrator), Zachary Quinto (Narrator), Stephen Lang (Narrator), Connor Jessup (Narrator), Katelyn Mulgrew (Narrator), George Guidall (Narrator), Joe Hill (Narrator)

16 hours, 12 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

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fiction fantasy horror short stories dark mysterious fast-paced

Full Throttle: Stories by Joe Hill

Full Throttle: Stories

Joe Hill with Neil Gaiman (Narrator), Ashleigh Cummings (Narrator), Nate Corddry (Narrator), Laysla De Oliveira (Narrator), Wil Wheaton (Narrator), Zachary Quinto (Narrator), Stephen Lang (Narrator), Connor Jessup (Narrator), Katelyn Mulgrew (Narrator), George Guidall (Narrator), Joe Hill (Narrator)

16 hours, 12 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions) user-added

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fiction fantasy horror short stories dark mysterious fast-paced

Nightmare Nirvana by Aron Beauregard

Nightmare Nirvana
Aron Beauregard

169 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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fiction horror adventurous dark fast-paced

Nightmare Nirvana by Aron Beauregard

Nightmare Nirvana

Aron Beauregard

169 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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fiction horror adventurous dark fast-paced

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology
Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. with Rebecca Roanhorse (Contributor), Norris Black (Contributor), Phoenix Boudreau (Contributor), David Heska Wanbli Weiden (Contributor), Brandon Hobson (Contributor), Mathilda Zeller (Contributor), Andrea L. Rogers (Contributor), D.H. Trujillo (Contributor), Royce K. Young Wolf (Contributor), Waubgeshig Rice (Contributor), Cherie Dimaline (Contributor), Conley Lyons (Contributor), Mona Susan Power (Contributor), Nick Medina (Contributor), Amber Blaeser-Wardzala (Contributor), Kate Hart (Contributor), Marcie R. Rendon (Contributor), Stephen Graham Jones (Contributor), Shane Hawk (Contributor), Darcie Little Badger (Contributor), Kelli Jo Ford (Contributor), Carson Faust (Contributor), Tommy Orange (Contributor), Richard Van Camp (Contributor), Morgan Talty (Contributor), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Contributor), Tiffany Morris (Contributor)

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

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fiction horror mystery short stories thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology by Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr.

Never Whistle at Night: An Indigenous Dark Fiction Anthology

Shane Hawk, Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. with Rebecca Roanhorse (Contributor), Norris Black (Contributor), Phoenix Boudreau (Contributor), David Heska Wanbli Weiden (Contributor), Brandon Hobson (Contributor), Mathilda Zeller (Contributor), Andrea L. Rogers (Contributor), D.H. Trujillo (Contributor), Royce K. Young Wolf (Contributor), Waubgeshig Rice (Contributor), Cherie Dimaline (Contributor), Conley Lyons (Contributor), Mona Susan Power (Contributor), Nick Medina (Contributor), Amber Blaeser-Wardzala (Contributor), Kate Hart (Contributor), Marcie R. Rendon (Contributor), Stephen Graham Jones (Contributor), Shane Hawk (Contributor), Darcie Little Badger (Contributor), Kelli Jo Ford (Contributor), Carson Faust (Contributor), Tommy Orange (Contributor), Richard Van Camp (Contributor), Morgan Talty (Contributor), Theodore C. Van Alst Jr. (Contributor), Tiffany Morris (Contributor)

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

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fiction horror mystery short stories thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

Before You Wake: Three Horrors by Adam L.G. Nevill

Before You Wake: Three Horrors
Adam L.G. Nevill

66 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

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fiction horror short stories dark slow-paced

Before You Wake: Three Horrors by Adam L.G. Nevill

Before You Wake: Three Horrors

Adam L.G. Nevill

66 pages • first pub 2017 (editions)

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fiction horror short stories dark slow-paced

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