Horror
- Chilling Short Stories
- Eerie Mysteries and Horrors
- Classic Gothic Horror
- Classic Radio Horror Dramas
The History of the Caliph Vathek
This is one of the earliest Gothic novels. The Caliph Vathek is one of the wealthiest and most powerful men who ever lived. But this is not …
Vandover and the Brute
Vandover is a student who succumbs to a gambling addiction. This addiction causes him to divest himself of his cherished possessions and to …
Every Photo Tells...
Kilted pirate Greenbeard's last voyage turns up some unexpected surprises... Who is behind the murder at the Eagle Cave? Love crops up when …
The Return
A story of psychological horror, The Return explores ideas of identity, love, and alienation. Arthur grapples with the reactions of his fami…
The Conqueror Worm
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his ta…
Melmoth The Wanderer
One of the first horror novels, it tells the story of Melmoth, who sells his soul so he could have an extended life. Throughout the novel, h…
The Joss
Mary Blyth, a sales clerk who is robbed, nearly murdered and then fired from her job, thinks her luck has changed when she inherits an old h…
Ziska
The story revolves around the mysterious Princess Ziska, who captivates a set of European tourists who are spending time in exotic Egypt. Th…
Garaaga's Children
From prehistoric time to the present, one blood line has endured. Garaaga's children range from the Indus Valley to Mesopotamia to Jerusalem…
Black Jack
BLACK JACK, is a new short story by Dan Shaurette, a prequel to his upcoming novel, BLACK CASTLE.
Confidence artist Jacob Springer discovers…
Carmilla
Laura grew up on a castle in the Austrian mountains with her father, slightly lonely as there are no potential companions around. Her loneli…
Short Story Collection
A diverse collection of short stories selected and read in English by Librivox readers. This time, we delve into the works of H.G. Wells, Os…
The Sleeper
Edgar Allan Poe was an American writer, editor, and literary critic. Poe is best known for his poetry and short stories, particularly his ta…
Varney, the Vampyre
Originally published as a penny dreadful from 1845 until 1847, when it first appeared in book form, Varney the Vampyre is a forerunner to va…
The Lost Stradivarius
The Lost Stradivarius (1895), by J. Meade Falkner, is a short novel of ghosts and the evil that can be invested in an object, in this case a…
Red Arrows in the Night
The Scarlet Archer of Agincourt is claimed by the Erkenwold’s as their family ghost. Tradition held that the death of an important Erkenwold…
The Gray Plague
The Gray Plague is a chilling exploration of humanity's struggle against an apocalyptic threat. Set in a world on the brink of collapse, thi…
Forget What You Can't Remember
Featuring a zombie outbreak and a strange sort of doomsday, but really focusing on how coming through those experiences into utopia and free…
Varney, the Vampyre
This is volume 3 of 3. -- Originally published as a penny dreadful from 1845 until 1847, when it first appeared in book form, Varney the Vam…
Dracula
Bram Stoker did not invent the vampire story, but he popularized it with his classic 1897 novel. In form Dracula is an epistolary novel, to…