Sheridan Le Fanu

The Frightful Fifty, Part Two Sheridan Le Fanu

Horror and suspense are not new topics in classic literature. While many are familiar with titles such as Bram Stoker's Dracula, Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, and the stories and poetry of Edgar Allan Poe, there is a plethora of older and lesser known tales of terror. These short stories (and some poems) contain all of the elements that are still popular with modern horror and suspense: vampires, ghosts, killers, and the supernatural. While some of the titles give away what each piece of literature is about topically, some aren't as clear. I feel that not knowing what you are about to read will be more of a surprise. This is not unlike watching a film without reading the synopsis. Amelia B. Edwards - The Phantom Coach Samuel Taylor Coleridge - The Rime of the Ancient Mariner Joyce Carol Oates - Accursed Inhabitants of the House of Bly Henry James - The Way It Came Victoria Glad - Each Man Kills Vernon Lee - A Wicked Voice Honoré de Balzac - La Grande Breteche Robert W. Chambers - The Messenger Sir Walter Scott - The Tapestried Chamber Théophile Gautier - Clarimonde Lord Lytton - The Haunted and the Haunters F. Marion Crawford - The Upper Berth Sheridan Le Fanu - The Murdered Cousin John Kendrick Bangs - The Water Ghost of Harrowby Hall Mary Eleanor Wilkins Freeman - The Lost Ghost Gertrude Atherton - The Bell in the Fog Guy de Maupassant - The Horla William F. Harvey - The Beast with Five Fingers Nathaniel Hawthorne - Young Goodman Brown George MacDonald - Uncle Cornelius: His Story M. E. Braddon - The Cold Embrace H. P. Lovecraft - Dagon Edith Wharton - Afterward Peter de Niverville - The Petting Zoo Steve Dustcircle - Girl Bastard