Your Halloween has Hallowent and once again you were stood up in that pumpkin patch. You got home from trick or treating only to discover you held a bag full of rocks and your costume really did look more like a potato than a ghost. No one remembered to invite you to their Halloween party.
Luckily for you we have one last installment of the Halloween Pick-Me-Up. Today we feature classic horror stories and novellas presented by those peculiar people at Project Gutenberg. Check them out now and resurrect that Halloween Spirit while you still can.
The Great God Pan by Arthur Machen
The bizarre and macabre the tale of a young girl cursed by her unnatural parentage to become a creature of shape-shifting polysexual demi-human evil.
The Monkey’s Paw by W. W. Jacobs
A talisman is cursed to grant the owner’s wishes but it never turns out the way they expect.
The Wendigo by Algernon Blackwood
Set in the Canadian wilderness, a hunting party separates to track moose, and one member is abducted by the Wendigo of legend.
The Yellow Wallpaper by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
A woman gradually suffers a mental breakdown as a result of confinement and denial of her creative energies by her husband.
Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad
Heart of Darkness on MP3 Audio by Joseph Conrad
The story of Marlow, a seaman who undertakes his own journey into the African jungle to find the tormented white trader Kurtz.
The Turn of the Screw by Henry James
The governess of two enigmatic children fears their souls are in danger from the ghosts of the previous governess and her sinister lover.
Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu
Carmilla and Laura both appear young, beautiful, and innocent. But one is an ageless vampire; the other, an unsuspecting victim.
The Fall of the House of Usher by Edgar Allan Poe
The Fall of the House of Usher on MP3 Audio by Edgar Allan Poe
A visitor to a gloomy mansion finds a childhood friend dying under the spell of a family curse.
For an added bonus, we’re throwing in these sparkling poems and wonderful play:
The Raven by Edgar Allan Poe
Quoth the Raven, “Nevermore.”
Faust by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
The Faustian legend is the story of man who makes a deal with the devil and pays with his soul.
The Tragical History of Doctor Faustus by Christopher Marlowe
The Faustian legend is the story of man who makes a deal with the devil and pays with his soul.
As a bonus bonus, I’ve included one of my favorite not-quite-a-horror-story stories:
The Secret Sharer by Joseph Conrad
The Secret Sharer on MP3 Audio by Joseph Conrad
A murderous captain is tragically alienated from other people.
Have a happy and safe Halloween!
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