It’s the season, etc.

antigonick:

Here, I have a few links for gothic, eerie, spooky and deadly short stories in my bookmarks, so… putting them here to celebrate Halloween/Samhain, MWAH.

Accursed Inhabitants of the House of Bly, Joyce Carol Oates

The Lottery and A Lovely House Shirley Jackson

The Old Nurse’s Story, Elizabeth Gaskell

The Resident, and The Husband’s Stitch, by Carmen Maria Machado

The Lady of the House of Love, by Angela Carter

The Turn of the Screw, Henry James

Your Body, An Altar, by D. E. Chaudron

The Tower, Marghanita Laski

The Yellow Wallpaper, Charlotte Perkins Gilman

The Doll, Daphne du Maurier

The Hanging Stranger, Philip K. Dick

The Phantom Coach, Amelia B. Edwards

A Tress of Hair and The Horla, Guy de Maupassant (trans. by ??)

Irina, Susan Millar DuMars

Clip 4, Mark Z. Danielewski