Books like The Best horror stories by Lynn Picknett

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 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.

Nightmares is a horror anthology of 24 short stories by authors such as Garth Nix, Livia Llewellyn, Richard Kadrey, Caitlin R. Kiernan, Laird Barron, Margo Lanagan, and Gene Wolfe, edited by Ellen Datlow.

A curated collection of 21 standout horror stories and poems chosen by award‑winning editor Ellen Datlow for the 2022 year, featuring tales from American, Canadian, Australian, and Thai voices.

A collection of spooky short stories for young readers, compiled by Susan Price and featuring works by classic horror writers such as Edgar Allan Poe and Stephen King, along with contemporary tales for the curious and brave.

"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. "--

Twenty-one stories to make you bristle and shiver. Twenty-one stories to disturb your dreams. Twenty-one stories on the wings of terror. By twenty-one of the greatest masters of the macabre ever to write in the English language.

"A curse in an old cemetery can't hurt anyone--or can it? A voice on the telephone isn't from beyond the grave--or is it? A child's illness couldn't be caused by a vampire--or could it? Welcome, dear reader! Are your ready to shiver and quiver, to shudder and shake? Is the door locked? Are the lights on brightly? Do you dare explore a world of terror? Then, please, do come in. Pick up this book. Turn the pages. Just don't say you weren't warned."--Back cover.