Tales of Mystery and Imagination, 1919THE TELL-TALE HEART TRUE!—nervous—very, very dreadfully nervous I had been and am; but why will you say that I am mad? The disease had sharpened my senses—not destroyed—not dulled them. Above all was the sense of hearing acute. I heard all things in the heaven and in the earth. I heard many things in hell. How, then, am I mad? Hearken! … [Read more...] about The Tell-Tale Heart by Edgar Allen Poe
Classic Horror
The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe
The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe There are certain themes of which the interest is all-absorbing, but which are too entirely horrible for the purposes of legitimate fiction. These the mere romanticist must eschew, if he do not wish to offend or to disgust. They are with propriety handled only when the severity and majesty of Truth sanctify and sustain … [Read more...] about The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe
Nyarlathotep by H.P. Lovecraft
Nyarlathotep H. P. Lovecraft Nyarlathotep ... the crawling chaos ... I am the last ... I will tell the audient void....I do not recall distinctly when it began, but it was months ago. The general tension was horrible. To a season of political and social upheaval was added a strange and brooding apprehension of hideous physical danger; a danger widespread and … [Read more...] about Nyarlathotep by H.P. Lovecraft
A HAUNTED ISLAND by Algernon Blackwood
A HAUNTED ISLAND by Algernon Blackwood The following events occurred on a small island of isolated position in a large Canadian lake, to whose cool waters the inhabitants of Montreal and Toronto flee for rest and recreation in the hot months. It is only to be regretted that events of such peculiar interest to the genuine student of the psychical should be entirely … [Read more...] about A HAUNTED ISLAND by Algernon Blackwood
THE Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs
The Monkey's Paw I.Without, the night was cold and wet, but in the small parlour of Laburnam Villa the blinds were drawn and the fire burned brightly. Father and son were at chess, the former, who possessed ideas about the game involving radical changes, putting his king into such sharp and unnecessary perils that it even provoked comment from the white-haired old lady … [Read more...] about THE Monkey’s Paw by W.W. Jacobs
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving
The Headless Horseman Pursuing Ichabod Crane by John Quidor (1801-1881)THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW FOUND AMONG THE PAPERS OF THE LATE DIEDRICH KNICKERBOCKER. ------A pleasing land of drowsy head it was,-------Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye;------And of gay castles in the clouds that pass,-----Forever flushing round a summer sky.------CASTLE … [Read more...] about The Legend of Sleepy Hollow by Washington Irving