Books like Scary stories by Tanya Savory

A practical guide that empowers young writers to craft chilling horror tales, from brainstorming ideas and creating spooky settings to building drama and suspense.

An anthology of ten chilling tales that explore the terror and intrigue of air travel, spanning classic horror, suspense, and speculative fiction.

The Collected Tales of Edgar Allan Poe is a collection of short stories and tales by the renowned American author Edgar Allan Poe.

A collection of fourteen mystery stories featuring well-known authors and a horror twist.

A collection of classic horror and supernatural stories from the 19th century, featuring tales by notable authors like Washington Irving, Edgar Allan Poe, and Ambrose Bierce.

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.

Edgar Allan Poe's anthology of short stories and poems, featuring masterpieces like 'The Murders in the Rue Morgue' and 'The Fall of the House of Usher'.

The modern horror story grew and developed across the nineteenth century, embracing categories as diverse as ghost stories, supernatural and psychological horror, medical and scientific horrors, colonial horror, and tales of mystery and premonition. This anthology brings together 29 of the greatest horror stories of the period from 1816 to 1912, from the British, Irish, American, and European traditions. It ranges widely across the sub-genres to encompass authors whose terror-inducing powers remain unsurpassed. The book includes stories by some of the best writers of the century-- Hoffmann, Poe, Balzac, Dickens, Hawthorne, Melville, Zola--as well as established genre classics such as M.R. James, Arthur Machen, Bram Stoker, Algernon Blackwood, Charlotte Perkins Gilman and others. It includes rare and little known pieces by writers such as William Maginn, Francis Marion Crawford, W.F. Harvey, and William Hope Hodgson, and shows the important role played by periodicals in popularizing the horror story. Wherever possible stories are reprinted in their first published form, with background information about their authors and helpful, contextualizing annotation. Darryl Jones's lively introduction discusses horror's literary evolution and its articulation of cultural preoccupations and anxieties. These are stories guaranteed to freeze the blood, revolt the senses, and keep you awake at night: prepare to be terrified!

A spirited collection of classic horror, detective, and ghost stories for young readers, featuring tales from O. Henry, Bram Stoker, Edgar Allan Poe, and many other literary giants.

A playful collection of spooky tales, poems, riddles, tricks, and tongue‑twisters that delights children with a touch of supernatural fun.