The Woman’s Ghost Story by Algernon Blackwood
The line between the living and the dead becomes blurred. SUMMARY: A woman interested in psychical research spends a night in a haunted London house. She experi...
Category: Short Stories
Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime by Oscar Wilde
A palmist predicts that Lord Arthur Savile will commit murder in the future, so Lord Arthur lends destiny a hand.
The Cask of Amontillado by Edgar Allan Poe
Set in Italy during the carnival season, The Cask of Amontillado delves into the mind of a diabolical man bent on revenge. Montressor lures the buffoon Fortuna...
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte P. Gilman
A short story about a woman driven across the line separating reality from fantasy.
The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe
The old man is kind, but he has a vulture eye and his heart beats like a watch enveloped in cotton. It is too much for the narrator to bear, whose senses are a...