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Mar 18, 2021 · Explore the classic Gothic tales of Hoffmann, Irving, Poe, Dickens, Stevenson and more. These stories feature vampires, werewolves, ghosts, mummies, and other horrors to chill your blood.
- “The Veldt” by Ray Bradbury
- “Luella Miller” by Mary Wilkins Freeman
- “Yellow Wallpaper” by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
- “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow” by Washington Irving
- “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs
- “The Mark of The Beast” by Rudyard Kipling
- “The Outsider” by H.P. Lovecraft
- “A Vine on A House” by Ambrose Bierce
- “The Fall of The House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe
- “The Body Snatcher” by Robert Louis Stevenson
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This modern day “science fiction” gothic tale will certainly give your students the shivers. George and Lydia let the virtual reality world do everything for their children, from bathing them to entertaining them. Soon they begin to notice that the virtual reality scene is continuously stuck on the African veldt, and the lions are devouring a carca...
Luella Miller, through a series of roommates who end up withering away while Luella herself thrives, is a new world vampire in an old world town. Though a little bit longer than the other stories on this list, the unsettling development of person after person losing their lives after being with Luella is very gripping for students. After marrying E...
In this unsettling tale, an unnamed narrator is locked in a bedroom on the second floor of a mansion her husband John rented. John is a doctor and claims his wife has a nervous disorder, but readers can infer she has depression, possibly postpartum depression. The yellow wallpaper mutates in front of her eyes, and she is certain she sees a woman cr...
The private glen where the story is written is known to be haunted, which adds to the mysterious atmosphere of this story. Many people who live there are overcome by supernatural happenings, and strange things are known to occur. The story surrounds Ichabod Crane, who comes to the town to help out and is courting a woman named Katrina. Losing her h...
When a cursed talisman (a monkey’s paw) falls into the hands of the White family, Mr. White is tempted to make any three wishes come true. Curiosity and greed get the best of him. He tries to remain somewhat modest and wishes for 200 pounds. That night there is a knock at the door with news that the Whites’ son, Herbert, died at work and there is a...
The main character Fleete—in a drunken stupor on New Year’s Eve—puts out his cigar on a temple of Hanuman the monkey god, setting a chain of events into motion. A leperous priest bites him in retaliation and casts a spell which causes Fleete to begin acting crazy. After forcing the priest to reverse the spell, Fleete finally returns to normal. This...
In this psychological thriller, the narrator is ensconced in a castle surrounded by trees and cannot remember the last time he has encountered a human. The narrator struggles to free himself by climbing to the top of the castle. As he arrives, the crumbling stairs lead him somehow to a basement where there are many people terrified of a beast. He j...
For a very short gothic tale, turn to the story of Matilda Harding, a one-legged protagonist who goes to visit her mother and never returns. Her husband and sister are left behind in the house, but eventually they too disappear. A larger-than-life vine grows on the house that is strangely reminiscent of Matilda. When townspeople later try to pull u...
Students love this tale of the very creepy, depressed Roderick who calls his boyhood friend to his dilapidated house because he needs some help. Once the unnamed friend/narrator arrives, Roderick’s sister Madeline falls into a death-like trance and the two men entomb her in the walls, supposedly alive. The men spend their time listening to somber m...
In this macabre tale, Doctor Wolfe Macfarlane and his friend Fettes become reacquainted after a long time apart. They had previously worked together cataloguing bodies for dissection, and supposedly covered up a murder to avoid being implicated themselves. When Fettes is certain Macfarlane has murdered their friend Gray, he again keeps his mouth sh...
Explore 14 gothic short stories with suspense, horror, and supernatural elements. Learn about the themes, symbols, and history behind these classics and modern tales.
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Find a collection of gothic short stories with PDF links, featuring death, horror, decay, and mystery. Read summaries and excerpts of classics by Poe, Lovecraft, King, and more.
- “The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar” by Edgar Allan Poe. My attention, for the last three years, had been repeatedly drawn to the subject of Mesmerism; and, about nine months ago, it occurred to me, quite suddenly, that in the series of experiments made hitherto, there had been a very remarkable and most unaccountable omission: — no person had as yet been mesmerized in articulo mortis.
- “The Mummy’s Foot” by Théophile Gautier. From disemboweled cabinets escaped cascades of silver-lustrous Chinese silks and waves of tinsel, which an oblique sunbeam shot through with luminous beads; while portraits of every era, in frames more or less tarnished, smiled through their yellow varnish.
- “The Dream Woman” by Wilkie Collins. Her perverted nature set some horrid unacknowledged value on the knife. Seeing there was no hope of getting it by fair means, I determined to search for it, later in the day, in secret.
- “The Ebony Frame” by E. Nesbit. I hope I shall never again know a moment of terror as blank and absolute. I could not have moved or spoken to save my life.
May 31, 2021 · Discover 10 Victorian gothic stories that are less-known but worth reading, from Irish vampires to sinister fae. Find out where to access them online for free and enjoy the chills and thrills of these classic tales.
Jan 8, 2023 · Enjoy some of the best gothic horror short stories by authors like Shirley Jackson, Edgar Allan Poe, and Charlotte Perkins Gilman. These stories are free to read online and will give you chills and thrills.
The best gothic short stories of history. The Signal Man by Charles Dickens, The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, The Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe. L i b rary of Short Stories
