![]() ![]() ![]() “The Tell-Tale Heart” is a classic for a reason. I’ve said before and I’ll say again: any list of mine that can open with Poe will open with Poe. ''The Tell-Tale Heart'' by Edgar Allan Poe Regardless, I hope you enjoy them as much as I have! They're in no particular order.ġ. Many are classics, but plenty are modern, and a few might be modern classics-we’ll see. Most are normal links to full text stories, some are links to PDFs, and one is to an audio production. If you can get ahold of any of those four from your library or favorite bookstore, I highly recommend them.īut today we’ll stick to 13 killer stories you can read free just by clicking below. This cut several favorites from my list, notably “Subsoil” by Nicholson Baker, a wonderful blend of horror and comedy the just somehow works, “In a Cavern, in a Canyon” by Laird Barron, my favorite vampire short story, “Jack in the Box” by Ray Bradbury, which kind of blew my mind, and “The Tooth” by Shirley Jackson, which might be the most quietly unsettling story I’ve ever read. (Emphasis on now, given the temporary nature of websites and linking.) For the sake of accessibility, I’ve only included the ones I could find for free online, so you can go read them right now. Simply because of my tastes, most of these skew dark if not outright horror, but they also tend to skew deep and thoughtful. I’ve been compiling a favorites list of short stories for a while now, just for myself, but it occurred to me to share the love. ![]()
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