Books like Pan Book of Horror Stories by Herbert Van Thal

Shirley Jackson’s classic psychological horror, *The Haunting of Hill House*, follows a lonely woman drawn into an abandoned mansion whose malevolent presence ultimately consumes her.

A young governess in a remote estate discovers that the souls of two children are threatened by the malevolent ghosts of a former governess and her lover.

A chilling anthology of nineteen Stephen King short stories, Night Shift turns everyday settings—high schools, factories, truck stops—into realms of horror, where monsters, demons, and uncanny dread lurk in the night.

A Joan Aiken anthology of fifteen chilling, witty tales that blend the familiar with the exotic, delivering an English horror experience that will send a shiver down any reader’s spine.

Dark Forces is a collection of Kirby McCauley’s horror short stories that explore supernatural phenomena, human sacrifice, prophecies, and apocalyptic settings—from thunderstorms and revolvers to mist‑shrouded supermarkets and pharmacies.

Centric to Alderley Edge, two siblings uncover a long‑lost magical relic as they escape supernatural hunters, aided by a wizard who guards dormant knights in subterranean caves.

"The Weiser Book of the Fantastic and Forgotten features classic stories by masters of occult fiction including Dion Fortune, Edgar Allan Poe, Oscar Wilde, H. P. Lovecraft, Bram Stoker, Marie Corelli, R. W. Chambers, and more--the very authors and tales that inspired modern masters like Stephen King, Neil Gaiman, and Nic Pizzolatto. Edited and introduced by leading occult author and scholar Judika Illes, this selection of timeless tales will thrill and chill readers down to their bones. Illes writes, "These collected stories are each powerfully evocative; forgotten in the manner of long-buried treasure. I hope to remedy this situation, transforming the status of these tales from forgotten to favorite. I confess: there is not a single story in this collection that I do not enjoy, even after repeated readings. While wonderful if read silently, the tales reveal their nuances, humor, and suspense with even more potency, if read aloud. During the dark, eerie hours, when the wind is blowing and the ghosts are roaming outside, the night can be filled with pleasant terror." While not all of the stories are forgotten, they are all fantastic. They make us think. They introduce and explore possibilities: things that perhaps could happen. They encourage our minds to venture beyond the mundane into the realm of the fantastic, to question and redefine reality. Above all, they entertain. "--