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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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
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

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

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)

fiction horror science fiction dark mysterious tense fast-paced
Full Throttle: Stories by Joe Hill

Full Throttle: Stories

Joe Hill

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

fiction fantasy horror short stories dark mysterious fast-paced
Nightmare Nirvana by Aron Beauregard

Nightmare Nirvana

Aron Beauregard

169 pages • missing pub info (editions)

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.

400 pages • first pub 2023 (editions)

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)

fiction horror short stories dark slow-paced
The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe

The Masque of the Red Death

Edgar Allan Poe

76 pages • first pub 1842 (editions)

fiction classics horror short stories dark tense medium-paced
Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three by Clive Barker

Books of Blood: Volumes One to Three

Books of Blood #1-3

Clive Barker

528 pages • first pub 1984 (editions)

fiction fantasy horror short stories dark fast-paced
The Dangers of Smoking in Bed by Mariana Enríquez

The Dangers of Smoking in Bed

Mariana Enríquez

187 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

fiction contemporary horror literary short stories dark mysterious tense fast-paced