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Best Horror Short Stories 1850-1899

(2016)
An anthology of stories edited by

 
 
The best horror short stories from the last half of the nineteenth century are combined for the first time by Andrew Barger, award-winning author and editor of 6a66le: Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1849. Andrew has researched the finest Victorian horror short stories and combined them into one undeniable collection. He has added his familiar scholarly touch by annotating the stories, providing story background information, author photos and a list of horror stories considered.

Historic Horror. The best horror short stories from the last half of the 19th century include scary tales by Bram Stoker, Arthur Conan Doyle, Joseph Le Fanu, W. C. Morrow, H. G. Wells, Arthur Machen, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, and other early founders of the horror tale.

"But it now struck me for the first time that there must be one great and ruling embodiment of fear, a King of Terrors to which all others must succumb."

1859 "What Was It?"
Fitz James O'Brien


Genre: Horror

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